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EL: The Caribbean flavour, I mean, that just happened naturally. I remember one day after,

obviously, when I first started playing and I think it might have been Tony Hilton, I was doing
some boogying, I was just going ‘chcket, chcket, chcket’ on my harmonica, he says, oh, that sounds
like reggae sort of skaa-y groove. And I thought, oh yeah, cool. That's no worries. I'll keep doing
that [chuckles]. It was as simple as that. It's never really forced. I think it’s like that with my

songwriting still. Whatever comes out comes out, whether it’s a bit kind of country or if it’s a bit
kind of gospely or a bit jazzy or a bit bluesy.

Obviously, I learnt the standard blues through the harmonica. That was how I got most of my

repertoire, but obviously, as I've built up, I've written a lot of songs on the guitar and piano and,
obviously, the harmonica as well. A lot of the stuff I just let it naturally go.

I mean, I’ve got this song at the moment now called ‘Country’. I recorded it and I must have gone

through at least about four or five different rhythms for it before I thought, ah, that's the one
[laughs].

BiTS: Errol, I’m not going to take too much more of your time. Let me offer you my sincere
congratulations on winning the trip to Memphis to represent the UK in the International Blues

Challenge. I'm absolutely sure you're going to do very well, and I sincerely hope that you win,
because it will be wonderful for British blues music if you do.

EL: Yeah, it definitely would be a good thing, I think. Why not, eh?

BiTS: Errol, thank you very much indeed for talking to me. I'm not going to take any more of your
time.

EL: Thanks for talking to me

BiTS: Absolutely. Okay, I'm going to leave it at that. Thank you very much indeed, and good luck.

EL: Alright then, mate, speak soon. Cheers.

BiTS: Thank you. Bye.

EL: Bye-bye.

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