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JB: The thing about this record is it could best be described as a midlife crisis musically. What you

see is someone who’s done a lot of stuff in his past, I know it works, I know it doesn’t work and
you’re askin' the question to yourself — and a lot of people ask the same question to themselves —
what’s next? Is this save for me, is my best days behind me? Am I gonna be the “John Henry” guy
for the rest of my life? Is there better? One of the cool things about the last two records, as we start
to scale the tour and go back out on the road, the new songs of the last two albums, when we play

them live, they come across bigger and better and the audience responds more to the stuff than to
stuff we done in the past. That tells me that the writing’s gotten stronger, that tells me that the
message and the view of the album and how people are consuming it, is working. So, that I’m
excited about and excited to get back playin’. And now we have two full albums that we’ve never
toured and we’re spoiled for choice for material, which will be good .

"Time Clocks" is also characterised by a high degree of experience, self-confidence and yet a

tremendous urge for newness and adventure can be felt here between the notes. Is that also
your nature in life in general?

JB: Well, I never sit still! I never sat
still for anyone or anything. And every
two weeks I get antsy and I just, to me
it’s like you search for something else.

Having music has been I think, a
blessing and a curse for me, because I
don’t know how to stick to just one
thing. I don’t really dive in and stay
there, I just kind of test the waters and
move on and then move on to
something else and then, you know,

look back. I mean, if you look at all the
side-projects I’ve done: From “Black
Country Communion” to the stuff we
did with Beth (Hart) and with “Rock
Candy Funk Party”. And now that I’m

producing records, there’s a nomadic
theme that goes through all of that. And
I think this record, probably is the first
one in a long time, that express those
views and at least my feelings about it.

You are known for your unique,

delicate and also very powerful
guitar playing. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I had the feeling with the complete album
that your guitar playing comes across a little more intense and urgent on "Time Clocks?"

JB: Well, on this record I tried to divide by two. At this age I don’t really have a lot to prove
anymore, as far as, like, I can play fast, I can jam a whole lot and I know I don’t have to be there
into a short phrase. I wanna do what I play would be intense, emotional and affective. If to me the

solos did not meet that mark, then we redo the solos, you know, or the guitar playing, or just the