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Shain records for cheap and it
sounds great. It is also about
3 hours away and gives us a
chance to take a small road
trip.
Rocknation: “Bleed Rock And
Roll” is a very intense southern
influenced song that draws you
in from the beginning to the
end. It really reminds me this
track could have been on a
Lynyrd Skynyrd album. Tell us
about the about the lyrics on
that song and who played that
kick ass harp on the intro?
Jon: I love this song! Not that
I don’t love all of our songs,
but this one hit me in the right
spots from the start. I knew
once I heard Sean jamming on
this riff that I had to sing it my-
self. I, in the past, have noticed
that Nick gets bored when I
am singing one of the songs
I sing during our shows. With
him playing harmonica I knew
how to solve that. Of course he
laid some damn fine harp on
Interview with Jon Jackson of Dust And Bones this song and did some great
backing vocals to boot. Lyrically,
Sean sends me texts from time to time guitar hook and high energy pounding
with lyric ideas. This one stuck. “Bleed drums, what is the live crowd response
Rock and Roll”. I just went with it. It is on that song?
totally about me and people like me. Jon: This is the first song we wrote
I grew up with a record player in my for this CD and have been playing it
Rocknation: Hello Jon welcome to We usually have between 5 and 10 room at 8 years old with KISS, Bob live for over a year. You can see some
Rocknation and congrats on your new songs on a basement recording and Seger, Foreigner, Meatloaf and more early versions of this song on You-
release “Rock and Roll Show”. Please take those home and start tackling the KISS. All I would do is listen to records Tube and from the start the crowd has
fill us in on the recording process and lyrics. Once we have those we get to- all the time. Including my parents Beat- loved it. I wrote the lyrics on the way
songwriting. gether and jam some more and make les records. When I was a teenager I to practice and when I got there and
Jon: First of all thanks for the opportu- sure it all fits good and then BAM! we would sit in front of the television and we were able to jam on it, it gave me
nity and interview. We really appreciate have a song or 2. We have recorded watch MTV videos (back when they goosebumps. I knew right away that
it. For us the majority of our songs start both CD’s live at Pinewood Studios in played videos all day) for many hours people would like this one and I was
with Sean getting excited about a new Metropolis IL with Shain Lloyd. We fix at a time. My love for music came true right. That is why we are coming out
riff. We jam on it then add new parts mistakes on guitar and bass but the when I started playing in bands about the gate promoting this song first. I
and before you know it the music is drums are as they were played when 10 years ago and now I am in the best really hope everyone enjoys it as much
done. It does not take us very long to we hit the stop button. Guitar Solos band I could ever dream of. I love as we do.
get the basic song ideas put down to a and Vocals are added after that as we “Dust and Bones”! Rocknation: What can someone
rough draft. At that point either Nick or really work hard on those to make sure Rocknation: “Set you Free” is a hard expect at a DUST AND BONES live
myself will start thinking of lyric idea’s. we are putting our best effort forward. rock up tempo track with very catchy show?