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sound and the same Dr Z amps and the same all my usual old junky stuff that I drag around. I've
been looking at an updated, like a 2018 Model 335 that was made in Memphis at the Gibson
Memphis Plant, and it’s just really hit me that I thought boy, I'd love to have one of these just for
the looks of it, it's this beautiful aquamarine finish, and they're about $5000. I think instead of
getting one of those and dragging it around, you know, on planes and stuff, I'll just stick to my
good old tried and true.

Vince Converse BiTS: Tell me something about what your
plans are for the marketing of this. I know that
you say that you don't have any with the
company, but what would you like to do?

BW: Well, I mean, like I say, I hope we can get
out and tour some dates and just get out and
play some more again like we used to. Maybe
come over to England again and see how that
goes. I hear from a lot of my friends over there
that they're talking about maybe coming over
and playing some stuff.

BiTS: Well, I think you've got a huge number
of fans over here. There's no doubt about that
at all. Most people are in awe of your playing.

BW: I can't imagine that, but I'm happy for it,
but I can't imagine it with all the great guys
from England that I grew up listening to. I was
lucky to get to either meet or play with a lot of
those guys because of my Bluesbreakers stint.

BiTS: Do you live near Jim Suhler? Is he a
Dallas person still?

BW: Yeah, he's in Dallas still. He lives in
Lakewood in Dallas, I think and you know
where I live. I've been here since ’89, I think.

BiTS: Okay.

BW: He's been at it for quite a while.

BiTS: Tell me something about the harmonies. When you were performing for the album, were
the harmonies natural? Did you have to work on stuff or what?

BW: It just depends on which way you're going to go with something. If you're going to dress it
out. If you get too fancy with the harmonies, sometimes it kind of steps out of the blues rock
realm. I think it should be used to a certain degree anyway, you know.

BiTS: Have you got gigs that are coming up in the near future?

BW: Just my local stuff.

BiTS: Nothing big?

BW: No, nothing big. We've got several nightclubs we play around here and then a lot, like I say,
city functions in the summertime pop up and sometimes we get to do, like small festivals and