A certain mythology has grown up around the band after 30 years. We didn't want to come back until we felt we could play and not pop that bubble. |
A couple of years earlier, I toured with Ringo Starr and played the House of Blues in Chicago. I remembered being struck by how (well-run) it was. |
But now, we don't have that pressure, and we don't have to stay out on the road for six months, |
If I could take one thing back, it would be those white suits, |
It's just a great joy to get back together on a stage 30 years later and be able to do it, |
It's not just one of these reunions where it's the original drummer and three guys you never heard of. |
There was a period of time when there were so many bad feelings among the various members that a reunion seemed very unlikely, |
We didn't see a cover of ours (in advance) until our fourth album. |
We looked like a garage band. We didn't know if it was going to work out, so we rented a lot of the stuff. |
When AM switched to FM, the focus went from tunesmiths to technicians, ... We felt the music became less fun than what we grew up with. And we sensed a void. |
When AM switched to FM, the focus went from tunesmiths to technicians. We felt the music became less fun than what we grew up with. And we sensed a void. |
When we formed the band in 1970, we set out to try to write great songs like the songs we heard when we were growing up, |
Yeah, it's funny how 30 years and having families and developing lives tends to change people. |