SF: How much did the Chess blues records influence you when you were growing up? CW: I never heard them until I met Keith and Mick. My whole block used to listen to Savoy jazz records as kids. I never used to listen to Elvis Presley or anything. It’s only through meeting Mick and Keith, really, that I got interested in things like that. The only person I suppose I really loved a lot was Fats Domino. SF: Was it a tough transition to switch from wanting to play jazz to actually playing in a rock band? CW: No. It’s really the same thing isn’t it? You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn’t it? SF: What do you see as the difference between a rock rhythm section and a jazz rhythm section? CW: None. It’s either […]

August September 1982 Issue