K C R W Radio
Morning Becomes Eclectic - Transister
Jan 9 1996

Chris - Ah ok. I know that at some point when you recording these demos you brought in some horn players to flush out the song we gonna hear next. And to my ears it has got a little bit Burt Bacharach flavor to it.

Gary - I am a huge Burt Bacharach fan.

Chris - Yeah [laughs]

Gary - Define [....]

Chris - So we gonna try duplicate that horn arrangement.

Eric- We'll be the human horns.

[laughs] [....]

Keely - I'll be the horns today anyway [....]

Chris - Ok. So this will be interesting. All right.

Keely- I 'll be the humming horn.

Chris - The humming horn.

Keely - [laughs]

Chris - Its called 'Stars Collide.' Transister live.

13:45

3- 'Stars Collide'

18:10

Chris - 'Stars Collide.' Transister live in the studio. I'm Chris Douridas. We are joined by Keely Hawkes on vocals Gary Clark on guitar and back-up vocals and spoken words.

Gary - [laughs]

Chris - [....] Eric Pressly on bass, special guest Matt Laug on drums. Matt is not officially part of the band but. Matt, [....] you, primarily known for his work on 'Jagged Little Pill' the Alanis Morisette record and he has joined to studio to help flash out the sound. Err.. nothing available from the band at this point. All there are a set of demos that are on a DAT tape. And they have been having discussions with various record labels while they have been in LA. You guys come from all quadraints. I mean, Gary you are clearly Scottish.

Gary - [....] Yes clearly.

Keely - Yeah.

Eric - [laughs]

Chris - Where in Scotland are you from originally?

Gary - Dundee, originally. But I lived in London for a quite a few years.

Chris - [....] yeah

Gary - They [....] just begining to understand me..

[laughs]

Gary - ..that's, it's shame [....] I am moving on LA.

[laughs]

Chris - You plan moving out here then.

Eric - Yeah [....] We want to base the band here.

Chris - Oh I see ok. And Eric you are from LA.

Eric - I am a valley guy.

Keely - Valley guy! [laughs]

Chris - Yeah. Ok. And Keely you are clearly..

Keely - English.

Chris - ..English yes.

Keely - Very much so.

Chris - And your family is also in London right?

Keely - They are a kind of a bit more a bit country last but err [....] we've been in London for last couple of years.

Chris - Hmm ok. You've came from a really musical family. And your brother is a singer, Chesney Hawkes.

Keely - Yeah Chesney had some big success in Britain few years about with the song called The One and Only and then..

Chris - Ah!

Keely - Yeah its quite good here. I think you got it number ten here.

Chris - Yeah.

Keely - But it was much bigger in Britain. It was numer 1 for 6 weeks.

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