Back To Winter….
Day 7:
Early this
morning I had to go to Ludwigshafen for a radio interview at RPR1. Normally this
would be a 45-minute drive but when people insist on using GPS instead of normal
road signs things sometimes go wrong!!
Anway, the
interview went well and we made it safely back to Mainz in time for my interview
with the program ¨Leute¨. This was a very special interview, one that I really
enjoyed for a variety of reasons.
Even though we
usuallly cover similar topics, it seems that the book and the whole story of
Blood On The Highway has inspired people to research more thoroughlly and so we
go into areas that are a bit unusual and because there is no time limit (as
there often is at private rock stations for example) we go deeper into a lot of
subjects. For the interviewee (in this case, me) this makes it a lot more
interesting and enjoyable.
But the main
focus of this day was the mini-concert at SWR1 and we had a little time for a
technical rehearsal.
This went well
and, shortly after we finished, the small audience arrived in the studio and we
had a really good time together over the course of 6 songs. As with all of my
solo performances, the theme was ¨Past, Present & Future¨ so we played ¨The
Wizard¨, ¨Free Me¨, ¨I Did It All, ¨We´re On Our Way¨, ¨Tell Me When¨ (a brand
new song) and finished, of course, with ¨Lady in Black¨.
Of course they
all sounded very different because we were in a small venue and the musicians
brought their own individual interpretations of each song.
But everyone
seemed to really enjoy it and we mingled together for a while afterwards,
signing things and posing for pictures.
It was very
cool and I had fun.
My flight to
Oslo had been moved to tomorrow so I just had some dinner, watched a little TV
and enjoyed an early night.
Now it´s
off to Oslo to prepare for the Lillehammer festival.
