From the archives of the London Beatles Fanclub Magazine. An interview with Rusty Anderson An Interview with Rusty Anderson How are you doing? Im doing great - getting back into the LA world here, after the tour. I got a work out in today. its very different on the road - it was nice having gyms in the hotels etc and not having to drive to things. Did you know when you were doing Driving Rain that there would be a tour? There was talk about it - paul was very cautious at that point. I think that Paul had been through so many things but once things started kicking in there was a complete difference. Driving Rain was him coming out of a cave. He was coming out of a deep grieving process. Thats one thing that really impressed me about him - he spoke very candidly after Id known him for a very little time about things like that. He was very in touch with his human-ness and that was very inspiring. Did you have any input on what songs were performed on the tour? There was some sort of magic in the way it all happened. I think Paul was on the same wavelength as everyone. I was really happy when I saw the original set list. I suggested Its Getting Better and he thought that was great - and we suggested some other ones but I think those will end up in the next tour. Hes got a lot of songs and its nice to change it up. Things will morph into the next tour but I was very pleased with the set list. I thought it kept on getting better. Did you enjoy the tour. Oh, it was fantastic. Its one of those things I cant compare to anything else Ive ever done. It was great. Experiencing all those cultures, the beautiful architecture... What was it like playing inside the Colloseum? The show outside the Colluseum was by far the most people Ive ever played to. We started as the sun was going down and by the time it got dark during Let it Be, people had lights and it was like a trail of fireflies, it was really cool. That was really special. Everyone had a bit more energy too - that little tad more urgency. Inside the Colluseum was nice too, it was more of an acoustic show - it was more fish out of watery as everything was running a little late, there were so many details. It wasnt the normal protocol of our show. I was at the Liverpool show - did you enjoy that? I kind of wasnt really ready for it - it was pretty emotional. It didnt really hit me how that was the last show of a year and a half of touring off and on. We are supposed to go out again in the fall of 2004 and do some more touring - but all these things are speculating - but everythings gone to plan in the past year and a half. I think everyone was ready to come home. Its nice to tour - we toured in two or three month chunks - which is better than being on the road for a year and half straight. It came across with the band and the road crew as a big family. Was it like that? Very much, absolutely. A lot less dysfunctional than any family Ive ever seen! You did some songs just for Liverpool like Honey Hush and Maggie Mae... yeah - they were for the super fans I think - theyre good songs though. I believe you went to the Jacaranda. Yes, I made a quick pop-in and checked out the historical aspects. What was it like being at the Cavern. The Cavern is a kind of duplicate isnt it? Its a kind of carbon copy. It was cool. Its hard to take it all in as Im still submerged in it all. Paul seemed very moved by Liverpool and the end of the tour. Yes, I didnt know him in the Linda days but he seems like hes having fun and is at peace with himself. I know that everyones got a lot of things in their lives and no-ones completely at peace - or wed be dead I think. I lost my wife to cancer a few years ago. I had another friend that happened to and its nice to see things come back together but it takes time - you never know how long though. And its great news about the baby on the way. Oh fantastic. It was great to hear the news. It made it all make sense. Heather had been a little absent dealing with stuff and didnt want to tell anyone until she thought it was time. The baby is due in November, and we are starting a new record in September. And youve got your solo album as well, how is that going? Its going very well. Ive been squeezing it in between things and were trying to let the last little bits finished up. Any realease date for that yet? I would really like to get it out this summer. I just cut a track with Stuart Copeland too. hes such a great drummer, and we were in a band together a while back. hes a friend and a great drummer. hes a lovely guy, lots of character, lots of warmth. We had a ball doing that. I read you like playing electric music rather than electronic music. There are people into acoustic music. That has the least amount of things between the raw emotion and the end result. Electric music is the same way but you are playing with the electrons but you are still dealing with pure emotions. I find that in small doses electonic music is inspiring, it is interesting, but I get insulted listening to machines, I like agression, I like dynamics, I like soft, I like hard. Are you back in the studio now? Im trying to fix up my house a bit, finish the record, do a session here and there. If I have a problem its that Im a scatterbrain. Im not a good editor, Im much better at doing bits and pieces here and there. Have you got any plans to tour with the new album Hopefully, yes, Im just got a new manager and dealing with him, but thats something Id like to do. A lot of people have been saying the current band is Pauls best.... Thats great to hear and thats fantastic. I saw a bit of the last band, I really wish Id seen more. All I know is that I feel really fortunate to be a part of it, it was a lot of fun. It was good talking to you.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:35:18 +0000
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