I S S U E 7 4 H I G H L I G H T S
“I tend to write things I’m comfortable playing, so in the process of noodling around with ideas, yeah, I definitely come up with stuff that’s busier than it should be. If the No. 1 concern was having commercial success, pretty much everything I do is the opposite
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“That’s it for the full-on, hardcore touring. But will we continue to do shows if they come up in the future, like one-offs? Sure. If we do record
a new album, I want it to be one we’re proud of, like Worlds Apart. We lived and breathed the making of that record.” |
“My taste in music is very eclectic, though obviously coming out of a jazz place originally. I gradually got into music with backbeats and grooves and then found my way into more hard-hitting, edgy stuff. Once I got a solid-body guitar that changed things just a little bit more.
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“For me, progressive rock’s enduring staying power is its inclusion of so many genres, its variation and experimental edge.” Hackett’s crowd-pleasing first- and last-night theater shows bookended the festival, furthering his reputation as honorary “Dr. Feelgood.”
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