Always home to very good reading, James Byrd (Byrd, Atantis Rising, Fifth Angel) has recently conducted an informative new interview with a french website. Below are some choice quotes from the feature, be sure to check out the whole interview here.
On what he has been upto since 2002...
"I haven't released an album under my own name since 2002. A lot of factors contributed to that; first, I had a serious back injury, and was on heavy pain medication while I was recording Anthem. I couldn't even walk for several months. It was really hard to produce the album, and when I was finished, I just felt burned out, and had a long physical recovery to face...."
On his own guitar company Byrd Guitars...
"First and foremost, they're really the ultimate design for the advanced neoclassical rock guitarist. But they're also fantastic for blues, or even country music because the tone is very pure and bell like...."
On the possible direction of forthcoming new material...
" I think Anthem was too keyboard dominated, and dry sounding, so I will try to attain a more organic and guitar dominated sound..."
On touring...
"I have degenerative arthritis in my spine and tendon problems in my left hand that preclude my touring. I had my tendons surgically unsheathed in 1989 because my hand had completely frozen, and thank God it works again..."
1 comment:
I haven't heard James Byrd yet, but I've got to say his flying v:s with stratocaster necks look really cool. Me want's one! :)
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