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Thursday, 08 September 2011 00:00

Slaid Cleaves

The live album. So many artists have tried, yet so few have succeeded, and for every Live At Leeds and Live At The Old Quarters there are ten "you probably should have been there"'s. So when one of the most-loved live performers in Americana suddenly decided to record and release a live concert on a double cd titled Sorrow & Smoke, the question on our minds was: would the magic from his famous shows survive it onto a record? In this exclusive interview with Slaid, we and a few of his famous friends ask him about the joys of constant touring, his bass player going crazy and why a song like Breakfast In Hell can turn into hell itself.

Published in Interviews 2011