It's about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.
“It's about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.”
The World Motivation
It's about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.
“It's about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.”
It's about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.
Like the tangled veins of cypress roots that meander this way and that in the swamp, everything in New Orleans is interrelated, wrapped around itself in ways that aren't always obvious.
I had somebody call and make a joke about it: 'Oh, Buddy Guy won the Grammy - You should have won.' I said, 'No. Buddy should have won it.' He's a very talented cat. And don't forget, he's my homeboy, too.
The less said about Inner Space Fungus the better. I've still got the tapes in my house, but I'm afraid to play them back for fear that bacterial growth will take over my house.
I just love a great groove.
There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.
I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.
When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy.
A lot of times, you land in a city, and you're like, 'This is not my people.' I'm gonna do the show, but you don't feel like this is for you. And then, some places, you just go and just fall into a groove, and you're like, 'This feels right.'
I strongly believe that Professor Longhair playing just instrumentals would be just as effective as stylized vocals; that's how much I believe in his music.