rial:
      Across
      a
      Crowded
      Room,
      Daring
      Adventures--
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shoot
      Outthe
      Lights?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yeah,
      Shoot
      Out
      the
      Lights.
      Amnesia.
      I
      love
      those
     
     
      albums.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      You
      kinda
      already
      hit
      on
      this,
      but
      I
      noticed
      here
      in
     
     
      your
      bio
      that
      you
      shared
      a
      bill
      with
      Richard
     
     
      Thompson.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yeah.
     
     
      What
      are
      some
      thoughts
      on
      him?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      [laughing]
      I--I
      think
      Richard
      is
      pretty
      brilliant,
     
     
      y'know.
      |
      like
      his
      stuff
      a
      lot.
      I
      particularly
      liked
      to
     
     
      see
      him
      play
      his
      stuff
      solo;
      I
      think
      it
      makes
      him
     
     
      stretch
      outa
      little
      bit
      more,
      and
      also
      it’s
      not
      some-
     
     
      thing
      that
      you
      get
      to
      hear
      very
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sure.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Okay...
      Paul
      Simon.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yeah.
      Paul
      Simon
      was
      an
      influence
      when
      |
      first
     
     
      started
      really
      picking
      up
      the
      guitarand
      learning.
     
     
      There’s
      a
      point
      where
      you
      try
      to
      pick
      upa
      whole
     
     
      repertoire
      of
      stuff
      to
      be
      playing
      at
      lounges
      and
      stuff,
     
     
      and
      I
      learned
      a
      lot
      of
      his
      songs.
      I
      was
      learning
      his
      _
     
     
      picking
      style
      and
      chords--he’sa
      very
      complex
      guitar-
     
     
      ist,
      a
      real
      underrated
      guitarist.
      I
      picked
      up
      his
      way
      of
     
     
      finger
      picking
      and
      his
      use
      of
      voicings
      and
      stuff
      like
     
     
      that.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bob
      Dylan.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yeah,
      well
      actually,
      just
      before
      I
      phoned
      you
      up,
      I
      go
     
    

    
     
      the
      Bootleg
      Series
      boxed
      set
      and
      I’ve
      been
      listening
     
    

    
     
      to
      that.
      I
      think
      I’ve
      been
      influenced
      by
      him
      in
      several
     
     
      different
      ways.
      I
      mean
      there’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      often
      soit’sareal
      treat.
      Theshow
      [CE
     
     
      we
      did
      was
      at
      a
      very
      big
      theatre
      in
     
     
      London
      and
      I
      was
      very
      nervous,
     
    

    
     
      so
      in
      terms
      of
      my
      own
      perform-
     
    

    
     
      ance
      I
      didn’t
      feel
      real
      centred
      in
     
    

    
     
      it,
      but
      when
      I
      finished
      I
      could
      sit
     
    

    
     
      back
      and
      watch
      what
      Richard
      was
     
     
      doing.
      It
      was
      quite
      brilliant.
      I
     
    

    
     
      have
      a
      lot
      of
      respect
      for
      him.
      I
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Paul
      Simon's
      a
     
     
      very
      complex
     
     
      guitarist,
      a
      real
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ——
      the
      obvious:
      yousitdown,
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      you
      listen
      toa
      Bob
      Dylan
      :
     
     
      record,
      and
      you
      go,
      ‘‘God,
     
     
      how
      does
      he
      write
      these
     
     
      songs?!”’.
      Some
      of
      themare
     
     
      so
      good,
      they’re
      just
      so
      good,
     
     
      I
      love
      the
      tune
      ‘‘It
      Takesa
      _
     
     
      Lot
      to
      Laugh,
      It
      Takes
      a
     
     
      Train
      to
      Cry.’
      It’s
      just
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Horan
      sighisone
      che)
      underrated
      sido
      tie
     
     
      favourites,
      but
      it’s
      probably
      the
      '
      '
      "
      chunk
      of
      Bob
      Dylan
      material.
     
     
      one
      that
      will
      do
      the
      best
      for
      him
      guitarist.
      I
      think
      I
      could
      sing
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      along
      time.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Who
      are
      some
      vocalists
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      probably
      three
      ofhis
      songs
      —
     
     
      and
      that’s
      it.
      But
      you
      can
      be
     
     
      influenced
      by
      Bob
      Dylan
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      admire?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      [long
      pause]
      Oh,
      I
      just
      got
      an
      early,
      early
      Frank
     
     
      Sinatra
      album
      called
      Jn
      the
      Wee
      Small
      Hours
      of
      the
     
     
      Morning
      and
      1
      love
      it,
      I
      love
      the
      way
      he
      sings.
      Maybe
     
     
      more
      contemporary,
      I
      like
      the
      way
      Stevie
      Ray
      Vaughn
     
     
      sings
      a
      lot.
      Actually,
      I
      listened
      to
      a
      Colin
      James
      song
     
     
      on
      the
      radio
      the
      other
      day,
      and
      I
      was
      quite
      blown
     
     
      away
      by
      the
      way
      he
      sang
      it.
      Ella
      Fitzgerald,
      Etta
     
     
      James--I
      could
      go
      onand
      on.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I’ve
      been
      thinking
      about
      a
      few
      guys
      who
      are
      musi-
     
     
      cally
      related
      to
      you
      in
      some
      way
      or
      another,
      and
      I
     
     
      was
      just
      going
      to
      rhyme
      a
      few
      off
      and
      you
      can
      talk
     
     
      about
      them
      and
      say
      if
      they
      were
      an
      influence
      on
     
     
      you
      or
      whatever.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      March
      12,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      directly
      or
      youcan
      be
      influ-
     
    

    
     
      enced
      by
      all
      the
      other
      people
     
     
      who
      have
      been
      influenced
      by
      Bob
      Dylan.
      I’m
      sure
      ‘
     
     
      John
      Martin
      was
      influenced
      by
      Bob
      Dylan.
      I’m
      sure
      —
     
     
      Richard
      Thompson
      was.
      And
      Paul
      Simon.
      If
      you’re
      &
     
     
      interested
      in
      songwriting,
      you
      just
      have
      to
      go
      to
      Bob-
     
     
      Dylan.
      He’s
      someone
      who
      amalgamated
      and
      created
      a
     
     
      lot
      of
      new
      things,
      there’s
      no
      doubt.
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      one’s
      pretty
      far
      out,
      but
      I
      was
      wondering
      if
      ©
     
     
      there
      was
      any
      Van
      Morrison
      in
      there?
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yeah,
      that’s
      a
      lesser
      one,
      but
      it’s
      certainly
      someone
      ;
     
     
      admire.
      |
      saw
      him
      in
      Dublin
      at
      Christmas
      while
      I
      was
     
     
      over
      in
      Ireland.
      I’ve
      learned
      some
      of
      his
      material,
      but
     
     
      it’s
      only
      been
      recently,
      like
      in
      the
      last
      year,
      that
      I
     
     
      started
      really
      going
      back
      and
      listening
      and
      appreciat
      :