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Dave Edmunds: "Plugged In" promo interview, 1994

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Channel: Nicolas Martin · 2018 · Science & Technology

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A CD promoting his 1994 Plugged In album features Dave answering questions. The recording only contains answers. Click SHOW MORE to follow the questions. The interview begins after the 15:00 mark.

1. Was this album title tongue-in-cheek?
2. What have you been up to since your last album, "Closer to the Flame," in 1990?
3. Didn't you play all the instruments on your first solo album many years ago?
4. Is there anyone else playing on "Plugged In"?
5. Why did you change record companies from Capitol to Pyramid?
6. Was there any one song that was the spark for "Plugged In"?
7. How do you approach the making of a new album?
8. Tell us about the song, "Chutes and Ladders."
9. You've always used interesting vocal treatments in your songs, going all the way back to "I Hear You Knocking."
10. Tell us about the song, "I Love Music."
11. Who were the masters who made you love music?
12. Tell us about "Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins).
13. Was it difficult doing all those harmonies for "Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins)?
14. Who is Michael Lanning, the writer of "Beach Boy Blood"?
15. I normally wouldn't associate Al Anderson with a tender song like "A Better Word for Love."
16. You've managed to cover a lot of diverse musical territory on "Plugged In."
17. Where did you find the Otis Redding song, "I Got the Will"?
18. Tell us about the writers of "One Step Back."
19. Did you consciously try for the ZZ top guitar sound on "One Step Back”?
20. Who wrote the instrumental, "The Claw"?
21. How would you describe your guitar playing?
22. What was the idea of the scream at the end of "It Really Doesn't Matter"?
23. How was John Peel involved in the original version of the song, "Sabre Dance, and why did you decide to rerecord it for "Plugged In"?
24. Tell us what your record company in the 60s asked you to do after you recorded "Sabre Dance."
25. Do you ever expect a song to be a hit?
26. How did you get signed to Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label back in the seventies?
27. How did you meet Nick Lowe?
28. Why did albums that were done by Rockpile come out as solo albums by your or Nick Lowe?
29. How did Rockpile come together?
30. What was the 24 Hour club?
31. Who is the B. Murray who wrote "Trouble Boys"?
32. "Crawling From the Wreckage" is a Graham Parker song. How come Rockpile did it and he never released it?
33. Tell us about the song "Deborah" that you and Nick wrote.
34. Tell us the story of "Here Comes the Weekend.”
35. Didn't the song "Queen of Hearts" become a source of aggravation for you in America?
36. How did you end up with the Bruce Springsteen song, "From Small Things, Mama (Big Things One Day Come)?
37. After so many years of producing yourself, why did you choose Jeff Lynne to produce your "Information" album?
38. I guess you don't view yourself as a "master strategist"?
39. Tell us your involvement in starting the Traveling Wilburys.
40. From 1985 to 1990 Dave Edmunds did not release an album. Tell us what you were doing in those years.
41. What was it like producing the Everly Brothers? Were they difficult to work with?
42. How did you get involved with the movie "Stardust"?
43. Tell us about your first experience with a guitar.
44. Hi, I'm Dave Edmunds. I'm here to talk about "Plugged In," my new album.
45. Hi, I'm Dave Edmunds, and I think it's time that you got plugged in for a change.
46. Hi, This is Dave Edmunds, waking you up and plugging you in. Good morning!

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