Norman Blake may refer to: (wikipedia)
Over the years, 15, 16 years, we've picked up all sorts of bits and pieces, ... And normally when we make an album we load a van up and deliver it all: old Wurlitzers, odd synthesizers and things.
Over the years -- 15, 16 years -- we've picked up all sorts of bits and pieces, ... And normally when we make an album we load a van up and deliver it all: old Wurlitzers, odd synthesizers and things.
It was sort of liberating in a way. We had to concentrate on arranging the tracks, we couldn't embellish them needlessly.
Right from the start John said, 'Look, you guys have been doing this for years, so I'm not going to tell you how to arrange things,'
With some of our previous records, we had songs with 14 vocal tracks and three pianos. We just wanted to strip some of that back and make a record we could (easily reproduce) live. And we achieved that. We were just in London and played the album from start to finish.