FAST EDDIE CLARKE Talks The Blues - "I Think That's Why LEMMY And I Got On So Well When We Were Writing; We Both Had Similar Musical Roots"
May 15, 2014, 10 years ago
Fastway/former Motörhead guitar legend Fast Eddie Clarke is featured in a new interview with Classic Rock Revisited's Jeb Wright. He discusses his return with a new blues album, Make My Day - Back To Blues. An excerpt is available below:
Jeb: Who are your biggest Blues influences, and did you lean on them for this album?
Fast Eddie: "Well, my first hero was Eric Clapton with the Yardbirds. They used to play down the road so I was able to see them regularly. Five Live Yardbirds was like my bible and I played the whole album with my first band, The Bitter End, mostly in my dad’s garage. Then, Eric went with John Mayall and I played all of that album with my next band, Umble Blues. Then, along came Hendrix, The Cream and Jeff Beck Truth, and that was kind of the foundation of my music. I always thought of myself as third generation blues, as I followed the above. They, of course, followed the original American Blues players. I guess these were the influences that helped shape the album and also a lot of my life experience."
Jeb: With Motorhead and Fastway the Blues have an influence. It’s not so easy to hear, but the Blues is in your playing.
Fast Eddie: "Yeah, my roots are definitely in the Blues, but, as I said, I am third generation. I think that’s why Lemmy and I got on so well when we were writing, we both had similar musical roots. We wrote some great songs together and there are definitely some of our early influences in there."
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