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Updated: 12/04/05
The original grumpy old man talks production and the future
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Jegsy Dodd and The Sons of Harry Cross once recorded a session for John Peel. Then he gave up music completely and the band moved on. Fast forward about fifteen years and Jegsy is back at Maida Vale recording a session with a new band, The Original Sinners. We caught up with him to talk about the inspiration for his poetry, lyrics and how the band record when Jegsy lives on the Wirral and the band in London.
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"...the most strange things come back and some things we keep, some things we bin." |
How do you start out recording new music?
"I write the lyrics and record them on CD, and then I send it to [producer] Staunch in London. Staunch will chop my vocals up and send them back to me, I never know what's gonna come back through the post - the most strange things come back and some things we keep, some things we bin. Then I have to go down to London to re-do the vocals and everything evolves into a song."
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What inspires your poetic style?
"Most bands and songwriters would say everyday life; things you see on the street. For me it's the sense of the ridiculous, with a bit of a slant to it. Every band you've ever seen says that they want to be different, but they're not really, they're very similar to other bands. I genuinely think that we're slightly different from the others. We're not doing you're run of the mill rap song or something - we've got a completely different angle."
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