“The filmwas in The Nashville Film Festival,” Tashian recalls. “And so it played at a big theatre close to where I live. All of the guys came to Nashville and stayed with me for six days. We rehearsed and jammed, and then we’d go over to the theatre for the screenings and do a question-and-answer session after. On the festival’s closing night they had a big party at The Cannery, a ballroom in Nashville, and we got to play a 45-minute set there. And for whatever reason it was the best set I can remember since I was 19 years old! I swear to God. The sound – everything – was perfect. I was plugged into a ’65 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. Stock.”


Since the ’70s Tashian has written, recorded and performed with his wife Holly; the duo’s


sound is an upbeat acoustic country- flavoured concoction. Live dates across the USA and worldwide – including songwriting workshops – keep the couple busy. But Tashian and his old band mates make time for a handful of Remains dates each year; he says that while “it’s good for us to play just once in a while at this age, we’re not ready to just go on the road”, and tour like back in the ’60s.


Forty-five years after the debut album, there’s more Remains news. “Epic/Legacy released a compilation re-issue CD, entitled The Remains. And Sundazed Records released a wonderful double vinyl album also entitled The Remains. The great thing about this album is that it’s pressed on heavy vinyl and is a total mono mix… just


like our single records in the ’60s!”


All of the reminiscing for the filmhad gotten Tashian to thinking. He muses what could have happened. “If we had stayed together and had some monster hit back in the ’60s. With things the way they were going, the drug scene and alcohol and all, there’s a good chance that some of us could be dead by now. Either that, or we’d be in court suing each other over something.” Instead he says, “We’ve all had great lives. And we are able to get together and play together. We love each other to pieces! It’s great to be able to get the same guys together 45 years later and rock. It’s a happy story.”


Additional reporting by Alexandre Hussenet


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