Manchester UK we got pulled and they thought I was dealing in human trafficking. Once, on the way back home we were again at Heathrow and I had forgotten a pretty good size knife in my computer bag. You would have thought they had caught me with an atomic bomb, the way they were acting. Com- ing back from France into the UK is always a treat. If by treat, I mean major pain in the ass. They have held us up for hours at the tun- nel waiting to go across the Channel. Incidents like these kind of just keep you sharp and awake for a bit after they hap- pen. (Laughs)
I’ve heard a lot
about the rock cruises but haven’t been on one myself yet. I know you guys were on the last Rock Legends Cruise. Did you have any fun at all? I’m laughing here because I know you did. That’s got to be like a dream vacation. Tell us about it. The one Kurt and I just did was the Rock
cruise. The guys in Foghat, Doug Gray from Marshall Tucker, they are a some of the finest people in the business, and thanks to that cruise they'll be friends of mine for life. Devon Allman and I met and jammed in Spain before, but we buddied up on the RLC as well. I really like the people that run the Rock Legends Cruise, too. The RLC is actually a fundraiser for the North American Heritage
Mike Estes rocks onboard the Rock Legends Cruise II. (Kelly Kain Photo)
Association, which is a great cause. I'll be doing it as long as they'll have me.
Mike, what is your songwriting
Legends Cruise ll. It was a BLAST. We played with Greg T Walker and Charlie Hargrett as "Fired Guns." I wanted to call the band "Once Upon A Time We Were Blackfoot" or some- thing crazy. (Laughs) But Fired Guns was funny, and it worked. The Rock Legends Cruise, for me personally, is the best one out there. Days and nights filled with great classic rock acts you know and love. I've gotten to be good friends with some great bands from that
process like? I know a lot of people here in Nashville use a formula. I’m all over the place myself when I write with no certain way to do it at all. It hits me and I write it man. I’ve always felt like my best songs just came riding into my head on an airwave of some kind. Like it was already in the air waiting for an interpreter. Well, in my mind, the best ones usually
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