Bob Log III comes to the Spiegeltent in
Chapelfield Gardens on Monday 21st May. For tickets, go to
www.nnfestival.org.uk, or call the Teatre Royal Box Office on 01603 766400.
found rhythm after a particularly jumpy night in a Tequila-induced sleep, resting atop a red anthill; others claim they’ve seen beneath his helmet and attest that they witnessed the snarling face of Hades, King of the Underworld. Are we talking about the Stig? Not even close – we are here to tell you about Bog Log III, the raucous slide blues guitarist whose best-loved tracks are ‘Clap Your Tits’ and ‘I Want Your Shit on My Leg’… His wolf- mother would be so proud.
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You hail from a warm pit of music - Tucson, Arizona. Did your hometown put the rhythm in your loins? Tucson put a lot of things in my loins. But I would say the main thing Tucson gave me was BOREDOM. Boredom is absolutely gold. Without it, I would not have been forced to do something interesting for and with myself, like learn to play the guitar in the chunky way I do. Use your boredom, people; make something good.
What would you say to those people who might suggest you need to see someone’s face in order to connect with them in a live environment? HA! I would play my guitar at them, then teach them about a band called the Residents.
Your previous band was a twosome, Doo Rag – has the success of your solo life spoiled you for any future collaborations? As a one-man band, you are the complete master of TIME. You can take time out to dinner, feed it soup, throw a pie in its face, clean it off and buy it a new jacket. Te freedom of completely controlling time for an hour and a half a night is an exquisite power that very few musicians get to enjoy.
What do you think the life of the thrift store helmet was before you gave it its second incarnation?
ome say he was born to a mother who was half-wolf and rolled cigars for a living and a daddy who dressed in lace; some say he
BOB LOG III
Good Question! I would like to think it was for a teenage girl on her snow mobile.
You’re a precise, and labored songwriter, but your words are often obscured by the helmet– are the lyrics your catharsis, and the music ours? I actually think most of my lyrics are understandable, if you listen carefully. But that being said, I am a guitar player first, and I want the guitar to be what is communicating what I am trying to say. Te whole world speaks guitar, and I speak it back.
You’ve been accused of objectifying women – could you say in defense that you more than enjoy being objectified yourself? Have you ever been treated like a prime piece of meat by a lady? HA! Tere are people, and there always will be, who just don’t get it. Some people might read Jonathon Swift and think he was actually telling the Irish to eat their children. Tey don’t get it. Te song ‘Clap Your Tits’ for example, is actually about making fun of the things that objectify women.
We’ve seen how ‘I Want Your Shit on My Leg’ translates to a live audience, but what about ‘Clap Your Tits’? Very rarely do people actually clap their tits on stage, but I get many messages from people who went home and did it later. Once a fat man in a wheelchair clapped his tits on stage with me in New Orleans; it was a night we will all remember.
You’ll be playing the Spiegeltent for NNF; it’s a magical womb of a venue, a mirrored tent – does your environment inform and change your performance? I have played in the Spiegeltent a few times in Australia. Yes, it is a fantastic tent. I am sure I will play amazingly well, and everyone will be jittery with enthusiasm. Woot! See you soon, Norwich.
Emma Garwood NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL
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