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[font=Comic Sans MS] Hello everyone. I am here to announce a post so esclusivo with interviews with the Principal Singers of Neo Swing and Swing.
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[font=Comic Sans MS][align=center]Yes my friends from Any Swing, I had the great pleasure of talking with him the brilliant singer Tom Maxwell is not one of the biggest success of the Squirrel Nut Zippers "Hell". A short interview and more interesting things on your mind out of SNZ and his life after the success and fight with Jimbo and Katharine. I hope you enjoy. Interview made on 02/26/2009.[/align]
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André:As you saw the Squirrel Nut Zippers?

Tom:Ken Mosher once said that the Zippers were a "pop band that played strange instruments," and I think that is about right. When we started, Grunge was popular. We did the opposite, and played acoustic instruments and wore tuxedos. We unknowingly tapped into a cultural zeitgeist, but there was no reason to expect the kind of popularity we ultimately received.

André:You repent of having done something in the past?

Tom:I always try to be mindful and correct my errors, or modify my behavior. I don't, for a moment, regret being in the Zippers, or leaving them.

André:How was the feeling of seeing everyone shouting their names and have their work recognized by thousands of fans?

Tom:Surreal. It's hard to understand selling 30,000 cds a week, or playing for 50,000 people. I just tried to do the best job I could, and remember all the other talented bands who didn't get that kind of recognition.

André:What was the best moment of his career in the Squirrel Nut Zippers?

Tom:The greatest experience in my professional life was becoming friends with Al Casey, who was the last surviving member of Fats Waller's Rhythm, and a big inspiration. I wrote a song about him ("Pallin' With Al"), and he performed it with us in New York. When I tried to show him the bridge changes, which are a little tricky, he said "just play through it one time; I'll latch on." He did, and I burst into tears during his solo. Al passed a few years ago. When I visited him in the hospice, he asked me if any good bands were playing in town.


André:It was difficult to fit the song "Hell." One of the largest if not the biggest hit of the Squirrel Nut Zippers?

Tom:The Zipper's one, and only, hit, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard charts. "Hell" is, in fact, a typical "single tone" calypso, in the style written in the 1930s.

André:What made you leave the Squirrel Nut Zippers? Today you want to come back to play with them?

Tom:I realized that the first rule of being in a bomber crew is to bail out before the plane hits the ground. We weren't getting along. I thought of the Zippers as "our" band, and Jim and Katharine believed it belonged to them. I left, and have no intention of returning. I'm proud of what we did, and know it can never be that way again.

André:Tell us a little about your solo career?

Tom:I released "Samsara" in 2000, and stopped touring when my daughter was born. I play the occasional show, and am working on a second record. I've done lots of work for movies and TV.

André:You will have to come to Brazil?

Tom:Gosh, I'd love to, but don't see it happening.

André:What do you expect going forward in your career?

Tom:I just want to make good records, when I have enough decent songs to record. I want to play great shows.


André:Send a message to the people of Brazil?

Tom:Thank you for Os Mutantes, Tom Jobim, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto!

Thank you for your understanding and for the answer. I wish you all good and hope to see you one day here in Brazil

Thank you for your interest André!

André ( Any Swing )

This is great!! I´m gonna put this as "POST IT". Thanks!

MAravilha! Wonddddddderrful!