Collect Call From: Guy Garvey of Elbow (Day 2)
The Britrockers have embarked on a rare U.S. tour behind their 2008 release, The Seldom Seen Kid, and lead singer Guy Garvey will be checking in periodically to let us know how it's going.
Day 2
May 2, 4P.M.
Garvey checks in from his hotel room in Denver, Colorado, where he has been wrestling with his computer.
The only thing I've noticed about the altitude here is that all of my toiletries expanded. All the bottles of fluids that keep me so radiant and young looking have gotten a bit bigger.
We had a day off yesterday in Lincoln, Nebraska, which was kind of a sterile town, really. We took a boom box into the swimming pool at the motel, had a lot of beer, and just hung out there getting wrinkly all day. The string girls just had a chill. I think they watched a movie on the back of the bus... There Will Be Blood, I believe. We met another band just by chance in there, a band called Grand Archives. They're a Sub Pop band, and they were doing the same thing as us, they had some time off so they were just messing about in the pool. I'm not used to meeting men by saunas, but there you go.
Since Chicago, we've done just Minneapolis I think, which was superb. A little club called the Fine Line. We tried to get the people very fittingly to sing "Purple Rain," with it being Prince's hometown. That didn't work, so they spontaneously broke into "Lean on Me." which I absolutely love. I've been making little recordings for my radio show, and it always strikes me more when I listen back to the recording. It's always a great sound, isn't it, people singing together? We'll see what the people of Denver fancy.
I'm listening to: "Tyler" by UB40
"Tyler is guilty/the white judges said so." It's a great tune. Over breakfast yesterday morning, Pete, my bass player, came on my radio show and that's what he picked, that's what he wanted to hear. UB40, they do some terrible commercial shit, but their first album was great, very moody. Did you know that "Red Red Wine" was written by Neil Diamond? Do you know that when he performs it live, he sticks in the rapping that UB40 added. Can you believe it? (Rapping) "Red red wine, you make me feel so fine..."
I'm reading: I've not had a chance to read much. I'm trying to fix my computer with all the spare time I've got. I've got a Powerbook G4 that needs throwing in the fucking bin. It's an absolute pain. If it was a person, it would be like a cantakerous mule and I hate it. I hate it with every fiber of being.
Read Guy Garvey's entry from Day One: CLICK HERE
Read Guy Garvey's entry from Day Three: CLICK HERE
Read Guy Garvey's entry from Day Four: CLICK HERE
