A few words with Deanne Dale, Paul ‘Buck Buckberry and Nick Williams. Together they’re The Amazing 3.
Leicester Bangs: Tell us a little about yourselves.
DEANNE: I was a big fan of the Tezuka Amazing 3 manga cartoon from the 1960's and always dreamed of being Bonnie Bunny... my wish is now coming true (altho' Bonnie never sang the Blues)
BUCK: Music is everything to me and I will do whatever it takes to keep that at my centre. The Amazing 3 are a trio of fairly like-minded people
NICK: I was introduced to music through a friend of my older brother who was into to Neil Young, Steve Earle’s first album 'Guitar town', and many of the local blues bands around Melbourne.
LB: How did you start out making music?
DEANNE: Singing along with my Nanna's Broadway musical records... graduated to Elton John... bought my first record when I was 8 - "Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player'. Used to sing the harmony parts 'cos Elton's range was better than mine!
BUCK: After seeing Bob Dylan perform in 1986. I gave up my day job and started busking. I still busk to this day
NICK: The first time I was truly moved by music was listening to Neil Young. In particular, I remember hearing a pedal steel line in a Neil Young song that connected with and comforted my troubled teenage soul directly. It was the first time I realized the power of music as a force. I then realized that I wanted to play and be a part of that force and to one day move people the same way I had been moved.
LB: Who did you grow up listening to and how do they influence what you’re doing now?
DEANNE: By the time I got to my teens I was listening to The Eagles, Neil Young, America, and from Australia, Little River Band, Sherbet... loved anything with big fat harmonies
BUCK: Until that Dylan concert I was quite a contemporary consumer of music; whatever was on the TV, radio or charts between 73 & 86. When I started playing guitar I realized blues was at the root of all that moved me in music. So I hunted backwards thru music history seeking the origins and stopped at a wax cylinder recording of Cape Town tribesmen chanting in 1911. Any music that stirs me to this day has a blue note in it someplace
NICK: When I was 17 I went to see the singer and harmonica player Chris Wilson play at a pub in Richmond, Melbourne. I was hit by how much power a single instrument could have on the soul. My love of blues is due to the direct and powerful nature of the genre. My love of American country music is in its story telling and honesty
LB: Tell us about your latest release.
DEANNE: It was recorded one rainy afternoon following a couple of smashing gigs at the Blue Mountains Music Festival. We were all fired up and ready to rock - two takes and we were done!
BUCK: Personally, it was born out of frustration, of having a back-catalogue of songs without the means to get them into a respectable format. It was either make something happen or go back to driving trucks. The threat of driving trucks is a tremendous motivator for me
NICK: It’s a chance for me to do what I love doing, which is contributing to the creative process. I feel I work best musically when I am given the opportunity to add some extra colour to something that already exists. The songs really lend themselves to my style of harmonica playing and it was a blast to play freely into a stand up microphone.
LB: Do you get out and play your music live, and if so, what can an audience expect at one of your shows?
DEANNE: Constantly refreshed ears... genres, instrumentation, lead vocals, harmony arrangements
BUCK: An authentic harkening back to an era when families or individuals entertained themselves by singing and playing songs. An invitation to lose themselves in the moment
NICK: They can expect to be entertained and hear original songs mixed with interesting not so often done covers.
LB: What aspects of playing and recording music do you most enjoy?
DEANNE: Working as a team... have never been a solo player
BUCK: Playing music… I can’t think of any pass time on earth that’s more beneficial to a human being; and recording music, well, that’s the best. Recording music is capturing a moment that will last forever, a way of celebrating everything that was good in your life at that point
NICK: I play music to not only keep improving as a musician but to move, entertain and contribute to the overall sound and colour of a song. Recording is giving pleasure to other people. I also like the learning aspect of recording. You learn something new every time
LB: Where can people find (and buy) your music?
BUCK: The Amazing 3 EP and digital launch is scheduled for May 28 2011. Watch these spaces for details:
http://www.theamazing3.com
http://www.theamazingthree.com
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