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DETOURS
Comments May 2003 |
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- Detours brings
together three very talented, singer
songwriters, Sam Johnson, Ez Jon Erikson and
Julian Flindle (aka Ju), in an acoustic rock
outfit. As a unit they capture a truly
remarkable, distinctive sound, skeletal yet
full, raw yet polished, with an urgency and
immediacy. Their original songs are overflowing
with melody and lyrical and vocal depth of
feeling.
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- "Sam and I
have written, recorded and performed together on
several occasions, as have Ju and I. Also, Sam
and Ju were in a band together out of school,
Diversion Ends,
so it was very natural for the three of us to
form Detours" Ez comments.
- "Sam and Ez
are brothers, and Ez has been a close mate of
mine since school, where we started writing
songs together" says Julian. "Our working
together is so relaxed due to the great
understanding and respect we all have for each
other as individuals and as musicians."
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- "Ezza, Ju and
I are all focused, and share the same dreams,
visions and goals" remarks their lead singer
Sam. " Detours is a chance for the three of us
to combine some of our ideas from our own solo
projects in an acoustic setting, mixed with
fresh ideas, and simply enjoy ourselves together
as three friends."
- "Yeah, it is
not really about how great the guitar, trumpet
or harmonica playing is" adds Ez, "but about how
good the songs are, and how well they come
across in a stripped down format. It is a chance
to hear a truly great singer, Sam, in an
intimate atmosphere. Also, the rehearsals for me
are about great tea drinking!"
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- Sam: "Thanks,
Ezza. Actually we're very diverse as all three
of us write, sing, play instruments, and have
our own styles. The variety of songs we perform
cover a lot of ground, and provide great
entertainment....and Ezza's right about the tea.
I've never seen anyone drink as much tea as Ezza
does, and you should see how strong it is! It's
like mud, because he leaves the teabag in and
only has a molecule of milk with it, and besides
that he's also always eating curry!"
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- Ju:
"Mine's a coffee black no sugar! Anyhow, the
three of us feel that as a trio we can do
this for a long time and achieve so very
much. The potential is there for us to
develop our style and sound over a long
period of time, and experiment. At present
we are focusing on an under-produced,
acoustic sound, but as we progress, our
arrangements will probably bring in fuller
instrumentation, such as bass, drums and
subtle keyboards."
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- Ez: "We've
played some small, intimate warm up gigs in
secret locations, and they went down
incredibly well. The reaction from the
audience was very encouraging. We have
recently finished recording an introductory
album entitled "Debut" now available on CD
format from the website. We have such a
treasure chest of material to choose from,
so deciding on which songs to record for the
CD and which ones to put to one side for now
was not easy, but we're thrilled with the
final decision. We believe that the album
captures our acoustic, live sound remarkably
well. Check it out. I'd like to acknowledge
the great engineering job by our friend Paul
Adshead."
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- Sam:
"We're now looking forward to performing
live, starting with the Saddleworth
Festival. It's a great honour for us to have
been chosen for this event."
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- (Detours
speaking on the release of their CD 'Detours
Debut' prior to the Saddleworth Festival
concert)
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