God Street Wednesday: Old Pifer Interview

Let’s set the God Street Wednesday Time Machine for the Spring of 1998 as we take a look at an interview GSW bassist Dan Pifer did for In Music We Trust. The author, W. Jeffrey Lockwood, had interview guitarist Aaron Maxwell but he forgot to press record on his tape recorder – my worst nightmare. Jeff was able to schedule an interview with Dan and the transcript of their conversation was posted on In Music We Trust in May 1998.

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[Photo by Michael Weiss]

Among the topics Dan chats about is whether the band was getting along…

Dan: I think we get along great considering the amount of time we’ve spent together the last 9 years. (laughing) We toured together in vans and cars in the beginning. And then after the first three years we were together, we moved into a house together for about three years. We were all in it for about three years and a couple of guys stayed a couple of years longer. During that time was when we were touring the most. It was like we would be in a band together all the time and then we would come home and be together in the house. We spent a lot of time together. We are still all good friends and get along with each other. In fact, I’d say we are better friends now. We did come to a point where we stopped really communicating, and we had to break through some of those barriers that we put up. But we’re in a much better place now that everybody has learned to accept each other.

CLICK HERE to read the rest of the interview.

SHOW OF THE WEEK: There’s only one show from 1998 on the Live Music Archive, but luckily it’s a crispy recording of a fantastic performance – 04/16/1998 @ Northwestern University. Download or stream it now.

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