THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Courtesy of www.muscipix.net
Interview:
Bob Schneider
By Chris Brown, Jayplay writer
Southern sound crafted from years of playing in Texas. Catch Bob Schneider when he comes through Lawrence to play The Bottleneck on Thursday, March 31.
Bob Schneider is a famous guitar god in Austin, Texas — where he has built a solid musical career for the past 10 years in such notorious local bands as the Scabs and the Ugly Americans. Just mention his name to anyone from Austin and chances are you'll receive an answer that can at least affirm his presence on the Austin music circuit or link him with actress Sandra Bullock, whom he says once dated. Falling somewhere in between Willie Nelson and Ben Harper, Schneider's music is simple yet distinctive and catchy. While you wouldn't be able to call Bob Schneider's music "Southern rock," at times it has a distinct
The title of your new album is "I'm Good Now." What do you mean by this?
Well, first, it's the name of a song on the album. I like things that have different meanings. Really what it means is he's good now because he's dead. I don't like to spell shirt out. I hate musicians who write songs that are literal representations of whatever they are feeling — like I'm so sad because...whatever. Why the fuck should I care? Why the fuck should anyone care?
I know you been a part of South by Southwest Festival in the past.
How's the South by Southwest festival going for you this year?
I don't associate with that organization. You don't get paid to play it and there is no need for me to play it and not get paid. I'm playing like five shows in the next two weeks here and if people want to come and see me play they can come to these shows.
What are your musical goals for this year?
I want to break the land speed record. It's going to be tough because A. I'm not much of a mechanic and B. I am afraid of speeds.
Wow, that'll probably be quite hard then.
I like to set myself up for massive disappointments.