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In an exclusive interview with Absolute Radio’s Sarah Champion at London’s Hard Rock Cafe, classic rock band Big Country revealed that working with the Countess from Downtown Abbey has resulted in attention from an unexpected fan base.
The group commented on reports that they had been working with Elizabeth McGovern from the hit ITV show, explaining that they have been showing her and her band the ropes. Whilst the pairing seems less bizarre when given context, drummer Mark Brzezicki did admit that the match had ‘gone down very well at home with all our family, wives and grandmothers.’
However, other members of the band may not have always been so popular with their wives. Tony Butler recalled a close-call from when Big Country opened for Queen at Knebworth in 1986, detailing how he had to ‘dash off because my daughter was being born.’
Being able to name drop Queen into such a retelling can only come with the amount of experience and success that Big Country has achieved. While they do admit that they are ‘a little bit older,’ the rockers believe their music has a timeless quality to it, explaining that they ‘were never a band of the time.’ Revealing that they have been working on new material, Big Country said it was something they felt partially compelled to do as an ‘important act of…moving beyond’ focusing upon the tragic death of their former front-man Stuart Adamson in 2001.
Their aforementioned experience was exhibited in the intimate gig, which required a level of perfection from the band under such close-seeing scrutiny. Although Mike Peters admitted that there is more of a ‘challenge’ to perform when ‘you can see the whites of people’s eyes,’ ultimately it was not too much of a struggle for the well-rounded group. Whether they are performing to 150,000 people or playing to a small crowd at the Hard Rock Cafe, Big Country believes that they will ‘make it feel intimate’ no matter the situation.
And as the band took to the stage, perhaps the presence of great musicians’ memorabilia displayed in the London Café had an influence over the band’s performance. Tony, who was on his first ever visit to the venue, went straight over the display holding Jimi Hendrix’s guitar and showed his admiration for his ‘idol’ by calling him ‘the perfect human being’ in rock and roll.
The group commented on reports that they had been working with Elizabeth McGovern from the hit ITV show, explaining that they have been showing her and her band the ropes. Whilst the pairing seems less bizarre when given context, drummer Mark Brzezicki did admit that the match had ‘gone down very well at home with all our family, wives and grandmothers.’
However, other members of the band may not have always been so popular with their wives. Tony Butler recalled a close-call from when Big Country opened for Queen at Knebworth in 1986, detailing how he had to ‘dash off because my daughter was being born.’
Being able to name drop Queen into such a retelling can only come with the amount of experience and success that Big Country has achieved. While they do admit that they are ‘a little bit older,’ the rockers believe their music has a timeless quality to it, explaining that they ‘were never a band of the time.’ Revealing that they have been working on new material, Big Country said it was something they felt partially compelled to do as an ‘important act of…moving beyond’ focusing upon the tragic death of their former front-man Stuart Adamson in 2001.
Their aforementioned experience was exhibited in the intimate gig, which required a level of perfection from the band under such close-seeing scrutiny. Although Mike Peters admitted that there is more of a ‘challenge’ to perform when ‘you can see the whites of people’s eyes,’ ultimately it was not too much of a struggle for the well-rounded group. Whether they are performing to 150,000 people or playing to a small crowd at the Hard Rock Cafe, Big Country believes that they will ‘make it feel intimate’ no matter the situation.
And as the band took to the stage, perhaps the presence of great musicians’ memorabilia displayed in the London Café had an influence over the band’s performance. Tony, who was on his first ever visit to the venue, went straight over the display holding Jimi Hendrix’s guitar and showed his admiration for his ‘idol’ by calling him ‘the perfect human being’ in rock and roll.
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