

Were you and Carmen coming from the same place musically speaking? It was joyous watching them get stuck in - I just had to put the idea on the table and they were all over it with a freshness that’s so lacking nowadays.” “My job was to instigate the proceedings.

I thought, ‘This is great, maybe we should ask them down, go outside of their style, try to challenge them to do something else.’ “She goes, ‘I’ve got a band with a girl called Rosie and if you want to hear us, we’re playing at this place.’ So we hot-footed it up there not knowing what to expect and there they were just giving it large. When she said Albert Collins that was it, because I think he’s the coolest. “First of all, I couldn’t believe that a young 22- or 23-year-old girl would be in love with Buddy Guy, or even know about him. What was it about Carmen Vandenberg as a guitar player that made you want to work with her? Carmen Vandenberg (Image credit: David Solorzano)
