Pat Wilson.

Shitty Country Folk Songs.

This young upstart is the kind of guy you want your daughters to marry. This handsome and friendly lad writes country/ folk. And not only does he write it, he also plays it. Did I mention that this country folk that he both writes and plays is also very good? Well I have now.  Now I’m not the kind of person who listens to a lot of country, folk or a combination of the two. But when I flung Pat’s Ep into the CD player of my car I knew I was in for a treat. With a serenading voice akin to Jesus and mad skills on the acoustic guitar and/or harmonica this guy is good. You should all buy his music. 

Now.

Xave: Hello Pat

Pat: Hello Xave

Xave: how are you today?

Pat: I’m fine, how are you

Xave: I’m doin' pretty good

Xave: So I heard you’ve been writing some songs

Pat: Yeah I have been, writing and recording some stuff

Xave: What kind of songs are we talking here?

Pat: Umm its bit country a bit folk

Xave: A bit…good?

Pat: Nah not really, haha

Xave: Right on, so you’ve been writing shitty country, folk songs.

Pat: Yeah i'm basically trying to appeal to no one

Xave: That’s the way to go about it I've heard. What kind of musician's are inspiring you in this musical endeavour?

Pat: I’ve been listening to a lot of Neil Young and Simon and Garfunkel, lots of toe tappin' rhythms and harmonica, that kind of thing

Xave: Oh you play a bit of harmonica too? Got one of those neck things, so you can play guitar at the same time?

Pat: Haha yeah I've got one of those

Xave: And playing live gigs too?

Pat: Yeah I’ve been doin' Jack n Jill’s annnnd... that’s about it.

Xave: Didn’t you play at Beav's once?

Pat: Oh yeah I played there once about a month ago

Xave: Getting any money out of this to help you take it further? Cos you put an Ep out recently didn’t you?

Pat: Yeah I did that and that’s been good for some cash flowwwww, and once I sell all the copies I have of that I'm gonna come out with a new single.

Xave: Hit new single! Top 40’s stuff

Pat: Nah, cos its shit.

Xave: Of course, how do you go about writing these songs?

Pat: I'm not much of a storyteller so I write songs about shit that happens to me, and a lot of them are really bad, but some are not so bad.

Xave: What would be your favourite song you’ve written?

Pat: Umm, tough one but probably Ryan the Moth. It’s about a moth, and his name Ryan.

Xave: Something to do with our good friend Ryan Clover?

Pat: Yeah he helped me write it, and its loosely based on him.

Xave: How so?

Pat: Well it’s just his name.

Xave: Oh, so very loosely based.

Pat: Yeah other than the name there’s not really any other connection. But yeah it’s about a moth that likes lights and has a friend who’s a bumblebee. The bumblebee doesn’t really get that much of a mention though

Xave: Just a really low, sub-character in the song?

Pat: Yeah that’s it

*Some completely off track conversation that is of no benefit to anyone ensued after this*

Xave: okay we got a bit off track there, what other musical stuff have you done? Didn’t you used to play drums in a punk band?

Pat: Aha! Yeah Hole in the Shoe, and I don’t play drums anymore because I can’t be bothered setting up my kit.

Xave: And everyone knows you can’t score if you play drums.

Pat: Yeah man cos you’re up the back and no one can see you haha

Xave: Did you score when you played at Jack n Jill’s last?

Pat: For the purpose of this interview, yes. Yes I did.

Xave: Ladies! Check him out! He plays guitar.

*We proceeded to get distracted by a dog pooping on the beach*

Xave: I’m glad we did the interview here

Pat: Yeah its good, that’s guy’s kite boarding. Kite boarding is lame. That’s like standing on a skateboard holding a kite.

Xave: More questions! What are most of your songs about?

Pat: Generally they’re about girls because I have no imagination.

Xave: Oh are they heartbreak songs?

Pat: Yeah man

Xave: Bitches.

Pat: Yeah, bitches.

*Again we get distracted, this time by the kite boarders*

Kite boarding is so lame man, they should just surf.

Xave: Do you surf?

Pat: I used too but now I don’t.

Xave: Its cos you don’t have blonde hair isn’t it?

Pat: Yeah I actually can’t believe that I live in Torquay and used to surf but I don’t have blonde hair.

Xave: Yeah did you have an accident or something?

Pat: Probably

Xave: Okay I've run out of questions, anything else we should add? Are you playing anywhere anytime soon?

Pat: Umm, I don’t think so. But ill let you know. But I've been recording and I've just finished the A-side of that and it’s goin' really good.

Xave: Oh you’re one of those vinyl guys. Right on!

Pat: Yeah I thought it would be cool to do.

Xave: It’s a very cool thing to do. Vinyl is good.

Pat: Thanks man

Xave: Thank you, we’re done here. Bye Pat

Pat: Bye Xave.

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