Blues & Lasers evolved from the remnants of The Scott Tournet Band. “It started with the last song I wrote for the band,” explains Tournet, referring to “22 Times,” the growling burst of electrified Delta blues that kicks off Blues & Lasers. “When I played that one, it was a whole other thing from what we had been doing, which was a little softer. It felt really comfortable playing it live,” recalls Tournet. With the seeds of Blues & Lasers sown in the summer of 2007, it took a while for Tournet to bring the concept to fruition. “As the Tournet band, I spearheaded it and it was pretty much all of my tunes,” he says. “I’m trying to turn it into more of a band.”
Full article here by Dave Schultz who now owes me a beer.
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“As he relates his thoughts to guitarist Benny Yurco, drummer Steve Sharon and Dondero, he plots out the set list on a paper plate.”
And that plate hangs proudly on the bedroom wall upstairs in my home.
Great write up!
Dunno KC . . that was a terrific read . . think someone may owe him one.
Liked this . . . .
” The worse thing that was going to happen was that good music was going to happen. ”
At what point do you think Scott’s head will explode from all the music running around in it?
KC brought it up to me the other day. He has all the GPN sets, GPN’s new stuff, BNL’s sets, and Jen Crowell and the Woods Vehicle (we need to figure out a contraction for them) music.
Here’s another thought, if he did mess up, would anyone, not in the band even know?
Great article, rich with history. Good quote from Scott: “Ideally, I’d like to see this become my Gov’t Mule to Grace Potter & The Nocturnals’ Allman Brothers Band.”