“Benoit is quick to dispel rock’n’roll notions about life on the road. “I’ve worked with some bands – slackers, drug addicts, drunks – they arrive late and fuck it all up,” he says. “You need one strong person in the pack. With the Blues Explosion, for instance, they’re all strong; everybody’s reliable. The tour is like a machine.””
An interview with Xavier Benoit has recently be published by Flanders Today, visit the following links to read the article in full.
Text: flanderstoday.eu/art/xavier-benoit-touring-flanders-bands
PDF of full issue (Page 13):
flanderstoday.eu/sites/de….ft_14_06_25_lowres.pdf
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