Welcome to the feature where we talk to musicians about some of their favourite things about the industry. Today we speak to the band Sunflower Fox And The Chicken Leg who have recently released Shadow Girl, today we find out all about their favourite things.

What is your Favourite:

Song you have written: 

Craig: 2nd Album: Siren Song

Kyle: Shadow Girl

James: Breathe It In

Kaity: 2nd Album: The Watcher

Lyric:

Craig: 2nd Album: ‘We’re Going to Hell’

Kyle: 2nd Album: ‘We’re Going to Hell’

James: 2nd Album: ‘We’re Going to Hell’

Kaity: 2nd Album: ‘We’re Going to Hell’

Musician:

Craig: Jaco

Kyle: Ronnie James Dio!

Kaity: Ann Wilson-Heart

Film or television show:

Craig: A Clockwork Orange

Kyle: LOTR

James: School of Rock

Kaity: The Simpsons!

Venue to perform at:

Craig: The Fillmore in Minneapolis

Kyle: Varsity Theatre

James: Varsity Theatre

Kaity: Roy Wilkins Auditorium

Item to take with you on tour:

Craig: Tequila

Kyle: Multitool

Kaity: Toothy the T Rex

Instrument:

Craig: ‘Blondie’ ‘75 Natural Jazz Bass

Kyle: 18” 2002 paiste crash

James: ‘64 Gibson SG reissue

Kaity: Telefunken custom wired mic: gold grill w/orange body

Song to play live:

Kyle: ‘Past’

James: 2nd Album ‘Tequila’

Kaity: 2nd Album ‘The Watcher’

Album by another musician:

Craig: ‘Power Slave’ Iron Maiden

Kyle: ‘Brave New World’ Iron Maiden

James: ‘Dose’ Government Mule

Kaity: ‘Rumors’ Fleetwood Mac

Memory of tour:

Craig: Going 140 in a McClaren in El Paso

Kyle: Getting 100.00 worth of Popeyes in small town Louisiana

James: Shaving Kyle’s 70’s stache in Louisiana

Kaity: Staying up all night and telling stories 

Era for music:

1970’s baby!!

Part of making a record

Craig: Creating with the entire band in the studio

Kyle: The first listen of the raw take 

James: Getting the first mix back and realizing it doesn’t suck

Kaity: Tracking live-where I’m not isolated. 

Thing about performing at festivals:

Craig: Being able to actually FEEL the bass

Kyle: Being in front of a lot of people

James: Being allowed to be as loud as we want

Kaity: The crowd response and playing off the crowd

Quote:

Kyle:‘It’s not a mistake if you do it more than once’

Kaity: ‘What’s the worst that could happen’

Thing about the music industry at the moment

Kyle: How accessible things are

Craig: The access to other musicians and players

Kaity: Ditto to all of these things

James: No more gatekeepers. 

Thing about last year?

Craig: Putting my bass through a marshall stack

Kyle: Listening to our first mix from Ron Nevison

James: Seeing the positive response from all of our releases

Kaity: Recording with Ron Nevison