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ND: Why
do you think Misty In Roots have kept going so long when many others
have fallen by the wayside?
PB: I would think it's a dedication to the art- the skill
of musicians is a good thing to expose, all things, and the conviction,
even within the music that we play. That is why we are still playing.
ND: Have
Misty picked up on the Roots revival that is going on now?
PB: Well, hopefully, if t'ings pick up to a degree that the
Roots is given a higher profile within the music business, then
I think all, I will say, Roots Reggae bands will naturally pick
up. We in our capacity have been working for the last twenty odd
years so within that we have a legacy because we have played in
so much places. Basically we have done a lot of work and in that
way I think a lot of people know us. So I don't know much about
a Roots revival but hopefully the Roots will get a higher profile
within the music.
ND: The
roots still needs push from the media…
PB: Yes, it's true and that's because it's always been neglected
to the degree that nobody used to pick it up and give it credibility
or actually put it in its rightful place within the whole reggae
movement, the whole music movement in England, put it like that.
ND: Misty
work as a collective - do you think that has been a drawback, rather
than going for a big label deal?
PB: You see the independent business is a struggle. I could
say we've had a good try, but you know how it goes, it's very hard.
You can't really compete against some big, big multinational or
whatever industry, so…we try, you know. That's about it.
ND: You
have been licensing material recently?
PB: Yes, this is actually another way of helping the collective.
We've got a catalogue there, so we license things now and again.
ND: People
used to say that reggae coming out of England did not compare with
reggae from Jamaica.
PB: Obviously, Jamaica is the place of Reggae. Reggae came from
Jamaica and you must expect if Reggae is developed in Jamaica and
Reggae is developed in England, England Reggae to a degree must
sound different from what is coming from Jamaica. So I don't see
why an English band wants to sound like Jamaica. That' s the way
I see it. Whether people want to say one is better than the other,
well, everybody is entitled to their opinion.
ND: What
is happening with Misty right now?
PB: Right now we are trying to finish off a new album and out
of that hopefully we can do some work to promote it. From there
we can see how that can really help us. Hopefully by summer everything
is firing!
ND: And
what about reaching the youth?
PB: Very important! Hopefully they can get an opportunity to
hear the work we are doing and that is only if the media and the
DJ's who are actually playing the music for the younger generation
will play our music. So if you get any opportunity to inspire them,
even to take up the kinds of things that we saw within our time,
coming through society, is a good thing, but hopefully our message
can reach them.
ND: You
are still committed to the message?
PB: It is what is necessary. There is not need to change because
we have seen the reality of things. We just keep it up and it's
a true thing because the little life that I've been through, I can
tell you, most of the things that people have said in that time,
they have come to pass. It is necessary for people to keep on appealing
to humanity to control themselves.
ND: The
message is still Unity?
PB: Unity, man, because without unity, we'll always be fighting
wars on the Earth and it is ridiculous. The slaughtering of human
beings - I can't understand that, it is sick. So the only way we
can get over that is people have to learn to get on with each other.
Thus we will have a Unity, an example of Peace, which is what we
need.
ND: Anything
else you would like to say?
PB: Keep up the work, Beloved, the more people do it, the strong
we should be and even keep it alive, so give thanks and praise.
Peace and love to everyone who read this!
- Norman
Darwen
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