Word: braggs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unexpectedly, Bragg spoke most effusively about his three shows in Managua and about socialism. But he also deigned to answer questions about his music, his fans and his heroes...
...Bragg isn't a "Rock Star" in the usual sense--no drugs, wild groupies or massive entourage for this man. Armed with a couple of guitars and a sizable repertoire of his pithy tunes, he doesn't even use a backing band...
...master of self-deprecation, Bragg calls himself the "big-nosed bastard from Barking." In person last Thursday, he looked handsome and healthy, not in the least worn out by his heavy tour schedule. And, as in concert, he provide to be a compulsive communicater, speaking rapidly in his gruff, not-always-comprehensible cockney accent...
...nearly 30, Bragg grew up listening to music rather than to politicos--and everything from country and western to soul to pop can still be traced in his own songs. He found the most solace, however, in songs by Smokey Robinson, clever songs that showed love wasn't the perfect world of flowers and fireworks every other songwriter promised it would be. Even now, Bragg holds that "Nine times out of 10, it's like being hit with a sledge hammer...and it's not always a nice kind of hangover...
...Bragg was also mightily affected by "the whole punk thing" that started in 1977, and especially by people like Elvis Costello and The Clash. Their inspiration started him off writing and performing...