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Varying slightly from the customary formatting on this page, when I was recently in Belfast, 1. Q. At what age did you get your first guitar?
Q. Dearest Bap, how come the last three shows in
Belfast have been the day after I get on a plane back
to England after having been home for several days or
weeks? If you have questions you'd like to ask Bap, please send them to Shirley, and your question(s) will be forwarded directly BAP, THANKS VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT AND
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for his response...and he will respond as quickly as possible.
I asked Bap the some questions, what follows are those questions and his responses:
A. 15.
2. Q. If someone were making a film of your life, what would you like it to be entitled?
A. “That’ll Teach Me!”
3. Q. Who would write the soundtrack?
A. “Me, of course!”
4. Q . Who would star in it?
A. Al Pachino.
5. Q. What ever happened to the flowered guitar you had for so long, while with Energy Orchard and up until the past two or three years?
A. I sold it…it was haunted. [Enquiry: “True?” Response: “Yes.”]
6. Q. Do you believe in…
a. Multiple lives? “I have some already.”
b. Love at first sight? “With food.”
c. Democracy? “Except in bands.”
7. Q. your life were a highway, what would the speed limit be?
A. [Thoughtfully]: “90”
8. Q. How many neices and nephews do you have?
A. About 10.
9. If you could have been present for any famous, world-changing event…what event would that have been?
A. [Without hesitation!]: “The Launch of Apollo 11” [Bap has commented in the past about his lunar obsession!]
10. What was the best advice you ever received?
A. “Never eat anything blue.”
11. What was the best advice you ever received about making music, and who was it from?
A. “From Van Morrison: Music is work. Although it has to do with ‘playing’ it’s hard work.”
12. If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
A. “Monkey Puzzle.”
13. Poor & happy, or rich and miserable? “Poor & happy”
Looks or personality? “Personality”
Coffee or tea? “Coffee”
Pepsi or Coke-a-Cola? Coke-a-cola.
Hot or cold? “Hot”
14. In what era would you have been, had you grown up with your favourite of the world's greatest, most famous composers?
A. I would have liked to been born in the 40s ‘cos I would have been part of the swinging sixties.
15. What would be your dream lineup for a gig?
Elvis on bass;
Hank Williams on rhythm;
Ringo on drums;
Ray Charles on piano; and
Van Morrison on Harmonica.
16. If you could put one item into a slingshot and shoot it into outer space, what would that item be?
A. A boiled egg.
16. If it were possible for you to live on another planet, what planet would that be, and why?
A. Neptune ... because it's a nice, pretty blue colour...
18: Sunny or rain? "both."
Night or day? "both."
Love or money? 'both."
Phone or in person? "In person."
19. If you could go back in time and retrieve one artifact, what artifact would you bring back?
A. Jesus's tool box.
20 What do you want people to feel when they see you play live?
A. "To feel good, to forget their troubles..."
21 What do you get out of it?
A. Same thing: To feel good, forget my troubles...
22. Berry or apple? "Definitely Berry."
Rayon or Silk? "Silk"
Blue or green? "Blue"
Chocolate or vanilla? "chocolate"
Sunrise or sunset? "Sunset."
[Thank you very much again for your patience Bap]
The two questions below come from Scott Gordon of Belfast:
BAP: It’s a pity about the schedules…you’ll catch me sooner or later…
Q. I play in a wee acoustic trio and we recently
covered a Bap-song at a gig. I told everybody who you
were and that they need to look you up. Is this ok?>
BAP: Scott, thanks for covering my song…I’m always flattered by that.
These following two questions are from Stephen Little, of Belfast:
BAP: Nope..it's still a whisper...
Q. How about issuing a single on vinyl, and what are your thoughts on vinyl ?
BAP: Vinyl sminyl....it's too big for my cd player...
Q. From where does your inspration come ?
BAP: I think my inspiration comes from comes from Donegal...but you can never trust a word he says...
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