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A N I N T E R V I E W W I T H<br />
Deblois Milledge<br />
Singer/songwriter<br />
Guy deBoer | GD You are currently<br />
traveling around the country and, fortunately<br />
for us, Key West is one of your<br />
stops. One of the events taking place<br />
while you are in town is Womenfest.<br />
Are you looking forward to this?<br />
Deblois Milledge | DM Yeah. I’ll be<br />
doing a special cruise on the Fury boats<br />
and the week of <strong>September</strong> 5-10 we’ll be<br />
over at the Smokin’ Tuna.<br />
GD What attracts you to Charlie<br />
Bauer’s new place?<br />
DM Charlie is a good friend, and I know<br />
that all the music that he gets involved<br />
with is of the highest quality.<br />
I’m very happy to be a part of<br />
that. I can’t say enough nice<br />
things about the place. I<br />
invited my family in Miami<br />
to see it, because it’s one of<br />
those spaces that just have<br />
an amazing energy to it.<br />
GD You’ve been coming back<br />
to Key West for several years,<br />
and you have developed quite<br />
a strong following here. What<br />
is it about your music that you<br />
think keeps people coming back<br />
to hear you?<br />
DM We play some of our original music<br />
and manage to sneak in some cover<br />
materials. I think that people like the<br />
songs we play.<br />
GUY deBOER<br />
<strong>KONK</strong><br />
BROADCASTING<br />
NEWS DIRECTOR<br />
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GD Tell us about your music style.<br />
DM I think it’s basically American roots<br />
music. I play acoustic guitar and sing. I<br />
find that people are also drawn to that<br />
minimal quality about the music. I<br />
usually have a band with me, so there<br />
are drums and bass involved. But at its<br />
core, it’s acoustic music.<br />
GD Do you feel that it sort of goes under<br />
the term of folk music?<br />
DM Yes. I love folk music and definitely<br />
what I play has huge influences drawn<br />
from that genre of music.<br />
GD When we talk about the range<br />
of the music you’re writing, are there<br />
any flavors that you normally think<br />
about to give people an idea what they<br />
can expect?<br />
DM Folk is a good place to start. and<br />
then from there, may be moving into<br />
blues and a little bit of jazz influences.<br />
People compare me sometimes to Nora<br />
Jones or Sheryl Crow, both of whom use<br />
really high-caliber musicians to help<br />
elevate their simple folk rock tunes<br />
to something that is really musically<br />
expressive.<br />
GD You did come with a group<br />
of musicians this time around. Who<br />
all is in the Deblois Milledge Band?<br />
DM I have a great group in town. Dave<br />
Curtis is playing bass, Billy ompson<br />
guitar and Danny Campbell on drums.<br />
ese guys are just fantastic musicians<br />
based out of California who<br />
have been to Key West many<br />
times backing me up in the<br />
past. In their own right, they<br />
have resumes pages long.<br />
GD When a group gets<br />
together, what attracts the<br />
individuals to play?<br />
DM For me, I just mostly like<br />
the drums. I want the beat<br />
to be there every time, so that<br />
I know where I am. And it can<br />
help the whole thing to sort<br />
of have a groove. And then once you<br />
have the groove, you can pick your<br />
players from there.<br />
GD Is it difficult being on the road with<br />
a bunch of people and trying to get<br />
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