What to ask? - they've heard it all !!

 
Rhonda Vincent                                            Jolie Edwards

Many years ago, when I started doing interviews during the world's largest Country Music Festival (every February / March in Zurich, Switzerland), the question was what to ask.

 
Bellamy Brothers                                           Rick Trevino

Famous artists do so many interviews that they get bored answering the same questions over and over again. So the main goal right from the start was to ask what hardly anybody is asking.

Margo Rochelle                               K.C. Williams

This means a lot of preparation work and research in order to pull together the "right" set of questions.

 
Alecia Nugent                                                  Two Tons of Steel

Some one hundred interviews and many meetings with the stars later, I have developed a sense of "what to ask". My ultimate goal is to make the artists think before they answer. If they have to think, you can be sure that you've asked something they are not hearing every day.

 
Joe "King" Carrasco                                    Sarah Jory

Many of the questions have proven to be re-usable. However, I always try to bring in some new questions.

 
Ken Mellons                                                    BR549

See what the artists had to say on the occasion of talking to me.

 
                            Ricochet                                                       Tracy Lawrence

Multi-publishing:

These interviews have been published in various magazines. You can also access them on Germany's leading online news site for Country Music, which is maintained by the best picture-taking Grizzly Bear of Europe.

The names:

Is your favorite artist among those I have interviewed? Here are the names, so you don't have to scan the entire sections.

Clicking the names gets you to the artists website where available. If you want to read the interview, click on the alphabetic section above.

A to C

Albisgütli Festival (Promoter); Deborah Allen; Tom Astor; Tommy Alverson; Amazing McNasty Brothers; Stephanie Ann; Lynn August; AVCC; Mandy Barnett; Baton Rouge; Stephanie Bentley; Blue Highway; Börse Restaurant (Owner); BR549; John Brack; Broken Spoke; Roger Brown;
Buckaroos (Buck Owens' Band); Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke; Burrito Deluxe;
Joe "King" Carrasco; John Carter Cash; Rosanne Cash; Cherryholmes;
Children of Grindelwald Choir (talks with Regina Amacker, Rattlesnake Annie, George Hug and Albi Matter); Anita Cochran; Mark Collie; Giampiero Colombo; Colorado; Cowboy Kurt; Cowboy Crush; Cowboy's Nightmare

D to F

Buddy Dee; Slam Duncan (DJ); Jolie Edwards

G to I

Pam Gadd; Marco Gottardi; Tammy Graham; Grindelwald Festival (Promoters); Eric Heatherly; Howdy; Interlaken Trucker & Country Festival (Promoters);

J to L

Davin James; Shawn Jennings; Jesse & Noah; Flaco Jimenez; Sarah Jory; Lace; Lady Dagmar; Tracy Lawrence; Albert Lee; Danni Leigh; Tony Lewis; Lonesome River Band

M to O

Marc & The Boiled Crawfish; Mariotti Brothers; Del McCoury; Neal McCoy; Ken Mellons; Daniela Mühleis; Mustang Sally; Nevada; Willie Nininger;
John Nitzinger; Alecia Nugent; Rick Orozco

P to R

Rolf Raggenbass; Terry Rasor; Carl Ray; Pauline Reese; Ronna Reeves; Ricochet; Margo Rochelle; Rodeo Ranchers; Peter Rolland;
Russikon Country Weekend (Promoter);

S to U

Schupfart Festival (Promoter); Billy Joe Shaver; Victoria Shaw; Silverwood; Jo-El Sonnier; Rebecca Stone (Nashville DJ); Straight Ahead; Bonnie Jeanne Taylor; Larry Joe Taylor; Larry Thomas; Pam Tillis; Rhonda Towns; Rick Trevino;
Two Dollar Pistols; Two Tons of Steel; Undertakin' Daddies

V to W

Vicki Vann; Toni Vescoli; Rhonda Vincent; Rachael Warwick; Pat Waters; Jennifer Weatherly; Rusty Wier; Wildfire; K.C. Williams; Worb Festival (Promoter);

X to Z

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