An Excerpt From Tuesday Interview with Cody Dickinson

Excerpt From Tuesday’s Cody Dickinson Interview

Two days ago I interviewed Cody Dickinson. This excerpt is the beginning of our interview when we first got on the phone. I tell him an old story about seeing him and his brother jamming with their father back in 1990, and then I asked about how his father, Jim, is recovering from a recent heart attack. Perhaps tomorrow I'll give another glimpse into our interesting Q & A session before I put up the interview in its entirety. JC

Cody Dickinson: James!

James Calemine: Hey man—what’s up?

CD: Sorry I missed you last week…

JC: It’s no problem.

CD: Well, we’ll get after it today.

JC: I have to tell you—I told Luther and your dad this story when I interviewed them; in 1990, I attended the Blues Heritage Festival in Memphis with Stanley Booth. That Saturday you and Luther were jamming with your dad as The Hardlycan Playboys—you were probably 12, just wailing…

CD: Oh man. The Hardlycan Playboys—no way! That’s amazing man. First of all Stanley is a character. I think that was my first gig ever.

JC: We were there for that…

CD: That’s incredible…so weird. Did it sound okay?

JC: Hell yeah it sounded okay (collective laughter). I remember saying to Stanley, ‘I wonder where these guys will be in 15-20 years'…well, here we are.

CD: James, that is great man. I won’t be able to sneak anything past you.

JC: Well, I’ve done my homework...

CD: Yeah, you’ve been down since day one.

JC: So, how is your dad doing?

CD: Dad is doing much better. I’m glad to have some good news to report. It was bad for a while. He had a heart attack. He had triple by pass surgery. He had stints put in and he had a reaction to that, but he’s come to and he’s talking—his personality is in tact and he’s in rehabilitation…

(To be continued...)

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