Interviews

In september 2004 I started writing for the music magazine REWIND. 3R Magazine and RifRaf musiczine soon followed. Now I'm mainly writing for the Flemish reggae portal website Reggae.be and the world music blog Tropicalidad.be. The interviews I did and still do for them, are republished here. Enjoy!

 




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INTERVIEW DILLINGER CC DE WERFT 02/2005

Dillinger, great to meet you. Let's first talk about your name. The name ‘Dillinger' is very well known as that of a notorious American gangster. How did you come by it?
Dillinger: "It was given to me by Lee Scratch Perry because I was inspired by Dennis Alcapone. I was known as Alcapone Junior. Scratch then joked that I was not Alcapone but Dillinger."
Your most famous album on Island Records was called 'CB200'. The CB200 was a motorbike was a motorbike that, apart from you, also inspired Big Youth to do a tune about it. What was so important about this bike that it inspired so many tunes?
Dillinger: "In the early seventies that bike was one of the quickest means of transportation to beat the traffic in Jamaica. If you didn't own a bike you would be stuck in the traffic jams. That is how we cam to start singing about the topic. (starts singing) : "One dread, two dread...sitting on a CB200...""
You just mentioned working with Lee Scratch Perry. Could you tell us something about that collaboration?
Dillinger: "That was in the seventies. The first time I worked with him was in the Dynamic Studios. We did about three albums together. It was during that time that Bob Marley sang tunes like 'Don't You Rock My Boat' for him, together with the Upsetter Band."
If you had the opportunity to live your life again, would you do everything the same?
Dillinger: "I don't know. I don't think so; I might have changed my style and experimented more (laughs). Blessed!"
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