Interview by Ali Blackdiamond
Steve ‘Dobby’ Dawson is the legendary ex-SAXON bass player, one of the originators of the Yorkshire band who rose to fame during the NWOBHM period. He has since formed OLIVER DAWSON SAXON with Graham Oliver and earlier this year they released their album ‘Motorbiker’ through Angel Air Records.
I recently had a chat with Steve, where he discussed everything from the band, touring tales and snow, to his and Graham’s new book, soon to be released – ‘Saxon, Drugs And Rock ‘N’ Roll – The Real Spinal Tap.’
Steve Dawson
Oliver Dawson Saxon 2011
You can listen to the full interview on the player below. Here are a couple of excerpts from our chat:
When discussing new material and releases, Steve had this to say:
‘Myself, Graham, Haydn Conway, Pete Gill and Ted Bullet made a record called ‘Victim You‘ under the name ‘SON OF A BITCH‘. It has just been re-mastered and re-packaged and will be released on Angel Air Records on Monday 17th September. There may be a follow up too.’
Talking about music being available on the internet, Steve expressed:
‘The internet has been good and bad for rock music. It’s great to get your music out there, you don’t have to ask anybody, any band can record some music and put it out there. The only bad side has been pirating CD’s and DVD’s – it’s ok if you’re the one bootlegging it, but if you’re the person who created it, you’re not getting any money to create another one. Now Pirate Bay has gone it might get better for bands like us. We don’t spend our money on drugs, champagne or hookers, we actually put money into making more music.’
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