![]() “At the time I was going through a bunch of personal stuff, I was going through a divorce and I originally related it to that. “I first started working that song when I was finishing the second Night Sweats record, Tearing at the Seams,” Rateliff said. So I’ll probably be walking through the graveyard that day. “It’ll be the Fourth of July when I’m there and a good friend of ours, our producer (Richard Swift), passed away four years ago on July 3, so I’d like to go do something to try to remember him. “I usually do a little walk to visit his grave (when I come to Montreal),” Rateliff said. When he’s in Montreal, he said he might pay homage to one of those major influences, Cohen. All of that stuff was a big influence on me.” A lot of the Southern and northern soul and R&B. Also a lot of (legendary Southern soul label) Stax artists. At the same time I discovered Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and then eventually The Band and Bob Dylan together, then the records of The Band. “Early on I really wanted to be known as a guitar player, so I was in love with Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters and a lot of blues players,” Rateliff said. In a recent phone interview from Lewiston, NY, where he was set to perform, the American roots rocker spoke of his major musical influences. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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