Interview: Lauderdale

Lauderdale will be hitting the Ville this weekend to play a show with locals Edgehill Ave. More Info Here. Corey Hannah was cool enough to answer to answer a few questions for us:

37: It looks like Louisville is the northern most stop on this tour. Do you guys have any immediate plans to venture out further in the future?

CH: Not at the moment, but we'd love to venture out of our comfort zone in the near future. We just found out that we got booked for something in Texas in March, so we're pretty excited about that. We need to try to make it up North as well at some point soon.

37: I am a big fan of the Paste magazine's CD sampler. Its a great way to find new music. Lauderdale was featured in the Nov 07 issue. How did it change attention and exposure your music?

CH: We started getting a lot more Friend Requests and plays on our Myspace page. There were folks from all over the country writing to tell us that they loved the tune. We also noticed album sales on Itunes and CDbaby going up. There were several radio stations that contacted us about getting the CD for their stations as well, which always helps.

37: You guys have been compared to Drive By Truckers, and you also have the Patterson Hood Muscle Shoals connection going on. How do you feel about these comparisons?

CH: We've been compared to all kinds of stuff, but this is one that we'll gladly take. We're big fans of those guys and gal. I think there's sort of a resurgence in Muscle Shoals music these days. Things are looking up around here. There's so many great bands playing here now and going on tour as well. It can't do anything but put our little area back on the map.

37: I read one rave review about your performance in Knoxville. Overall what has the reception been like from people who have not heard you guys play before?

CH: You can always tell when someone really likes your show or they're just giving you the "hey, good show" comments. It makes a lot of difference when you can tell that folks genuinely mean it, especially at out-of-town shows. Most of the time they've never heard of us before, so if we can manage to impress only a few people in a small room, then I feel like we've accomplished something.

37: I am sure there will be a few more unsuspecting people this weekend that you guys will impress. Thanks Corey!

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