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PETER showed everyone the way . So the mission statement remains the same — to play the type of rock and roll that WE wanted to hear . And why should it change ? think with the latest album or the last few albums , we ’ ve gotten better at what we do , and at playing . I mean , God help us , we SHOULD have , after 35 , 40 years of doing this . We should have learned to play better by now !
IE : Did Alex Trebek get to hear your song before he passed away ? PZ : I believe he did . Keith was very , very intent on Alex hearing it . He wrote that song before anyone even knew that Alex was ill because he was just a big fan . So before the
If you ’ re doing the right thing in the first place , why should it change ? As the records were coming out , like Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs , after a while , me and my friend were laughing , like , “ These songs all sound the same .” But then I thought , “ Yeah , but there ’ s continuity !” So we developed , in some sort of way — I don ’ t know if you ’ d call us ‘ mature ’ or whatever — but I do
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record even came out , we sent a copy to the production company for Jeopardy , and they did say that they played it for Alex . And sad to say , on the day after he passed away , the song was played on Canadian national radio , coast to coast . It was quite an honor . The Fleshtones new LP Face of the
Screaming Werewolf out now on Yep Roc Tom Lanham
The Dream Syndicate , 2019
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