Stevie Jackson
Stevie Jackson
Stephen "Stevie" Jacksonis a Scottish musician and songwriter. He is best known for playing lead guitar and singing in the Glasgow-based indie band Belle & Sebastian. Jackson's guitar playing is distinctively retrogressive and melodic, with a heavy use of reverb and minimal effects. He has, in the past, been nicknamed 'Reverb' or 'Stevie Reverb' due to his use of the said effect...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 January 1969
tired records becoming
Basically, we've learned to delegate. We just grew tired of becoming too psychotic and straining to make the records ourselves.
america deal favorite full wonder
Everyone is making a really big deal about it, and that's great. America is my favorite place in the world. It is full of wonder and magic.
belle guitar player
I'm the guitar player in Belle & Sebastian.
hit hopefully people together
I like the spontaneity; I like to just get people together and hit 'record' so hopefully it has got a liveliness about it.
imagination
I like the notion of making stuff up or letting your imagination go away with you.
contribute couple decline disastrous insane muddle records struck style worlds
Stuart was insisting (we contribute songs), which I thought was a pretty disastrous idea. The first couple of records were very self-contained worlds with a style that was all their own. It struck me as being insane to muddle what was so distinctive in the first place. I thought there would be a decline in quality. And I think there was.
definitely fast few fire gig guess reach shows trying unusual
This definitely is an unusual gig for us. It's all about trying to reach more people. The shows are short, which makes it kind of different. I guess we're just going to fire off a few fast ones.
chord draws finished group ideas main people rhythm riff sequence
Actually, it's just the opposite. Stuart is still the main guy, obviously, but he now draws more from the group than ever. In the old days, people would come in with their finished songs. Now, everyone in the group contributes ideas ? a chord sequence or a riff or a rhythm or anything.
given
I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.
areas art bits lots people projects round stretching trying
I got involved in lots of different areas round about 2007, 2008. Just working with lots of different people and stretching myself in different ways. I was working on art projects and working with other writers, just doing bits and pieces, trying to keep busy.
best bring fox group rock song
We want to be able to do everything. We want to be able to play a big rock song and then play 'The Fox in the Snow.' We want to be able to take them up and bring 'em down. We just want to be the best group that we can be.
excited exciting playing stuff
It's pretty exciting to be playing on Broadway. It's a dream, really. All that American stuff - I get very excited by it.
gig record
There's a big difference between doing the odd gig and actually having a record out and your name being on the ticket.
frame happy morning puts sunshine waking
Waking up every morning in the sunshine puts you in a happy frame of mind.