Davie Allan: We did a European tour in '96 (it was my first since 1967!) and in 1999 we went to the east coast. There haven't been any other tours but we played at three festivals this year (in NY, Atlanta and Spain) plus a big Halloween show in San Francisco.

MuzikMan: What kind of life style do have now opposed to when you were young and restless (in LA)?

Davie Allan: Not much of a difference if at all. I'm still trying to make some sense of my career, I love movies as I did then and much of the same music. Also, I still stay away from drugs and alcohol. Sadly, I have no faith in people today. I was naïve and trusting back then and I sure paid for it. As I said earlier, Little Steven is a rarity .

MuzikMan: What are your plans for recording in the immediate future? Do you ever want to reach far beyond the realm you are accustomed to working in-I mean totally shock your audience with something so different that they will not believe it?

Davie Allan: We already have another album in the works that is along the lines of Restless In L.A. in that we're adding vocals. The new album (working title: Moving Right Along) has more vocal tunes and remakes of "Apache" and "Blues Theme" to coincide with the 40th anniversary of The Arrows' first recording and first chart record ("Apache '65").

MuzikMan: Is There Anything you would like to say in closing?

Davie Allan: I have to go back and mention Steven Van Zandt again because I was quite close to hanging it up earlier this year. Besides closing his show with "Blues Theme", playing my newer recordings and producing the Christmas album, he placed one of my tunes on The Sopranos ("The Loud, The Loose And The Savage" from Restless In L.A.) and had us open his "Underground Garage Festival" in New York on August 14th. I now plan to submit the new album to him after the first of the year.

© Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck

Originally an Exclusive Interview on MuzikReviews.com From December 21, 2004

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