INTERVIEW WITH TONY FURTADO

Interview with Tony Furtado
1) When and since (as,like) you discovered that you liked the rock/country?

T: Ive been playing music since I was 12 years old. I have always been interested in many different types of music. My first instrument was the banjo

.2) Your principal influences?

T: I would say some of the biggest musical influences on my style would have to be Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, David Lindley, Leo Kottke among many others. More generally speaking, I think some musical genres that have had a big influence on me have been blues, Irish music, American folk, rock and even jazz

3) You prefere rock or sound or country/bluegrass music???

T: I really dont listen to country music or bluegrass. They both had an influence on me I guess. I like some rock...I like music that has strong melodies and great lyrics

4) Do you know something of the Spanic rock/country?

T: i dont

5) Me mention 10 cds that you believe that they are indispensable in a music library that boasts of having good music?

T: too many choices

!Ill name a few Ive always loved:

Anything by Ry Cooder...especially Boomers Story

Tom Waits- Bone Machine

Elliot Smith- EIther/Or

Bob Dylan-Times they are a Changin

Blind Willie Johnson- Dark Was the Night

Ray Lamontagne- Trouble

6) That you have next projects?

T: I am currently writing songs for another album

9) You like does to say something to the people that this reading this one paginate web?

T: please hear my music on itunes or www.myspace.com/tonyfurtadomusic