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Max Russell
Max Russell is a songwriter and musician living in the Shoals area of north Alabama, USA. He has been active as a writer and musician for more than 30 years as a band leader and solo artist. His music is sourced in blues, rock, R & B, and soul. His albums include Alabama Moon, a collection of his songs performed on a 1930s era National Steel guitar, and The Boys Got Rhythm, a rock and blues collaboration with his son Kirk.
Q: Do you think of your lyrics as poetry?
A:
Yes.
Q:
Do you think it is important that songs rhyme and if so why?
A:
No not at all. No
rhyme or reason!!!
Q:
Do you think song lyrics must conform to recognised song structures such as
clear rhyming schemes, choruses, refrains, hooks and bridges or that songs can
also be like free verse?
A:
No. But still there’s nothing new under the sun. Even if you think you came up
with it.... chances are it already been done.
Q:
When you read poetry in school or elsewhere did you recognize any connection to
the music you enjoyed?
A:
Once in a while I would hear music to a poem.
Q:
Was there anything about poetry in books that influenced your songwriting?
A:
I don’t think so. I don’t really write pomes just ideas that rhyme
sometimes.
Q:
Why do you think songs are more popular with people than poetry is?
A:
It's
easy to remember if there’s a melody or noise, music or a beat.
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