PAYBACK TIME by the Eric Street Band from the album Purple Passage

This is the opening track on our new Purple Passage album. I think it s my best yet Here s the story behind the Last year I decided to reform my old band the Southside Blues Band in order to get back to playing live. I recruited Henry Smithson, one of the finest bassplayers around, and we handpicked the fabulous Gordon Vaughan on guitar, and the great Simon Price on drums. We played a couple of major gigs and recorded a demo EP and our version of BB King s The Thrill Is Gone reached No. 1 in ReverbNation s Blues chart in the USA. It quickly became clear that this band was a force to be reckoned with in terms of attitude and musicianship, both live and in the studio. Inspired by this, I decided to start writing material for a new album with Gordon, and over the next 6 months we wrote over 15 songs, from which we chose the 9 best to record. Sadly, Simon had to leave due to other commitments, but we found a great new drummer in Adam J Perry