The 'Recollected' booklet sadly didn't contain space for the coveted interview with D V Adams, Hood father and archivist. Here it is re-produced for your reading pleasure. Questions by David J Hemingway.
In my imagination, you spent much of Chris and Richard's childhood lugging gear to gigs in the back of a Volvo. Is this true?
I acted as driver/ roadie on occasions when they failed to hire transport. I remember a gig in Camden when someone asked Richard who the old bloke they had with them was!! They also borrowed our car as a last resort on a number of occasions
Are you musical yourselves?
I have always been and remain a music fan and have a substantial collection on vinyl and CDs. Aged 66 now and still have not moved into easy listening.
Do you have a sense of how you might have influenced Hood, in any way? Musically, morally?
a) Music was always being played in our house when they were young.
b) I took them to see REM with support by The Blues Aeroplanes at the City Hall, Newcastle in 1988 and that was the start of their desires to form a band.
c) Insisted they listen to some decent music!! ie Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies.
Have Hood ever written a song about their parents?
Not aware of any songs about us, which is not to say there aren't any. You had better ask them.
Do Hood sound like the environment in which they grew up?
Their music on much of their earlier stuff and in particular on Rural Houses Forlorn Valleys and Cycles of Days and Seasons is much influenced by our love of the countryside and living in close proximity to it.
Have you ever suggested "Lads, isn't it time you got proper jobs?"
They have never caused us any problems financially or otherwise.
DV Adams Speaks
The 'Recollected' booklet sadly didn't contain space for the coveted interview with D V Adams, Hood father and archivist. Here it is re-produced for your reading pleasure. Questions by David J Hemingway.
In my imagination, you spent much of Chris and Richard's childhood lugging gear to gigs in the back of a Volvo. Is this true?
I acted as driver/ roadie on occasions when they failed to hire transport. I remember a gig in Camden when someone asked Richard who the old bloke they had with them was!! They also borrowed our car as a last resort on a number of occasions
Are you musical yourselves?
I have always been and remain a music fan and have a substantial collection on vinyl and CDs. Aged 66 now and still have not moved into easy listening.
Do you have a sense of how you might have influenced Hood, in any way? Musically, morally?
a) Music was always being played in our house when they were young.
b) I took them to see REM with support by The Blues Aeroplanes at the City Hall, Newcastle in 1988 and that was the start of their desires to form a band.
c) Insisted they listen to some decent music!! ie Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies.
Have Hood ever written a song about their parents?
Not aware of any songs about us, which is not to say there aren't any. You had better ask them.
Do Hood sound like the environment in which they grew up?
Their music on much of their earlier stuff and in particular on Rural Houses Forlorn Valleys and Cycles of Days and Seasons is much influenced by our love of the countryside and living in close proximity to it.
Have you ever suggested "Lads, isn't it time you got proper jobs?"
They have never caused us any problems financially or otherwise.
Yay! More Hoodfather please – surely there are some prime anecdotes to be shared?
That REM/Blue Aeroplanes show was 1989 – I saw the same tour at the Royal Court in Liverpool. REM’s setlist is here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~darryl74/1989.html
this is such a great interview! really should have been in the booklet…
would love to read some more Daddy Adams Q+A!
He forgot to mention the craking packed lunches/teas/suppers that Mrs Adams provided as her part of the parental bargains. we were never a hungry band in those early years. I glad I missed the starving artist era.