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Last October, Ninebullets.net contributor Autopsy IV interviewed "no man gospel band" Reverend Deadeye, a blues howlin' troubadour who just so happens to be playing Dave's Aqua Lounge in St. Petersburg tonight. Here's the write up and interview Autopsy IV has graciously allowed us to re-post here on Tampa Calling. Enjoy.

Some people pursue music for pussy. Some do it for the money. Others do it cause they love it, and then there are those rare few that do it for a much more organic reason. They chase this music thing ’cause they have to. Even when they don’t necessarily want to, there is something inside of them that makes them do it. Even when it’s hurting the ones they love and themselves, asking them to stop is as ludicrous as asking you to stop breathing. It’s in them, it has to come out…they are but a vessel. I am of the opinion that the Reverend Deadeye falls into that category. It is that very drive that made him leave a city that never really embraced him and hit the road with no clear plan outside of playing another show. He set out on the road with a van, a beer can turned into a microphone, a handmade guitar, and a sermon of hellfire and damnation for your sinnin’ ass soul.

His latest release, Turn or Burn, is available for the painfully low price of ten dollars. You should buy two and mail one to your momma. It’s a frantic explosion of slide-guitar blues meets tent-revival preaching. It’s everything that’s right with the one man band explosion. Check it out.

If you can not tell, catching The Rev. two times while I was up in Minneapolis converted me into a gigantic fan of the man. So, it should do without saying that Turn or Burn is Essential Listening. After coming back from DBF, The Reverend and I exchanged a few emails in the form of an interview. Check it out and, seriously, buy his shit:

9b: What happened in Denver?

Rev: mostly I just got flimflammed, bamboozled, and horns waggled one too many times. I put everything I had into Denver music included money, blood, sweet, and now tears.

9b: How’s life on the road treating you?

Rev: Life on the road is damn lonely. There are plenty good folk that I run into, but a lot of the time the bar keeps are jaded and don’t care who you are. Once I start playing everything changes, but that’s usually pretty late in the night.

9b: What albums are getting heavy spin in the Reverend’s rolling church?

Rev: Charlie Parr doesn’t ever stop spinning even when it ain’t.

9b: I came to hear of you via your addition to the Deep Blues Festival lineup and have managed to mention you multiple times a week on the site since then. Have you seen an increase in your fan base thanks to the festival?

Rev: I would have to say definitely yes. All of my shows up in Minnesota were great, because people had heard of me and were excited to see me. It changes the dynamic of the show, because the punch is there right from the beginning, and people know what they’re getting themselves into.

9b: Looking at your schedule for the remainder of the year you look to be pretty damned busy. September has you slotted to finish a new album. Any insight as into that album?

Rev: Well I’ve been doing a lot of different styles of recording so it might be a few different sounds or it might not. I guess it’s a little hard to figure what yer gonna get because I’m all over the map. All of my albums have been pretty different to this point.

9b: What does your suitcase recording studio consist of?

Rev: I’ve got an old RCA mono track reel to reel, a Tascam 4 track, and some sort of sound input device for my computer.

9b: How did you manage to get involved with The Folk Singer?

Rev: I’m not sure how that happened, I got an email one day from Mr. Littler tellin’ me I should drive to Austin to play a part in his film. So I did. The folksinger is the result.

9b: How was working with Scott Biram? He seems like he can be a little…shall we say…unpredictable.

Rev: In the film, I didn’t really work with Scott only Konrad and of course Eliza Jane. I love Scott, I wouldn’t really say he’s unpredictable its how people are going to react around him that I usually find unpredictable.

9b: Any chances your One Man show with no home is gonna find it’s way into Florida one day?

Rev: yes, but not till I get someone to book my shows for me. I can barely keep up with booking the shows I got, and I haven’t had any luck booking that direction at all. You would think the South would love the Reverend, but they’re stone wallin’ me.

The Reverend Deadeye’s Official Site, The Reverend Deadeye on myspace, Buy Turn or Burn