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Buster Shuffle interview

Recently caught up with Jethro

MR: Hi guys how have you been keeping during these difficult times? Keeping as busy as we can. We released a charity 7 inch vinyl during lockdown with some friends from other bands (including members of Flogging Molly, Die Toten Hosen and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Donots) which raised some money for The World Health Organization. That was allot of fun but allot of hard work to coordinate with people all over the world on lockdown!!

MR: Can we start right at the beginning. How did you guys meet and what influenced you in becoming a band? 15 years ago all old mates who played in other bands at the time. We wanted to do something that embraced our love of classic British Punk/SKA bands like The Specials and Madness and capture the vibe of early USA rock n roll artists we loved like Fats Domino and Chuck Berry.

MR: You have supported a very impressive amount of artists, Is there one tour that stands out more than any other on the Buster Shuffle Hall of fame ? It’s nice to be asked by so many great bands that we love but I think probably The Mighty Mighty Bosstones as it was our first ever proper US tour support and we were super excited.

MR: Your second studio album saw you collaborate with Roddy Radiation (The Specials) and Micky Gallagher (The Blockheads, The Clash ). On your next album do you have a collaboration with any artists ? In a word no! As we collaborated so much for this years charity vinyl we don’t have any plans to have any guests on the new record when it comes. That all said we would like to add that Micky Gallagher has to be one of the most exciting people we have worked with as a) he's musically out of this world and his parts were totally awesome and b) because he was the keyboard player for The Clash and we managed to get some pub time with him after the session and we drilled him for many many tour stories about touring with The Clash and also we got all the Ian Dury stories too!! So it was unsurpassable day recording and unsurpassable evening drinking in the pub!

MR: Many artists have taken to social media to connect with their fans, Is this something yourselves have embraced and do you have anything planned for social media going forward for the rest of the year ? Yes as much as we can. Its a bit of a fine balance as you don’t want to bombard your fans on your socials but you also don’t wont to disappear of the radar (which is easy to do especially on lock down). So when we have something to say we get right on there and say it.

MR: Its the 10th anniversary of your debut album " Our Night Out", You are re-releasing the album with bonus tracks. Will there be any re-mastering of any of the original tracks and what formats will the album be released on ? Yes the album has been completely remastered and is available on Vinyl (three different colours) CD and on all digital platforms. Get involved you know you want to!

MR: Finally going into 2021 what plans do you have and will we be seeing Buster Shuffle on tour through the UK ? We would like to reschedule our UK tour that we had to cancel in May but apart from that there an no immediate plans to go dashing back to the US or Europe for the time being. We gotta work on this next record and get our writing mojo on for that.
So 2021 may be a studio year for us to be honest! We do hope to get back out on the road when we can and when its safe to do so.

Thanks allot!

Thank you so much for your time Michael