Anthony Neff was born in the same West Virginia town where Hank Williams was pronounced dead. The first albums he remembers were Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison and an Elvis Presley hits collection. He later listened to his mom's ELO records after he was discharged from the KISS Army. In 1981 he heard Blizzard of Ozz, but was just as blown away when he heard Nebraska a few years later. When he turned 18 he heard London Calling and Gang of Four's Brief History of the 20th Century. He went to college. He almost drowned in the Gauley River. He joined the Army. He fell in love. He played the guitar. Love didn't work out so well. He played the guitar. He read a lot. He drifted. He married, but it didn't take. He wrote. He realized he didn't need to find Jesus...he'd been there all along. He drifted. He fell in love. He got a good job. He still played guitar. He saw what addiction can do. He listened to a lot of Townes Van Zandt. He thought the Kinks records from the late 60s and early 70s were brilliant. He wrote. He made a couple of records. He kept writing. He's making another record now.
Read more...