Rocktopia: Fireworks Magazine interview with John Waite

With a new album ('Rough & Tumble') just released on Frontiers Records and his third tour in as many years booked for the spring, ex-The Babys, Bad English and solo artist John Waite has managed to turn around his dour reputation over the last couple of years with a series of low-key UK dates filled with friendly banter and after-show signing sessions. During the first few seconds of our transatlantic phonecall he manages to get the first question in: Where are you calling from? After I answer Wigan! he evaporates any nervousness I might have had by doing an impromptu Eddie Waring impression. Can this be the same John Waite who's given many an interviewer a hard time? Read on ... http://ping.fm/NZXe9