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News - Rockpages Craig Pruess Interview

Saturday, 16th July 2011 | 





Rockpages have uploaded another in their series of Def Leppard related interviews this time with Craig Pruess. Craig contributed string arrangements for 'Turn To Dust' on the 'Slang' album in 1996.

Rockpages - Craig Pruess Interview Quote

Your name is credited on "Turn To Dust". Did you have complete freedom on the whole arrangement of the song or were you given specific instructions from the band or the producer?

"It was the guitarist with Def Leppard, Phil Collen, who traveled up to my studio in Lancashire, played me the track initially, and we sat and put our heads together. They already had the sarangi sample on the intro at the time, with rain falling, so I could hear the kind of thing desired. Phil had been doing some Indian meditation techniques, including a visit to India, so this was very much a driver behind the whole thing. At that first meeting, we got on very well, and, in retrospect, he had an amazing amount of trust in my ideas, and in some of the suggestions I made for using tablas, tambura and building up the track as it progressed with a surging string orchestra."

Many thanks to Sakis Nikas.

Read the full interview at - rockpages.gr

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