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Blind Melon sees new life 

Band reunites with new singer, album planned

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I know a few years back a lot of Blind Melon stuff like trunks were sold on eBay I guess by whoever owned them. That obviously says there were no plans to reform. Is that the case? Were you looking at it that way?

"Oh yeah, I had long ago stopped even thinking about it. You know, I mean ... I mean the way this happened was in such a natural, out-of-the-blue way that ... I mean there was no premeditation about it at all."

Are you guys looking at this as there being some longevity in this and you'd like to see how long it goes or have you thought that far?

"I mean, hey, this is what I would love to do, but I've learned, obviously, that nothing lasts forever and it's difficult to really say we're gonna have longevity, but that's what everybody's intentions are and that's what we're moving towards. Our plan is to tour for a year and along the way try to record and make another record. We're gonna do a second little EP, I think, pretty soon that will come out and we'll have it with us for sale after the initial album comes out. So, I mean, yeah ... This is what we want to do."

Sounds good.

"I would love to do it for longevity's sake. (laughs)"

You talked a little about playing the songs for the first time again. I imagine the first gig back on Oct. 7 had to be pretty emotional.

"Yeah, I mean, that first ... uh ... when we first walked on stage, I haven't had an emotional sort of rise like that in a long time. It was really, kind of, a strange feeling. My head was swimming. Once we got into the playing, it was great. It's like riding a bike. But, um ... and every show after that just felt like great. And, I'll tell ya, it's a lot easier when the people ... there are a lot of people there and they're supporting you. The crowd is sort of into it, it's kind of effortless, really."

I read about, and saw -- thanks to the magic of YouTube -- where Nico joined you on stage recently. It gave me chills, I can only imagine how it felt for you guys.

"(laughs) Yeah ... that was one of those things ... it was so much to take in at the moment I kind of turned into a zombie. It was very, very emotional. Even our salty dog road crew was tearing up at that. So, that was an incredible moment and you have all those things going through your mind -- the continuity of life and all that. It was just amazing."

Was it a spur of the moment thing, or had you talked to her before?

"We talked to her about it. In ... her mother, a couple or maybe a week or so before and she wanted to do it. She was ... totally game for getting up there. I mean, it's a lot of guts for a 12-year-old kid. I think. I think she was really nervous but once she got up there ... then she didn't want to leave. (laughs) The next day she came and wanted to ride the tour bus to where we were going. She's hooked."

Nice. I've actually spoken to you before, it was right after Nico was released about 10 years ago. I guess you talked a little bit about when ... I guess you had relapsed with him. Was that something you had to deal with before you could get together as a band?

"Meaning that ... to deal with who did what and ..."

Not really that, but the whole situation of it.

"I'll tell you ... that whole situation, I can't ... it's one of things that in the end, I'll ... I'll just never get over it, you know? I'll never forgive myself for doing drugs with Shannon. The only slack I ever cut myself is that I was young and didn't think anybody could ever die, basically, especially not him. It was ... I mean, we deal with it all the time, but I think as far as getting on with the work and everything -- everybody has gone through a lot of that in their lives and I think dealt with a lot of those issues. I think we're in a better state than that at this point."

Does touring for you, at this point when you've been playing gigs for the last month -- you mentioned before that it's like riding a bike -- does it feel that way? Does it have a different vibe for you or does it feel familiar?

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