Spiderbaitβs Kram: βWhich famous person would I fight? Anyone but Danny DeVitoβ
The drummer-singer talks about his love for Alec Guinness, putting his foot in it with a Bad Seed and the ideal length of menβs shorts
Spiderbait is touring to celebrate 20 years since your insanely good cover of Black Betty was released. What is Black Betty to you?
It is an amazing song written by Lead Belly back in the 1930s that has somehow transformed over almost 100 years into many different versions. But essentially the song is still the same. We covered the Ram Jam version from 1979. But after our version came out, we went back and researched the song and heard the original version by Lead Belly. Itβs just so different. It is like when you listen to Robert Johnsonβs work β there is so much power that those guys could do with just their voice and an acoustic guitar.
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Β© Photograph: Ian Laidlaw