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Aquarius: You are known for your composition of a particularly infamous song regarding poultry. Would you share the story with our readers? 

Larry: I wrote “The Chicken Raid of Cymru” on the tractor, bush-hogging my property one day. I'd been simultaneously studying Welsh mythology and the role of chickens in sustainable permaculture, and I'd just finished building a chicken house out of mortared beer bottles. It's possible I was trying to do too much in too little time, or possibly I wasn't entirely sane. At any rate, I'd envisioned this as a fire-circle chuckle and not a performance song, so I was rather surprised to find myself launched into comedic stardom in this manner. At any rate, the song's basically a retelling of a Welsh myth run through West Texas with a ZZ Top guitar line and a variable psychotic break in the middle.

Aquarius: Clyde, how did you go from emulating Kiss, to Goth, to Celtic music? That's a pretty radical segue.

Clyde: The freaky nightmare of Kiss was the first music that actually got my attention as a kid, and later it seemed very natural to delve into the “darker” or more mysterious music that dealt with the unseen or occult matter. Back then some of the best stuff was coming from the early Goth scene, and I met some very intelligent and talented people. There was a healthy dose of roots reggae thrown in along the way, with the magick of the Rastafari. As I continued my studies the bloodline started to stir, and I was blindsided by the power of Celtic music. It was like the final piece of the puzzle falling into place. I still have all the elements of Kiss and all the rest, but now it seems as I have been given the perspective of my heritage along with it. It's pretty cool.

Aquarius: Arthur, I love the story on your web site about how you chose guitar as your instrument. Would you share that with our readers?

Arthur: Well, I have written songs for as long as can remember. I reached a place in my life when I really wanted to get them down on paper. I needed to play an instrument, and since it was hard to carry a piano into the park and pick up girls, I chose the guitar. 

Aquarius: We’d like to thank you for the interview and for playing our Birthday Bash. We’d especially like to thank you for our staff’s official favorite song, “I'm Going to Find Myself a Pagan Girl!”

For the tour schedule, see www.emeraldrose.com, under “gigs”. Highlights: DragonCon; Pagan Pride Days in Jacksonville, Boston and New York; and an Emerald Rose Celtic Myth and Legend Tour of Ireland!

See them at the Aquarius Birthday Bash, Sept. 2nd. For details click here.