LISTEN UP! 6 FUN QUESTIONS WITH Melody Guarino of The Bluebillies

RRX: What’s more important, looking good or sounding good?

MG: You gotta look your best or you’re disrespecting your audience. Of
course, you can look great, but if you sound like crap, what’s the
point?

RRX: How would you describe your sound, your overall image and what you
are representing with your music?

MG: One all-American heartbroken wail!

RRX: Where was your first show? Tell us a bit about it. Where was your
last show and how different is it now from when you started?

MG: First Show – O’Lunny’s Irish Bar, NYC. I was a bartender there and I
hooked up with an all-female country band called Three Penny Opera. I
was scared and I don’t think I looked anywhere except at my feet as I
sang with them.

Last Show – Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Incredible room! I was still
scared, but I looked everybody in the eye and rocked it!

RRX: Which rockstar did you want to be as a kid?

MG: Any of The Temptations.

RRX: Who has the best wings in the Capital District? For non-meat

eaters, who has the best broccoli?

MG: I’m a carnivore, but I don’t eat wings in public.

RRX:  UFOs, real or fake?

MG: Real. I’ve seen ’em.