RADIO WAVES INT

PARIS NOVEMBER 29TH 1999
CYNTHIA GAYNEAU ' S INTERVIEW BY Peter HILLS.


Hello Cynthia GAYNEAU , welcome in Paris City,
Let's start the interview with the first question:

Q:Where do you come from?

A:I was born in California and I grow up on the West Coast of United States

  and east coast, sometimes in New York, California most my doorlife

  Is on Mexico and I leaving Austin in Texas...

Q: Is there other person in your family taking part in music?

A:Yes it's a matter fact, everybody in my family sings and most everybody
Plays any instrument. My youngest brother, of eight children in my family, I 'm the oldest as       a band and number of your younger listeners may know, he plays in PARIS very
regularly. And I 'ver an other brother in ALASKA who plays music and has to work in town.

Q:How do you call the music you play?

A:Oh. The music I play is basically I will call it risky Country music....  
The better idea and mostly Songs I ' ve written by the sounds of 40's and 50's I expect.

Q:Which are the artists who influence your career?

Oh that's a big question; I grow up listening to Hank Williams,

Johnny Cash, I guess I was about six years old when Johnny Cash

 Started making records and I loved them, oh I like Patty Cline ,

I like Ray Price; I like a lot of the classic country from

The 30's & 40's quater's family.

..............Texas singer song writers

I like all kinds of music, I like glady ... Edith Piaf, Oh Georges

Moustaki, I like Bob Dylan...

Nota: I personally discover you through your album "Postcards of my minds".

Q:Was it your first album ?

A:That was my second album,in fact i'll give you a copy of my first album if
you don't have it.

I've been in other people records .


Q:And back to this CD which is your favourite song & why?

A:My favourite song is "somebody else"
..........
I'm sorry....i didn't get the question.
Just tell me again.

Q:And back to this CD which is your favourite song & why?


A:Oh that's a big question; i think there are,i like a lot of them:

one of one is "Counting Trains" i like the steel guitar

and that song i wrote is about a highway  ,there is a highway

That's run along from California to Texas and that's I.10,

.......from Texas to san Antonio and I drive at night
....at night with all those trains.....
It's a long way from now.

Q:You are making actually a European tour.
   Can you tell us more about it?

A: Ah this is my first time in Europe and it's a kind of doing more

then a promotional tour at moment to get things starting.....

Hopefully get things going this summer I think really happy because

People like yourself been playing my records and I get nice letters

From France, Belgium, Holland and...Places so I hope to do one.

Q:What are your projects for new millennium?

A: Ah, another big question, i'ven't think about:

Well I think writing new songs so I would like to make another album

I'll like to come back to Europe.

Q:And during your tour in France, where do you appears?

Pub, Small places, Concerts.....


 Right Now, because   I'm just here by myself doing this small concert,
 I hope in summertime's have my band with.

 Thank you very much

 My pleasure.

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