“Music is passion. And grief. And healing. And sorrow. And happiness. In my way of thinking, A writer’s job is to tap into an emotion and provoke a response in a listener or reader,” says Chicago’s Vincent Truman.
Vincent Truman was formed in 1970. Despite the occasional threat of a break-up, Vincent has stayed together for over thirty years.
"Staged shows bore me a little - after you've done your first hundred, the outcome becomes a little predictable. I prefer to sit in with other groups or get a guest shot somewhere to planning it all out and trying to hype myself. There's something really plastic about that."
"Influences are hard to nail down. My easy, cop-out answer is 'air earth water fire.' I've always thought that a performer is a reflection of what's going on in something bigger and more important than the performer's head."
"Whatever is in the room at the time."