Nigel Wearne

"A rich landscape of soulful acoustic guitar seeped beyond the stage, and created a true Australian backyard vibe."

I’ve built a Martin-style dreadnought, a disastrous 12-string, four lapsteels, a Weissenborn slide guitar, a square-neck dobro, a backpacking travel guitar and a 1920s-style 000-12 Martin copy. It’s taken me anywhere from 20 hours to 200 hours to build a guitar depending on how involved it is.

Black Crow was recorded over three days. The sessions were about six to eight hours per day but with some breaks throughout the day. I spent time in the night recording the quieter songs that didn’t require full instrumentation.

"I’m just loving the band I’ve got at the moment. I don’t take those kinds of things for granted, you know: the fact that we’re all in the same place at the same time, all able to play the same kind of music. They’re phenomenal musicians, and really tasteful musicians. I couldn’t be more happy, really."