A conversation with Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell: GRAMMY Award-winning engineer, producer, composer, award-winning movie producer, and owner of Royal Studios in Memphis, TN.

Back on Australian shores for the first time in five years with The Absolute Monster Gentlemen by his side, ABS caught up with the multi-instrumentalist before his headline set at Blues on Broadbeach.

His voice on the album is guttural like a Delta denizen. On the phone, he comes off as a polished executive. The Reverend Shawn Amos discusses ‘Soul Brother No. 1,’ his new album as diverse as his resume.

Interview with Rory: Having her interpret these songs as a woman who knew Dylan when she was still a tweenager is a unique and fascinating journey into arguably the best songwriter of the last 60 years executed by a woman who is arguably the best acoustic guitarist of either gender. The result, ‘Positively 4th Street,’ is a one plus one equaling two to the nth power, a truly mature expression suitable for the 21st century.