Pairing Up For Clarity With KEVIN BORICH

Interview by Kris Peters
Kevin Borich - guitar wizard, singer-songwriter, founder of the
Party Boys, The La De Das, and the Kevin Borich Express - has been
entertaining audiences worldwide since 1969.
His vocal prowess and extraordinary guitar playing skills have
captivated generations of music followers, with countless albums
bearing the trademark Borich musical timestamp still on high
rotation today.
After releasing his greatest hits album Legacy in 2022, Borich went
off in search of another musical milestone, and one which had been
gradually taking shape over a number of years.
That record is the recently released Duets, which features artists
of the caliber of Russell Morris, Leo Sayer, Suze DeMarchi (Baby
Animals), Joe Walsh (Eagles), Ian Moss (Cold Chisel), Tim Rogers
(You Am I), Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi), Angry Anderson (Rose
Tattoo), Joe Camilleri (Black Sorrows), Ross Wilson (Daddy
Cool/Mondo Rock), Angela Fabian and John Swan (Swanee/Party
Boys).
It is a labour of love that saw Borich writing, demoing and
recording everywhere from in the tour bus to hotel rooms, to green
rooms to professional studios and also saw him collaborate with a
widely eclectic assortment of fellow musicians that has come
together beautifully for what could well be the defining moment of
a long and illustrious career.
Borich sat down with HEAVY earlier in the week to talk Duets and
plenty more.
"It's been amazing," he stressed about the early reception for
Duets. "It actually has charted too, which is something I haven't
really had since 1979 (laughs). It got to #1 on the ARIA Blues and
Jazz charts and the word is out so the reviews we are having and
feedback is pretty amazing. There's so many diverse styles on the
album. It's a smorgasboard of fuel for you to eat up and your brain
to wonder how the hell that happened (laughs). There's a bit of
jazz in there that I wrote about Amy Winehouse because I thought
she was going off the rails and left us with blues. She took all
her colours and died."
In the full interview, Kevin talks about some of the songs on Duets
and what they are about, the writing and recording process, the
guest artists and how they were chosen, where the idea came from
for the album, who dared to say no, his personal feelings on the
album, if he would do it again in the future and more.