In 1996 Backwater met Francis Rossi in his suite at Stockholm's Sheraton Hotel to talk about his new soloalbum. It became a very straightforward interview where Francis talked about what went wrong with "King Of The Doghouse", his lack of confidence after "Thirsty Work" and the future for Status Quo
Interview by Per Engelbo & Olle Östergård, (c) Backwater Online
After 34 years in the music business and 22 studio albums with Status Quo, you released your very first solo album "King Of The Doghouse". What took you so long?
I dont' know. I tried once sometime in the 70s. Not a solo thing really, but Bob Young and I were going to do an album. At the time certain members of Status Quo said that I wasn't concentrating enough on the band, so I stopped and didn't do it.
My dream for the end of Quo - to see every member of the band past and present on the same stage at the last ever gig. As the encore ends, they all stand on the stage in the "Tank" formation with teles playing Rick's intro to Caroline as the stage sinks from view in dry ice .