A few years ago, Slightly Stoopid had the opportunity to record at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios, an experience the band won’t soon forget. In a new interview with Relix, guitarist and founder Miles Doughty discussed the recording session and chance to collaborate with the one and only Bob Weir:
“I appreciated the opportunity Bobby Weir gave us to record at TRI. That was pretty incredible. The chance to do vocal harmonies in his dressing room before we started recording was one of those bucket-list scratch-offs.”
Doughty continued, talking about how his approach to the music business was directly influenced by the Grateful Dead.
“The way they toured and brought the live show to people [was an influence on us]. They had the Deadheads and we have our Stoopidheads, who travel from show to show. We have had the same people over the last 10-15 years of our career. They grow up with you. We took a lot of the Dead’s ideas about touring and crushing the live show, bringing something fun to the people every year and being out there on the road.”
The rest of the interview talks about working with Sublime’s Bradley Nowell, as well as wrestling, their second annual destination festival, and more. You can read it here.