Interview with various members of Caroliner, including Timber Amplifier, The Felt Pelt, Chance Century, Sore Pony Lore, Chapel Rimmer, Old Ben Spayed. From fanzine WINGNUT, Volume 3, approx 1990.


Wingnut: Where do you see music going in the next 10 years?

Timber Amplifier: At this rate, music seems to just bring an exact year-to-year duplicate of itself with the same limitations as when it started. With country music you can have a duplicate sound, but with some of the best instruments available: banjo, jews harp, slide guitar, etc. The absolute of the repeating motif of music is ultimately realized with the nostalgia act of Caroliner. Ten years from now, Caroliner will have the music down so perfect, hopefully, that we will have ways to actually nostalgically re-create the 1800's by intensifying the duplicate sound and move to the head of the music pack.

Wingnut: Do you listen to the radio? If so, what kind of station?

Timber Amplifier: There is no station locally that will respond to our requests for entire Dock Boggs lp's, demonstration of early American electronics/instruments, Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain lp's, and sounds of train routes across the U.S. Unfortunately, no radio station will respond to our specific simple requests so we don't use them.