HIGH NOTES
On the morning that Classic Rock talks to Arran Day, his band These Wicked Rivers should have been setting the satnav for Coventry, where they were due to be playing the opening show of a British tour with Ryders Creed. Covid-19 has of course torpedoed that. After spending six years getting this far, the guitarist acknowledges that it’s a disastrous time to release their debut album, Eden, yet he remains surprisingly upbeat. “Hopefully we’ll be out there again soon,” he says, smiling.
With influences including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot, Black Stone Cherry, Clutch, Crobot and Cream, These Wicked Rivers play a style of music that’s been termed ‘blues-infused modern rock’. “We’re heavy and quite southern-sounding,” says Day. “I always wanted to bring back the roots of the late 1960s and 1970s music, while retaining a heavy rock edge.”