Boogie Magazine Volume 2 | Page 5

After the band had already been touring and becoming financially lucrative, and while she was still working full-time, Roxy came home one day and told Scottie she was ready to do Black Market III full time. The Music “We don’t consider ourselves a Blues band,” said Scottie. “We have a deeply rooted Blues foundation. My soul is in the Blues.” Scottie explained that having that solid foundation allows everything spring boarding from that to make sense. They credit Tom Waits as a main inspiration for the band, as he is a “story teller” with a Blues foundation. “Calling it a blues band would limit our audience.” said Gavin. With that unique Metal and Punk bottom, they have quite a Metal band following as well. “In Europe some of our biggest fans are the metal kids, and we get put on bills with Metal bands occasionally too” he said. Touring Since 1995, Scottie has toured with his bands through Mexico, England, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg and is now looking to hit the Scandinavian countries and the Eastern European countries such as The Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. Scottie’s main ingredient for touring is building relationships. “We used to have an agency in Europe and still occasionally do some shows through them, but now m