IT'S BULLRING WITH A BULLET: Interview Part 2

Bullring is pleased to bring you the second part of Audrey S McNash's interview with Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and Bullringer, just as it will appear in the next edition of C:Farm country music magazine. In this week's instalment, Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and Bullringer give an insight into what inspired them to come up one of the hit tracks on their eagerly awaited CD.

You will recall that Audrey had just approached them at the conclusion of Part 1 of her interview..

We make our introductions as I quickly decline their kind offer of scallop and chips. Roy the Boy from Yalleroi recommends a dog's eye with galloping horse but I think not. Dead horse? No.

I decide instead for the speciality of the house; hot dafficcino and buttered scone.

So with the food sorted and first impressions resolved - Bullring much taller than I expected, Roy the Boy a little more grizzled - I turn on the Sony and the interview begins...

CF: "Can we start with this venue as I notice it appears in the song about Rudy, who you say was a barber of European heritage who went on to become a restauranteur at this very place we are now."

RtBfY: "This is true, Audrey, as of course are all the substantial events that appear in the lyrics and the book, which you have had the good fortune to preview. In fact, where we sit now is the first instance of alfresco dining in Australia. Have a look at the awning - in the right light you can still read the old sign "The Blue Danube" and come and have a look at this.."

(We stroll over to the kitchen entrance and Roy the Boy theatrically lifts up the mat to expose the name "RUDY'S" etched into the concrete step.)

"We are not sure what part of Europe Rudy was from, possibly eastern, but it suggests a yearning for the home country, don't you think. To establish alfresco dining and name a restaurant The Blue Danube in Barcaldine? Now Daffy's Diner doesn't really evoke images of the mid-west USA but "The Blue Danube" - that's different."

CF: "OK but the lyrics suggest there must have been some further inspiration with this number, which by the way is gonna be a hit. I refer of course to the refrain: and did you go far/ after saying Au revoir/I wonder was that you who I saw on Rue Cler/Est-ce que je vous sur la Rue Cler?"

BR: "You are right of course Audrey, on both counts. Roy the Boy has composed some beautiful music to this one - the symphonic gidyea rock combines so well with the rousing bastille beat, that we are expecting this number to be a hit on 2 continents."

"The inspiration only came when we were in France in 04 - relaxing after a hectic tour of Germany - Roy the Boy was in the south of France and I was in Paris hanging out in the 7th Arrondissement, taking it easy on jambon baguette and rouge francais. Then one martin I strolled out from my digs at La Grande Hotel Leveque, into Rue Cler, a little hungover but nothing an ouve and fromage ommlette couldn't cure. Suddenly I got a whiff of Californian poppy and I glanced up to see Rudy walk past. He was older, greyer, smaller but it was Rudy alright. And in a flash he was gone."

"I got straight on the blower to Roy the Boy."

"There was silence on the phone as Roy the Boy took in the full magnitude of the information I had blurted out."

"Finally he said: "He must be going home." '

"Roy the Boy was right Audrey: Rudy was going home. Very poignant. THAT was the inspiration for "Could it be You Rudy" '

CF: "That is a very revealing insight into this track, no wonder it is an absolute pearler. "

RtBfY: "Nothing is too good for your readers or for our many fans, Audrey. They deserve to know all."

CF: "Well I am pleased you feel this way Roy the Boy, because there are a lot of gaps in your long and illustrious career in the rock music industry. You were, I understand an understudy of the Ru...."

RtBfY: "I have to pull you up there Audrey I am sorry...I am starting to cramp up - an old injury from the days of the Gully Gang. I need to stretch the legs and get some salt so what's say we stroll over the road to the Globe - I will get some some chips and a few coldies and I should be right then. And you never know, we are more likely to give away a few secrets over a beer. Especially Bullringer."

Next post: A most revealing session at the Globe.