[Excerpt from interview where Joanne Shaw talks about LB, well thank you Dave Stewart]
Stereoboard, September 26, 2014
http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/187471/9
What struck me about ‘The Dirty Truth’ is how the songwriting is the star and all your guitar playing serves the songs.
It's certainly been a conscious effort on my part to improve the songwriting and I think that comes from Dave Stewart. When I was signed to him I'd been singing a little bit but mostly just playing a lot of solos. He said to me: ‘You can play the best guitar solo in the world, but if it's not in a good song no one's ever going to hear it.’
He got me listening to guys like
Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac - amazing guitar on Big Love and his solo live on Oh Well is probably one of the best versions I've ever heard. But they are encased in fantastic songs and they only add to the songs. I love a big guitar solo but sometimes you just don't need it, particularly for an album which is kind of like a snapshot.