Feedback (podcast) W/ Wes Nyle

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP21. King Tuff. 07.27.12An artist worth their salt won’t stop creating their art, even if it only challenges a slight preconceived notion of who they may be, or what they’re able to do.Our hero, Kevin Thomas’s, story begins in Battleboro, VT where meets a like-minded artist in the record store he works at. Kurt Weisman, and Thomas would collaborate on some songs and then seemingly by magic the two would start what indie rock critics label as a cult-like folk ensemble, by the name Feathers.While gigging with Feathers Kevin, would attract the attention of Sub Pop legend, and Dinasour JR front man J. Mascis (Maskis). Mascis had the idea to lay off the guitar and sit behind a drum set, in the band Witch. A band Mascis had started with longtime friend and bass player Dave Sweetapple. The sound was an early 70’s version of heavy metal with Kevin on lead guitar and vocals.A marriage of these two sounds would birth King Tuff: A persona taken on by Thomas when recording an album i