There's no interview date but it seems quite recent and Kasim answers questions on the various instruments he plays, working with Todd Rundgren and Meat Loaf, playing live and his solo band.

One great quote from Kasim in the interview is "Playing in front of an audience is a very exciting thing.You only get one chance to play and sing a song. And although you'd rather not make them, mistakes are a given. That's the beauty of a live performance. I get inspired playing in front of a crowd of people. Wether they realize it or not, they encourage me to give my all, to sing and play the best I possibly can. Also, there is something about seeing the faces of the people as you perform. There might be 1,000 people or 10, it always feels the same. Sharing a gift that was given to me with them."

Kasim also says "I'm currently working on a new solo record which I plan to have completed by the end of the year."

Many thanks to Florence Bouvrot for forwarding the link.

Woodstock, NY to Buffalo, NY is 337 miles which will take about six hours by road.

Of course Utopia was heavily associated with the Woodstock area as this is where they made their albums back in the 1970s and early 1980s. The idea of The Bearsville Theater was originaly conceived by Albert Grossman (the owner and president of Bearsville Records and was the person who Kasim wrote Set Me Free to) and was eventually opened in 1989 by his widow Sally Grossman.

Among the stars who have appeared on this theaters stage are Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward The Pretenders, Jimmy Cliff and Warren Zevon. The Bearsville Theater property also includes two restaurants and the offices of WDST and Radio Woodstock. Both the radio stations are housed in Utopia which is Todd Rundgren’s former video studio!

The theater is a Proscenium style stage which is 23.5 feet deep and 50 feet wide. The address of the venue tonight is 291 Tinker Street (Route 212), Woodstock, NY 12498 and the gig starts at 8pm with the doors opening at 7pm. There are currently General Admission tickets available on the door at $40 (the $50 balcony seats have all sold out).

The opening act is Sean Schenker and Jason Sarubbi of The Trapps so Kasim, Todd, Jesse Gress and Prairie Prince are expected to take the stage at about 9pm - 9.15pm. Kasim last played at this venue on Tuesday 23rd December 2008 as part of Todd Rundgren's Arena Tour. Prior to that Kasim Sulton played a solo gig here on Saturday 17th May 2008.

The drive from Staten Island, NY to Woodstock, NY is 117 miles which takes about two and a half hours (depending on traffic).

These gigs are another leg of the Robert Johnson music tour. Kasim previously played this set from 2nd until 24th April and will next play these gigs in October in Japan, although Todd will also play (with local musicians) in the Fall in Australia and New Zealand.

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Apparently Todd will be using a local bass player and drummer for those gigs.

The other gig in the country has already been announced as being played on Friday 24th in Auckland.

There are then 15 days between the last New Zealand gig and before the first announced gig in Japan.

The Todd Rundgren 2010 Gigs section of KasimInfo.com has been updated with links to the venues.

Alternatively click here for the direct link.

One was in Fireworks Magazine and is by Rob McKenzie and the second interview is from Bass Guitar Magazine and was written by Joel McIver.

Both the interviews were arranged by RMAC.

Thanks to everyone who emailed with the correct answer (not surprisingly nobody got it wrong!). Apologies that I didn't make it clearer that it was just a fun contest and I didn't really expect any replies.

Many thanks to Whitney Burr for all the photos on that page.

The answer will be posted on Sunday.