Mama Sweet

Mama Sweet

Local band Q&A: Mama Sweet

•Why: Soulful lyrics set off by amazing guitar equal the unique music of Mama Sweet, named because the musicians used to practice at singer-guitarist Aron Holt's house and his mother would serve them sweet tea. The other members are guitarist Alan Orebaugh, bassist Boyd Littell and drummer Giovanni "Nooch” Carnuccio.

•When: 10 p.m. Thursday.

•Where: The Roadhouse, 3015 S Highway 69, Durant.

Q:At what age did you decide you wanted to be in a band?

A:Holt: Everything else was really boring, so I decided to become self-employed. Set your own hours, it's like a dream come true.

Sixteen is the answer to your question.

Q:Have you been doing a lot of out-of-state touring?

A:Holt: We are just now starting to dip down into Texas more than we have in the past. We're born and raised Oklahoman and very proud to be from this state and we'd like to see the scene flourish here, but there's a lot more ears, a lot more heads turn on to it down there.

Q:What musician would you most want to party with?

A:Carnuccio: Maybe Ozzy while he can still talk, sort of.

A:Holt: Yeah, that wouldn't be bad. I don't feel like snorting any ants. And I'm much more a Diet Coke drinker rather than Diet Pepsi drinker, so I don't know.

A:Carnuccio: Iggy.

A:Holt: I just got back from South by Southwest and got to see the Stooges for the first time and was completely blown away by this 60-year-old man diving into a group of completely insane, blood thirsty animals and coming out alive. So I wouldn't mind partying with Iggy, but it would probably be for about 15 minutes full on, hard core, and then we would both fall asleep immediately.

Q:When do you know that a song is done?

A:Holt: That's the thing: you can take that elevator as far down as you want, man. I don't think a song is ever done…We have slow songs on the record that are fast songs on the live show and vice versa.

— Chris Colbergm, oklahoman.com