Roger Bowie caught up with Tom Maxwell down in Kurow where he was adding touches to his band The Killergrams' sophomore album, due out later this year.
Tom was on his phone and outside so at times the connection weakened and then the studio dog bombed in as well as Steve from Sublime but that's life in the deep south. Serene and Sublime.
It was a case of local boy made good when Queenstown raised musician Tom Maxwell won the Songstars contest in Arrowtown. Maxwell (27), a full time musician based in Dunedin, was named winner of the fifth installment of the contest by an independent judging panel.