Dave Stewart talks Super Heavy with muziek.nl:

It would be an understatement to say that Dave Stewart is currently quite productive. The former half of the Eurythmics produced the new albums by Stevie Nicks and Joss Stone, was responsible for the supervision of the musical 'Ghost', and together with Mick Jagger is part of the Super Heavy supergroup. His new solo CD, 'The Blackbird Diaries' seems almost an afterthought, but make no mistake: this is his best so far.

Stewart undertook 'The Blackbird Diaries' when he already had plans for the creation of Super Heavy, the justifiably labeled "supergroup": in addition to Stewart, there's Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and the Indian multi-talent AR Rahman, the latter of whom won an Oscar three years ago for the score of 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Strange that stories about the origins of the group usually overlook the fact that Stewart, Jagger and Stone had previously worked together on the 'Alfie' soundtrack. "Yes, that's true. Mick and I knew immediately that we would ask Joss again. Tremendous enthusiasm, incredible voice. AR Rahman is called the "Mozart of India". I've known him for twelve years. A brilliant composer. Damian is very good at experimenting with words. During the first jam session it clicked right away. In the beginning a song would last thirty minutes. Of the thirty songs that were eventually completed, we have sixteen selected for the album. We're currently working on the mixing. Producing Super Heavy was really crazy. So many different personalities, so many different voices. I was right in the firing line."