Lee McCann brought in lyrics about working for the weekend with a bit of a twist. High attendance for the night was perhaps inspired by the new year, and thus created an electric environment. Some pretty piano from Steve who has been practicing dilligently on his new keyboard. Charles added nice guitar. We killed the bottle of rum.
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welcome to Lee McCann to the group. Andy suggested that we start the new year with a song about the new year, but that suggestion was unanimously rejected. Ken laid down the drum track and the long, rolling intro reminded him of the high schA big ool band, of which we assume he was a member. A couple batons, a 12th level paladin (that's paladin with one l, french from the italian palatino, as in a medieval prince), and some bass, guitars and vocals later, we had a song to be proud of. Then Scott worked on it for another few hours while we all slept.
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We tried a different approach this week. Steve brought some lyrics and then we had an 'old school bourbon sprawl' live jam. Of the 3-4 songs that came out we picked one of them that fit the best. We had a new visitor, Jon Van Weeren. Jon jammed on Keyboard but sat out when it came for the actual recording... maybe next time. Rather than lay down tracks one at a time, we started with recording drums, electric guitar and bass all at once...with the able engineering by Brian and masterful conducting by Steve... OK, it took a few takes (maybe 7) but it was a good vibe. Steve went in and laid down vocals in the chorus. The lyrics are about an old flame that appears to have surprisingly settled for a life married to a middle-aged vet in Ames, Iowa. Scott added vox on the verses. After vocals, Brian went in to fill in sax. It was interesting, things that seemed to work on sax during the jam didn't seem to fit when it came time for overdubs (including the entire harmonica part). Finally, Scott insisted that Spaz and Brian record dreadful trumpet noises for the Bridge... so they did. Enjoy it.
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