Audio

Thanks to Ed I found some inspiration this weekend and channeled it into recording another Neil Young tune. The song this time is “Drive Back” from the “Zuma” album.

I busted out the old Prophet 600 for a few cheesy analog syth licks. No quantizing here just good old disheveled rock & roll complete with a reverb explosion at the end.

Here are some rough recordings of me kickin’ back and screwing around.
Complete with false-starts and tempo fluctuations.

Nashville Blues
Blue Banjo
Bite The Bullet
Roll On Buddy
Deal
She’s More To Be Pitied

Coming Apart At Every Nail

Hats off to Neil Young’s Hawks & Doves.
This song is a blast to play.
I started recording at 10:00 a.m. and I had it done by 5:00 p.m.
If the mix doesn’t suit your fancy, “Oh Well”, that wasn’t the point.

Recorded on February 11th & 12th, 1996

Hitched A Ride
Anna Lee
Back To The Country
Nevada Ave.

Hitched A Ride was recorded in one take and was supposed to just be a sound check but we ended up using it even though you can hear me knock my guitar neck into the mic stand at the beginning of my solo.

Anna Lee is a great tune with some nice rickety playing. I had a pretty nasty cold during this session and it really shows on my “Danko-esque” backup vocals which were coincidentally recorded live while I was playing steel (not recommended).

Back To The Country was heavily inspired by the sound of Jimmy Buffett’s “Living And Dying In 3/4 Time” album. Most people think the intro is a bad edit when in fact for unknown reasons I decided to start the riff over one more time.

Nevada Ave. is worth a listen just for the train wreck at the end.