“Red Dirt Road” Buck 50
October 8th, 2005
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.
