Loser of the Year (Kaplan) - home "studio" recording ... my extremely laid back, country version of my buddy Jon Kaplan's song Loser of the Year... recorded Aug-Sept 2008, remixed Nov 2008. ... I recorded the main vocal on my patio in August so you can hear the cicada chorus pretty well. Also, I was trying to be discrete so as not to disturb the neighbors so I sang it at talking volume an octave lower than normal.
La Javanaise (Gainsbourg) ... an early sixties jazzy/lounge style song written by Serge Gainsbourg. I think it's usually played in 6/8 time but I've kind of reggaefied it playing in a straight 4/4 time.
Dear Prudence (Lennon/McCartney) - live ... I believe this was the first time Michael and I ever played this live... June 2007. Michael doing some very nice improvising on a song he hardly knew and me getting only some of the lyrics right. I overdubbed a bass part.
Resurrection Town (Cobb) - live ... this is a live version recorded in June 2006. Michael playing sax because this was before he started playing accordion on this song. I'm thinking he should switch back to sax when we do it live because I love what he's doing on this version. That's Mike Holden heckling us at the beginning with an inside joke. I overdubbed a bass part to the live recording and mixed and "mastered" on 2 Jan, 2009.
Take It Easy (Browne/Frey) - home studio recording This version doesn't sound at all like the the Eagles version. Actually the only Eagles song I ever really liked... ok, and Hotel California but I've been sick of that one for over 20 years. acoustic tuning: somehow I ended up with E A C# e a c# and capo on 5th fret.
miscellaneous mp3s
Fait Le Encore - home studio recording Some day I may come up with lyrics and melody for this music but until I do the lyrics and melody of "Do It Again" fill in nicely. Sort of a folk-rock mashup... wheel turning round and round. tuning: D A D f# g d.
