Roadhouse Blues Recording (for Marissa)

So last night we gathered a few of us up for a recording session. Larraine on the keys, Tony on the bass, Kenny on the drums, Mike and Ralph on the guitars and also Mike on the mouth harp! Holy hanna was it a rockin. We laid down the music and Mike sang one scratch vocal for Roadhouse Blues.

It came about because Marissa, Ralphs daughter is coming in this weekend and wants to record her vocals on Roadhouse Blues. So, we were the backup band and we laid the back end in for her. Our beloved Brian wasn't there and is out for the next little while. He tried to put his eye out last week and it is having trouble with his vision and with the pain.

All we know is that we want him to get better so he can come a rockin with us.

We swapped around instruments last night as we noodled around getting ready. Larraine grabbed Mikes Guitar, Ken grabbed the keys, Mike grabbed the drums and we noodled around a bit with this arrangement. It was just something to break up the tension of recording.

We're pretty quiet right now as we prepare for the season that is coming up.

Jammin' with the Jazz Boys @ Vino Rosso

So, last night we had a very nice and sincere invite to play with some of the finest Jazz talent in this town of Idaho Falls. To say we are even remotely jazz is a huge stretch of the imagination. We are are pure unadulterated rock and rollers from the word go. We even played some of our mellowest and smoothest pieces that we do like Moondance, Ain't no Sunshine, Crystal Blue Persuasion, along with our own favorites like Midnight Rider, End of the Line, and Cover of the Rolling Stone. We rocked them acoustically and they in turn jammed the jazz all night long. We heard them attempt to do Route 66 ala jazz and I'm sorry, that tune needs some overdriven (slightly) guitar and one heck of a back beaten blues timing to make it work. Brian and Ralph ran up there and helped them "Git'er done!" Then They broke into a version of Mustang Sally and then we showed them how it's supposed to be played with Kenny on the skins and the rest of the band just making great music with all the Jazzies in town.

We'll probably never get invited back but it was fun. We really did feel a bit out of place. Maybe like the Beatles at the Cavern back in the day. Brian says that they were in the middle of an Elvis song back in the day and some one told them to turn it down because it was a "Jazz" club. Well, we felt the same way at Vino Rosso as the Beatles did at the Cavern .

We wnt to thank Kevin Young for the invite and if he wants, we'll come again but we'll need to show the boys there how to rock it up a little. Wait! I think they call rockin' jazz Fusion? Right?Hmmmm. Are we on to something here? ha ah ha ...