Tag: reel
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We all got drownded
Playing around with short clips, I recorded the first verse of “Moses” a capella, the second with just percussion, the next few on acoustic ukulele, the few after that on the same acoustic plugged into an app, and the final verse on my electric uke. Recorded over the course of several days and then stitched…
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Dirty ol’ lie
Quick reel from October 4 with my electric ukulele and a looper.
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It’s not about you, man
Then on September 30, I recorded this live version of “Saint Lucifer,” which started off (and still is, when I play it solo) a Dylanesque folk song with a hook vaguely reminiscent of Casey Jones. It has evolved, on the record, into more of a rocker.
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News is fake and the world is flat
and a junkie’s in the alley with a baseball bat! (Sep 26 2024)
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Cigarettes and Skoal
For the record, I know the signature drink at Pedro’s was the kamikaze, but hurricanes scanned better. (Recorded September 22, 2024.)
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He didn’t get it from the wind
This is one of the last tunes I wrote for the album and in some ways it’s my favorite, in that it doesn’t really imitate a specific stye or other type of song, exactly, though the other day I wondered if maybe it was a bit influenced by mid-70s Floyd stuff like “Wish Your Were…
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Don’t tell me all your secrets, talking crow!
This song, “Down to the Mountain,” is made from some of the oldest ingredients. On the album it has developed into a kind of secular gospel tune but when I play it solo, as I did here on September 19, 2024, it’s still bog-standard string-band stylee:
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Verdigris and indigo
I was in the midst of writing”The Long Haired Kings” when I first went into the studio to start working on the album, so we tackled it first. Here’s a live version from September 16, 2024:
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A scientist’s dream
Since “Giving Zoo Wolves Lessons in Music” is something of a jam-oriented song, I thought it would be fun to work up a loop (with a bass ukulele, then a baritone ukulele, then an amplified acoustic concert ukulele) before singing and playing the song and taking some solos on an electric ukulele. It’s long enough…