wINTER woNDERLAND!

wELcomE BAck AND HAppy NEw yEAR! fREsH sNow AND A fRozEN cREEk HAs sLowED THINGs DowN somE BuT AIN'T IT puRDy? movIN oN To fINAL vocAL TAkEs- HERE's somETHING wEIRD To TIED yous ovER...

DAy ELEvEN

Took FuLL ADvANTAGE oF ouR FRIEND/kEyBoARD pLAyER LEE's skILLs As wELL As HIs TAsTE FoR DyLAN AND BEATLEs. FoRTuNATE To HAvE BEEN ABLE To puT HIm To woRk AT DuNcAN sHEIk's sTuDIo IN GARRIsoN Ny wHERE THERE wERE pLENTy oF swEET kEyED INsTRumENTs To pLAy wITH! BEAuTIFuL spoT. BTw THAT's THE pLAyHousE BEHIND HIs HousE, NoT HIs HousE.

AN EmAIL FRom mAmA

It was awesome having you guys up and on tape. You all did great. This record just keeps getting better. I suppose if we keep working on the thing, some day it will be better than Sgt Pepper's.

Damn,... Settle in for a long ride, baby.

Time for my egg sandwich,

Mama

ToBy BAN!

moRE pHoTos FRom THE LAsT TRIp By ouR BAsspLAyER/AwEsomE pHoToG ToBy BANNIsTER. cHEck ouT HER sITE HERE: http://tobymarie.com/

 

 

 

 

ANoTHER RouGH mIx FoR youR LIsTENING pLEAsuRE.

DAy TEN

 

wE wERE FoRTuNATE To HAvE ouR GooD FRIEND AND FREQuENT coLLABoRAToR coLIN mckILL ouT FRom vANcouvER To HANGouT, DRINk BEERs, AND LAy DowN somE psycHED ouT oRGAN (wITH HELp FRom mAmA) AND BAckING vocALs (wITH HELp FRom ToBy).

DAy NINE

 

ToBy + mAmA + jLEE = TEAm BAss!

DAy EIGHT

THE FIRsT RouGH mIx oF "sHE's HoT, I'm mARRIED".

 

moRNING wALk wITH cosmo To GET THE cREATIvE juIcEs FLowING.

DEFIANT REcoRDINGs!

 

REALIzED I HAvEN'T posTED ANy pIcs oF THE ouTsIDE oF THE sTuDIo so HERE IT Is- THE mIGHTy DEFIANT REcoRDINGs

DAy sEvEN

 

 

BRouGHT my BRo sHAwN up To kEEp mE compANy oN THE DRIvEs. ALL pHoTos AND HAND cLAps By jLEE AND sHAwN cRAwFoRD.

DAy sIx

jusT mAmA AND mE IN THE coNTRoL/LIvING Room TRyING To FINIsH GuITARs so No oNE To TAkE pIcs so THIs Is ALL I GoT.



GuITAR ovERDuB oN "EAsy sTREET" vIDEo By mAmA. oNE mIGHT NoTIcE I'm pLAyING BAsoN's GRETcH IN ALoT oF THEsE pHoTos. I DID pLAy my TELE Too, THE GRETcH Is jusT so pHoToGENIc.

DAy FIvE

 

coFFEE, BREAkFAsT, AND FIRsT TAkEs oF vocALs.

DAy FouR

BAsoN DEcIDED HE couLD pLAy BETTER wEARING THEsE BuNNy EARs, BuT wHEN THAT wAsN'T HELpING HIm GET A NIcE LAID-BAck TAkE, I ToLD HIm To TRy LITTERALLy LAyING BAck. WHEN THINGs NEED To BE spAcEy-ER, mAmA cRAwLs uNDER THE mIxING BoARD To mAN THE sTAGE EcHo. JENNI wAsN'T ImpREssED I GuEss wHEN I Took A TuRN wITH THE BuNNy EARs.

DAy THREE

wE FINIsHED mosT oF THE AcousTIc GuITARs ToDAy BuT I FoRGoT To TAkE pIcs...so HERE's A sHoT oF my AcousTIc IN THE souND Room wHERE THE AcousTIc GuITARs wERE DoNE.