This is our April digital release. It came out of the toob (?) April 20th. Its credited to Dave Graney and Clare Moore.
We've long marvelled at the creativity of 70s reggae, how they often used backing tracks over and over with different vocals over the top. We wanted to have a shot at that sort of thing. This track is the first result of that type of experimentation. The song is built around a drum track from "You Had To Be Drunk" from the 2007 album WE WUZ CURIOUS.
I played the bass line, which I had been fooling around with for a couple of years and took some time to find the right swinging pocket to hook in with the drums.
I then put the guitar down. This acoustic guitar is a very vintage Maton which Des Hefner gave us on our wedding day in 1985. Its been sitting in a corner ever since, more of an ornament than a playing guitar. I started to strum it a couple of years ago and then took it to Maton to get the machine heads fixed and a general tune up. It was intended , in its day, to be more of an entry level instrument than a serious guitar. I loved the sound of it though. It has a tight, boxy sound and seems to really resonate itself on some notes. It features a lot in the clip.
The song took a vocal and that was thrown down with this great mic I bought online in 2015 . Its a 70s type of mic which was used by tv newsreaders in its day. I love the sound it gets for my voice. Lots of burr and gravel. It cuts through.
Clare played the organ and I put down some electric piano and some tings and triangle.
The song has a Leon Russell/ JJ Cale kind of a feel. It's about a shady player getting some light shone on him and his reaction to that kind of experience. I'm a shady guy. I have also, once, been trendy...
" I been trendy
it was nice
a little respite, from runnin' and chasin'
and headlocks and divin"
lights, cameras, smiles
like a party in a tanning salon
I'm no good in the sun
Irish skin
I burned, then blistered
to a violent crisp
I can't hold the pose
to grip and grin for so long
I been trendy
it was nice
it's not my thing
I'm more suited to the shadows
got more to work with there
I been trendy
it was nice
sweet
cute
like a party in a tanning salon"
a little respite, from runnin' and chasin'
and headlocks and divin"
lights, cameras, smiles
like a party in a tanning salon
I'm no good in the sun
Irish skin
I burned, then blistered
to a violent crisp
I can't hold the pose
to grip and grin for so long
I been trendy
it was nice
it's not my thing
I'm more suited to the shadows
got more to work with there
I been trendy
it was nice
sweet
cute
like a party in a tanning salon"
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