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The first song on the record, yet the last one
written for this project. This is a dropped D tuning riff played
with a lot of aggression. Jeff and I had a great time tracking this
song. This is also the only song on the record on which I played
bass. When I think of this song, I think of American Chopper and all
the hours I’ve spent watching Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. argue with each
other.
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This is the oldest song on the record. I wrote it when I
was still living in New York and originally demoed it on an old
Tascam 4-track with a Boss DR-660 drum machine. I had to bounce 3
tracks down to 1 mono track, then add two more tracks of guitar and
bounce again. I did this over and over and over till I had what I
thought was my masterpiece. It wasn’t, so I decided many years later
to rerecord it with a real drummer, a real bass player, and 32 tracks
to record everything on!
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I’m a big fan of the B3 organ and wanted to showcase
it on a funky/bluesy song like this. John Massey, who played bass on
the record, wrote the original groove and we jammed it out live in
the studio. I think Bryce’s B3 solo rocks on this tune! The title,
“King It Down” is a phrase that I like to say. So, let’s king it down!
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I believe that this is the first song that we tracked for
this record. Half the record was recorded when Jeff, John, and
myself lived in Nashville, the other half after we moved to Los
Angeles. This is from the first session in Nashville, where we
recorded at an old automobile plant with brick walls, original wooden
floors and 20ft ceilings.
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This was once a vocal tune, but I replaced the vocal line
with some guitar melodies. Isn’t there a saying that goes ‘lyrics,
wasted time between guitar solos’? The end of this song has some of
the most energetic and aggressive playing on the whole album. Turn
it up and drive fast!!
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I’ve been asked what the title of my record, "Stained
Voodoo," means. The title came from the idea that since a lot of
artists name their album after one song, I thought it’d be fun to
name mine after two. When you read down the song names in order on
the CD, track 5 is “Stained” and track 6 is “Voodoo.” That was enough
for me. “Stained Voodoo” was the title of the CD.
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I really liked the whole idea of recording an
acoustic song, so I wrote this. As I was putting the finishing
touches on it, my dog Kayleigh was sleeping and must have been having
some type of dream because she seemed rather restless as she slept
(maybe she was chasing a squirrel or something). So, thinking that
maybe this song was affecting her nap time, the title "Kayleigh’s
Dream" was born.
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One of my first guitar heroes when I first started playing
guitar was Joe Satriani. I remember buying his “Flying In a Blue
Dream” record and being completely blown away. He made me want to
practice for hours and hours on end. This song is my ‘tribute’ to
Satch. I’ve discovered that if you turn this up loud when you drive,
you will exceed the speed limit…. Just be aware…
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This is another song that originated from one
of John’s grooves. The combination of a great groove and the old
vinyl record sound at the top of the song made for a great play on
words with the title "Needle In The Groove."
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I had just bought a beautiful hollowbody guitar and I was
in the studio tracking guitars for another record I was producing.
As we were getting guitar sounds, I played a unique chord
progression. The engineer looked up at me and said ‘If you don’t
write a song with that progression, then I will.’ So, I went home
and wrote "You Again" and it got picked up as a featured song on the
CBS primetime drama Cold Case. It’s one of my favorite vocal songs
that I’ve written, it showcases the songwriter side of me, and I feel
that it gives the album a very personal touch.
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