CREDITS
* "Standing On the Shoulders of Giants" (Lloyd) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd.
Mixed by Scott Baggett and Bill at The Electric Sandbox in Nashville, TN.
Drums recorded by Marc Owens and Billy Smith at High Street Studio in Bowling Green, KY.
Everything Else recorded at home (Def Heffer Studio) in Nashville.
Drums: Marc Owens
Guitars, Bass, Synth, Maraccas and Vocals: Bill
* "Cool and Gone" (Bill Lloyd / David Surface) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music/
Angel on My Table Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Brad Jones.
Recorded by Brad and Robin Eaton and mixed by Brad at Alex the Great in Nashville, TN.
Drums : Fenner Castner
Bass Guitar, Organ and Mandolin : Brad Jones
Vibes: Pat Buchanan
Harmony vocals: Kim Richey and Bill (Kim Richey appears courtesy of Mercury Records)
Acoustic Guitars, Tambourine and Vocals : Bill Lloyd
* "Sweet Virginia" (Lloyd / DeMain) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI, and
Mr. Bakshi Music - administered by Bug Music, SESAC)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Drums and Bass recorded at Battery by Scott.
Overdubs recorded at Def Heffer by Bill and by Scott at The Sandbox.
Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill.
Drums: Greg Morrow
Bass: Byron House
Electric Piano : Scott Baggett
Electric Guitar: Al Anderson
Background Vocals: Swandive (Molly Felder and Bill DeMain)
Acoustic guitars, Electric 12-string, Harpsichord, Organ, Tambourine, and Vocals: Bill
* "Dr. Robert's Second Opinion" (Lloyd) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks recorded by Scott at Battery Studios in Nashville, TN.
Overdubs recorded at Def Heffer by Bill.
Mixed By Scott Baggett and Bill at The Electric Sandbox.
Drums : Dennis Diken (Dennis Diken appears courtesy of VelVel Records and The Smithereens)
12-String Bass: Tom Petersen (Tom Petersen appears courtesy of Cheap Trick)
Henry Gross and Bill: counter-melody background vocals
Many Guitars, Keyboards, Tambourine and Vocals : Bill
Tom Petersen, Dennis Diken, Scott Baggett,
and Bill in the studio, 1998 (photo by Jon Graboff)
o "Holding Back the Waterfall" (Lloyd / Crenshaw) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music -
Amalgamated Consolidated Music - administered by Bug, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks recorded at Battery by Scott.
Overdubs recorded at Def Heffer by Bill and at M.C.'s house by M.C.
Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill.
Drums: Greg Morrow
Bass: Byron House
Guitar solo and psychotic outro guitar with Plan 9 FX: Marshall Crenshaw: (Marshall Crenshaw appears
courtesy of Razor and Tie Records)
Harmony Vocals: John Cowan and Bill
Acoustic and Electric Guitars (low guy on solo), 6-string bass,Tambourine, Vocals : Bill
o "(Who You Gonna') Run To Now" (Lloyd / Walmsley) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music-
Little Pebble Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks recorded at Battery by Scott.
Overdubs recorded at Def Heffer by Bill.
Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill.
Drums: Greg Morrow
Bass: Byron House
Lap Steel: Rusty Young
Vocal Harmony: Greg Trooper (Greg is a Koch artist)
Acoustic and Electric Guitars, 6-string bass ,Tambourine, Organ, and Vocals : Bill
o "Complaints" (Lloyd) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks from Battery.
Overdubs at Def Heffer and Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Bass: Byron House
o "Don't Kid Yourself" (Lloyd / DeMain) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI, and
Mr. Bakshi Music - administered by Bug Music, SESAC)
Produced by Bill Lloyd.
Drum track recorded by Brad Jones at Alex the Great.
Overdubs recorded by Bill at Def Heffer.
Mixed at Alex the Great by Brad.
Drums by Fenner Castner
Background vocals: Kim Richey and Bill (Kim still courtesy o' Mercury)
Electrtic Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Organ and Tambourine: Bill
o "This Is The Way" (Lloyd) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks recorded by Scott at Battery.
Overdubs at Def Heffer and Al's ReKooped Studio.
Mixed by Scott and Bill at The Electric Sandbox
Drums : Dennis Diken
12-String Bass: Tom Peterson
Organ : Al Kooper
Background Vocals: Amy Rigby and Cindy Bullens (Amy Rigby is a Koch artist)
Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Tambourine and Vocals: Bill
o "She Won't Be Back" (Lloyd) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks recorded by Scott at Battery.
Overdubs at Def Heffer and Time Warp by Scott and Bill.
Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill.
Drums: Greg Morrow
Bass: Byron House
Synth on Bridge: Scott Baggett
Electric Guitar Solo: Pat Buchanan
Harmony Vocals: Doug Carman and Bill
Electric Guitars, Wurlitzer, Organ, Tambourine, Maraccas, Vocals: Bill
o "Box of Snakes" (Lloyd / DeMain) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI, and
Mr. Bakshi Music - administered by Bug Music, SESAC)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Bill DeMain.
Basic tracks recorded by Scott at Battery.
Overdubs at Def Heffer.
Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill.
Drums: Greg Morrow
Vocal Harmonies: John Cowan and Bill
Electric guitar (solo's and fills): Pat "Wah Wah" Buchanan AND Pat also plays the Leslie'd Guitar on
the Bridge
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Percussion and Vocals: Bill
o "So You Won't Have To" (Lloyd / Noble) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music- Under the Bridge
Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett.
Basic tracks recorded by Scott at Battery Studio.
Overdubs recorded by Bill at Def Heffer.
Mixed at The Electric Sandbox by Scott and Bill.
Drums: Greg Morrow
Bass: Byron House
Vocal Harmonies: John Cowan and Bill
Acoustic and Electric Guitars,Tambourine and Vocals : Bill
o "Years Away From Here" (Lloyd / Buchanan) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Scott Baggett Drums recorded by Pat Buchanan in his Dungeon. Thanks Pat!
All overdubs recorded at Def Heffer by Bill.
Mixed by Scott and Bill at The Electric Sandbox.
Drums: Wayne Killius
Steel Guitar: Rusty Young
Slide Guitars: Pat Buchanan
Electric Guitar, Bass guitar, 6-string bass, Keyboards, Tambourine, and Vocals : Bill
o "Turn Me On Dead Man" (Lloyd / DeMain) (Warner-Tamerlane/Def Heffer Music, BMI, and
Mr. Bakshi Music - administered by Bug Music, SESAC)
Produced by Bill Lloyd and Brad Jones.
Recorded and mixed by Brad Jones at Alex the Great in Berry Hill..
Drums : Fenner Castner
Fake Flute Keyboard : Brad Jones
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar,Tambourine and Vocals : Bill Lloyd
LYRICS
o
"Standing On the Shoulders of Giants" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 He was born just a little too late in the 20th century
Too late for a man to write a new page in history
He says .. there's nothing new under the sun
Every thought in his head had been one
that some skull in a grave had begun
in another lifetime
CH We're all Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
Who were Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
Every genius unleashed in this world get's the grease
Staking claim with an air of defiance
They're all Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
V2 We long to make our mark .. leave a crease in the line of time
I'll sing this song until I can honestly call it mine
Who deserves more than the tip of a hat?
Well, I got no problem with that...
Here's to all who came first and begat
the rules we're breaking
CH I'm just Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
#2 Who were Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
So we're paying the cost .. generational loss
Losing highs as we master our science
Still Standing On the Shoulders of Giants
(solo)
(chorus)
Photo by C.J. Hicks, 1999
"Cool and Gone" (David Surface/Bill Lloyd)
o
V1 A hundred million years ago
Runnin' to the record store
All out of breath for you
I caught my death for you
V2 That was me inside your song
But now it feels like somethings wrong
Like somehow you let me down
No queen left to wear that crown
CH Cool and Gone
Cool and Gone
Nothing stays the same for long
How could anything so strong be so cool and then be gone?
V3 Everybody knew your name
and everybody felt the same
That time .. it belonged to you
And you showed us what to do
V4 But was it you or was it me
who changed so much eventually
We're left with a dream that's spent
Still wondering where it went
CH (repeat chorus)
BR No one's strong enough
to keep that kind of faith
Once their time has passed
it's only fair they fade away
V5 A hundred million years ago
You were someone I lived for
And I lived inside your dream
But now I just live for me
CH (repeat chorus)
o "Sweet Virginia" (Bill Lloyd/ Bill DeMain)
V1 I can feel my insides
take that elevator ride
Sweet Virginia , every time that you're around
I can't think what to say
but I say it anyway
Sweet Virginia , you just turn me upside down
CH Ooh girl ... it's you girl... my heart beats for
And I'm .. too shy... to say much more
But even so you should know
there is nothing in this world I would not do for you
Sweet Virginia
V2 When I first saw your face
I was trying to erase
the memory of someone I had lost
And it felt like I died
'til you warmed me up inside
with a smile that could melt a winters frost
CH2 Sunshine ... so fine ... you radiate
So why ... do I ... hesitate
But even so .. you should know ..
there is nothing in this world I would not do for you
Sweet Virginia
BR I'll be here for you ... now 'til everafter
as long as I can hear the music of your laughter
CH3 (without channell)
But even so .. you should know ..
there is nothing in this world I would not do for you
Sweet Virginia
o "Dr. Roberts Second Opinion" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 And Lo unto me they said
"Dear Doctor Bob, would you open my head?"
And so I responded in kind
I gave them the keys to open their minds
For awhile it was wonderful
But now I suppose the results were inevitable
V2 There were parties that lasted for days
There were no second thoughts about changing our ways
And right in the thick of it all
All my perscriptions turned that Summer to Fall
And the fall was a long way down
It's a cold turkey sandwich the second your feet touch the ground
CH Dr. Roberts Second Opinion is he'd do it all over again
Dr. Roberts Second Opinion is there's no way of making ammends
Everyone winds up right where they are in the end
V3 There's always a price to be paid
a Yin for the Yang.. for the choices we made
But looking back now, I can see
We always believed what we chose to believe
So I pray that there's Mercy for all
All of those seekers who looked for A Way Through the Wall
CH (repeat chorus)
o "Holding Back the Waterfall" (Bill Lloyd/Marshall Crenshaw)
V1 Driving straight on to tomorrow
Eastbound up the interstate
Looking at another sunrise
Hoping that she's not too late
Too late fo find the reasons
That still lie up the road
There's a chance she might remember
Something she already knows
V2 As the day breaks she drives closer
to the world she left behind
Not so sure what she'll uncover
Not so sure of what she'll find
All she knows is her hands are shaking
As she takes them off the wheel
Waiting for that flood of memories..
Tears to tell her how she feels
CH She's thinkin' maybe ... something will save me
From goin' crazy.. or does it even matter at all
As long as she keeps from breaking down she's
Holding Back the Waterfall
V3 If this place holds any answers
She won't ever be the same
What's been hiding in the dark
Looks different in the light of day
And that's what's supposed to happen
And that's what she's counting on
If she can only learns to let it go.. then it can stay
Gone Gone Gone
(double chorus)
(out)
o "(Who You Gonna') Run To Now" (Bill Lloyd/Jon Walmsley)
V1 I bet you never thought that it would end like this
Baby Baby
She scratched your name off the top of her list
Who you gonna' Run To Now ?
V2 I thought we had whatever it takes
Baby Baby
I learned to live with that mistake
Who you gonna' Run To Now ?
BR There must be somebody you can turn to
Some bridge you didn't burn
Someone you can wrap 'round your finger
Some fools never learn
V3 Don't come around here actin' so sweet
Baby Baby
The one you're lookin' for sure ain't me
Who you gonna' Run To Now ?
V (solo over verse)
BR (repeat bridge)
V4 There was a time when I'd taken you back
Baby Baby
There ain't no way now that I'm fallin' for that
Who you gonna' Run To Now ?
V5 I bet you never thought that it would end like this
Baby Baby
I finally see a side of you I can resist
Who you gonna' Run To Now ?
I bet you never thought that it would end like this...
* "Complaints" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 Complaints
Complaints
All I hear are complaints
This is the age of bitching and moaning
Hi-decibel groaning
It's all about owning your pain
V2 So complain ...
Is this the room for complaints
No .. this is the room for an arguement
Argue!
Yes .. No .. Contradiction
Who the hell are you?
CH Complaints
Complaints
Complaints
V3 Complaints
Complaints
This is the age of complaints
In Your Face
is the motto of auto-biographical mumbo-jumbo
You must hear my complaint
You must feel my pain
You must hear my complaint
* "Don't Kid Yourself" (Bill Lloyd/Bill DeMain)
V1 Don't Kid Yourself
if there's no reason to stay
You said yourself
You feel like you're throwing your love away
You're just throwing your love away
V2 Forgive yourself
Because nothing is worth all this grief
You'll live to tell
and you'll find that it's such a relief
BR As long as we have been friends
I've never known you to be this blind
Over and over again
It the same mistake a thousand times
V3 Don't fall for that
those tears are gonna' poison the well
There's no going back
Hey kid... Don't Kid Yourself
You're throwing your love away...
Don't Kid Yourself
o "This Is The Way" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 You say you're so tired
of empty promises
You're feelin' stuck and..
it's like paralysis
You say you need to escape.. well..
This Is The Way
V2 This string of dark days
You just wanna' flush it
You need a dream so
real you can touch it
C'mon before it's too late..
This Is The Way
CH This Is The Way (this is the way)
This is the road we're supposed to take
You gotta' trust what I say..
This Is The Way
V3 I got a gameplan..
and I believe in it
You wanna' diagram
that is immediate
I know you don't wanna' wait.. well..
This Is The Way
(solo over verse)
(repeat chorus)
o "She Won't Be Back" (Bill Lloyd)
V1 The clock shows 5 AM
Could she be wondering where I am?
Well, I'm the one who's lying in our bed
V2 This time she's the one
who exploded like a loaded gun
And I still hear the last words that she said
CH She's gone for good (She Won't Be Back)
It's understood (She Won't Be Back)
She swore to me when she walked out that door
She Won't Be Back no more
V3 She gave me every chance
to give her more than just a song and dance
And now it's too late to change my tune
V4 And so I watch the clock ...
hoping she's still circling 'round the block
but that's an empty wish that won't come true
CH (repeat Chorus)
BR She always talked about a trip out west
Now she's got the time I guess
I never listened to her dreams
but now I know how much that means
(solo)
CH (repeat chorus)
o "Box Of Snakes" (Bill Lloyd / Bill DeMain)
V1 It's said, confession is good for the soul..
that way, the truth will set you free
So now I'll tell the world how I lost control
and how I found my destiny
The preacher told me it's a test
of faith that brought me to this
CH Now all that it takes is a Box of Snakes
To scare all my troubles away
With one in each hand I'm a better man
than I ever was yesterday
with my Box of Snakes
V2 The congregation throws it's hands in the air
Man, it's party time again
Rockin' like the devil in an electric chair
And then the room begins to spin
They bite my fingers, hands and arms
but they never lose their charm
CH (repeat chorus)
BR I get amazed at the things that we say
when we're talking in tongues
I'm counting the days until we raise
Holy Hell.. and it won't be much longer
(solo)
CH (repeat chorus)
o "So You Won't Have To" (Mike Noble / Bill Lloyd)
V1 We've been sitting here in silence
pretending we're the same
but we both know how life is short
and people sometimes change
Now, we'd be fools to hang onto a love that's all but gone
Someone needs to make a move Someone must be strong
CH I'll be the first to walk away .. so you won't have to go
And I won't ask if you still love me .. so you won't have to say "no"
And I'll pack my bags and take the blame for the things we can't undo
I'll walk away and I won't look back ..
So You Won't Have To
V2 Long goodbyes and drawn out endings
that ain't you and me
We'd be wise to cut our losses and keep our dignity
I don't expect a show of tears
but I do expect the truth
There's no need for some charade
we both know what to do
CH (repeat chorus)
o "Years Away From Here" (Bill Lloyd/Pat Buchanan)
V1 It's so cluttered inside your heart
That you don't know where to start
the unravelling
You've collected the days like twine
Now they're tangling up your mind
as you're travelling
CH Through this Maze of Memories
Through this House of Mirrors
Somehow they always send me me
Reeling backwards
Years Away From Here
V2 To the curcuits where wires got crossed
All the places where we got lost
Years Away From Here
(Solo over 2nd half)
BR You always found a way to make your Great Escape
But somewhere inside those dreams are memories that cause you to awake..
V3 From a bed that you made yourself
You're still wishing you're somewhere else
as you're travelling
CH Through this Maze of Memories
Through this House of Mirrors
Somehow they always send me
Reeling backwards
Years Away From Here
o "Turn Me On Dead Man" (Bill Lloyd/Bill DeMain)
V1 The lines on my forehead are so deep and furrowed
Borrowed from William Burroughs it seems
The coat on my tongue is as milky as madness
Sugar and sadness dissolve into dreams
CH Turn Me On Turn Me On
Turn Me On Turn Me On like nobody can
Turn Me On Turn Me On
Turn Me On Dead Man
V2 Let's light a cigar and chase all the women
Let's all go swimmin' in a bathtub of gin
From the bell of a horn to a Bela Lugosi
Everybody knows he shed all his skin
CH (repeat chorus)
BR With the past at my feet
I see the world incomplete
Without revisiting the days gone by
It's all timeless and true
What's old is what's new
Stolen pennies from a dead man's eye
V3 The theory of time.. it still blows my mind
Events overlapping .. no beginning.. no end
The sound waves created through electrocution
Begat revolution .. again and again
CH (repeat chorus with coda)
"Standing On the Shoulders Of Giants" (Lloyd)
This one came from thinking so much about what I actually get to do for a living. There's the music fan side of me that thinks that everything being done musically these days is just an extension of whatís happened before.. and thereís also a part of me that believes that on a good day, we can take all the lessons our heroes have taught us and make improvements that look, sound and feel new to us.
"Cool and Gone" (Bill Lloyd / David Surface)
My longtime friend and songwriting collaborator, David Surface, came up with the title and the most of the chorus sometime back in the eighties! I remembered it and we finished it off long distance (he lives in New York). The track was co-produced with Brad Jones. We did the whole thing pretty much in a day. Kim Richey came in for some harmony singing. The song talks about what happens when you invest alot of yourself into being a fan of someones work and how, in time, that can turn empty. I canít say if itís about anyone that I had that one sided relationship with.. that would be telling.
"Sweet Virginia" (Bill Lloyd / Bill DeMain)
It was co-written with Bill DeMain from Swandive and one of the first songs we worked on together. If the title sound familiar, you probably already know there's a Rolling Stones song (as well as a song by The Rembrandts) with the same title .We thought about changing the title but stayed with it anyway. This one is a really young lyric.. how love can just take you over and get you all goofy. I'll always maintain it's a legitimate subject ! Swandive sang harmony vocals.. Al Anderson added a great guitar part. Also..I'd never written a song that had that Beatles Eight Days A Week shuffle before..
"Dr. Robert's Second Opinion" (Lloyd)
I've heard that the fellow John Lennon supposedly wrote "Dr.Robert" about has, like Elvis, already left the building. In the spirit of what's now called "historical fiction", Dr. Robert (alive once more) is asked if he had any regrets about supplying the medicinal needs of that generation. This song is his reply. The rhythm section of Dennis Diken (The Smithereens) and Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) worked out great and Henry Gross and I had a blast doing the really high harmonies. Many of the overdubs on this song (and a good bit of the album) were recorded in my home studio.
"Holding Back the Waterfall" (Bill Lloyd / Marshall Crenshaw)
I don't write that many songs in third person but this one of them. Marshall Crenshaw and I sat down one evening and the music and the title came to us in one quick session. The lyric was put together in pieces and worked on long distance.. It's about someone who feels that if they're strong enough not to cry, they can hold course to where they were supposed to be going all along. Nashville star sessioneers, Greg Morrow and Byron House, made up the rhythm section and rocked as per usual... like we all live in some other town. Marshall added his guitars via his own home studio and mailed the tape back to me. It's a beautiful world.
"(Who You Gonna') Run To Now" (Bill Lloyd / Jon Walmsley)
I met and became friends with Jon Walmsley who played the guitar pickin' Walton brother, Jason, on the t.v.series, 'The Waltons'. He had co-written a really good song with my buddy, Greg Trooper, from one of his earlier albums and we thought we'd give co-writing a try. This co-write with Jon reminds me of something that Radney Foster and I could have done on one of our records together. It's kind of a slow burn-piss off song with Trooper on harmony vocals and Rusty Young (Poco) on a wailing lap steel.
"Complaints" (Lloyd)
It's just a reaction to the world we live in.. so much media and everywhere you look there's someone trying to make a cottage industry out of their misery.. feel their pain for only $10.95. Ironically enough, itís a song complaining about complaining. So, I'm just as much the hypocrite! As far as the track goes.. I do love playing that rawk music. When John Lennon's 'Cold Turkey' came out, the single had "Play It Loud" printed on the label. That goes for this one too.
"Don't Kid Yourself" (Bill Lloyd / Bill DeMain)
Musically, this one is like a grungey mixture of Big Star and Todd Rundgren, two of my favorites. Bill DeMain had the title and the music pretty much fell out for us in one piece. Lyrically, itís an advice song.. and I think everyone has experienced that at least a few times. One of my favorite drummers, Fenner Caster, and I did the basic track with Brad Jones engineering.. I did all the overdubs myself in my home studio and then took it back to Brad who worked his mixing magic. Kim Richey is singing harmony. Working at home that way is handy...but then can also help lead to four years between albums.
"This Is The Way" (Lloyd)
Another track featuring that Cheap Trick / Smithereens rhythm section of Dennis and Tom. I must say that it sounded like "The Who Live At Leeds" in my headphones that day.. and I consider that a good thing. Al Kooper and his magic organ (no jokes please) appear courtesy of his home studio in Boston and the U.S. Mail. Amy Rigby and Cindy Bullens added their vocal harmonies at different times. Hopefully, it still sounds like a party. The lyric is full of cocky reassurance towards someone who's not quite sure what to do... it's "Hey, follow me!" time.
"She Won't Be Back" (Lloyd)
Inspired by an "Early Kinks Meets Zombies" groove, the song turned into a story about a guy who's been left and finally realizes that from her point of view ..itís final this time.
"Box of Snakes" (Bill Lloyd / Bill DeMain)
Another narrative through this character who finds himself (in every kind of way) joining a church full of snake handlers. He's really happy about it. The music reminds me a little of the early '70's.. My friend, Pat Buchanan, plays the "Freedom Rock" guitar solo's. The verses sound dark and the chorus sounds poppy.. it's that old tension and release thing that snakehandling must give you. Not that I would know.. John Cowan sings some great harmonies too.
"So You Won't Have To" (Bill Lloyd / Mike Noble)
Written with Nashville hit tunesmith, Mike Noble, this song is about a guy who's willing to take the high road in ending a relationship.. it must come from Mike's last name. I can't remember if I've ever been quite that nice. The track has that Byrds flavor that I favor (and savor). I like pulling out that Rickenbacker 12-string every so often...okay more often than every so often..
"Years Away From Here" (Bill Lloyd / Pat Buchanan)
This one was recorded entirely in home studios but mixed by my co-producer on many of these songs, Scott Baggett. Thanks Scott. My co-writer is guitarist-extrodinaire and Idle Jet, Pat Buchanan. The track sounds pretty dreamy and the lyrics are very stream-of-conscious and probably don't make a lot of linear sense to anyone else but me... but the song ended up being a personal favorite of mine. Pat played slide while Rusty Young added that high atmospheric steel guitar that doesnít sound like a steel guitar.
"Turn Me On Dead Man" (Bill Lloyd / Bill DeMain)
I'm thinking I don't have to tell you where the title came from so I won't. Bill DeMain had the title first and we both laughed out loud thinking we might write some Beatles pastiche.. a new Glass Onion (as if the world needed another). Instead, we thought it better to let the "dead man" be anyone who has passed on but their influence is still felt strongly. Each verse refers to someone who's gone but not forgotten..The turn the lyric took made all the difference in the world. I think this one fits right in with "Cool and Gone" and "Standing On the Shoulders of Giants". The track is another co-production with Brad Jones and he always brings so much to the recording. It cuts off as if we used garden shears on the tape. Come to think of it......