Today was long. But it was also extremely productive. The ranch was getting some heating apparatus worked on so Mary Lindsay was hanging about the studio with Lightning the dog. This gave me some much wanted chat time with Mary. What a gal. She was really digging the tunes. Her and lightning the dog hung out for an hour or so while we mixed a couple tunes. She is a SPECIAL person. These sessions would never have happened without her. She is amazing.
It was a furious work pace today. We mixed eight tunes and by we I mean the amazing Kevin Houston. A solid dude and a killer engineer. He was like our secret weapon making this record. We got to see Cody play the electric washboard (woogieboard). So cool. We had a lot of fun mixing. We're all bummed that the process is over but we're over the moon at having rocked out, recorded and mixed over 13 tunes in five days. VERY proud of the Bastards.
Now we're chilling at the hotel room having a low key celebration. maybe tomorrow we'll get crazy. for now we're burnt out and happy to chill. Thanks for reading the posts and We hope you've enjoyed the pics n videos. The party isn't done yet though, tomorrow we head to Clarksdale in the delta, to chase ghosts and hang for a few days. You can bet there will be more adventures. Stay tuned friends, in the meantime here are some more pics of a few of the secrets to our success and also included is one Video of us tracking 'For the Last Time'. I'm pretty sure that is the solo and those are the vocals that made the cut. Enjoy and thanks again for checking out the blog.
The southern belle herself. Mary Lindsay wit Lightening the dog.
The studio dog - Lightening. He's awesome!
RL Burnside on the wall providing some much used Mojo!
Mental Excersice: Don't think of a Zebra.
Hey Ross/Karl/Shawn - I loved reading about your week in Mississippi! I went and grabbed a cup of Saturday morning coffee (the best kind) and followed your progression throughout the week. I'm really happy for you guys! It sounds as though you squeezed every special moment out of your recording experience - that's so great.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I can't wait to get my hands and ears on a copy of the final product!!
Enjoy the rest of your time down in the US. Good luck with Matt in Memphis next week!
Colleen B
Five days to finish, you guys and everyone at the ranch are amazing! Loved reading about your progress.
ReplyDeleteSending good vibes to you and the Bastards as well as Matt for the Memphis challenge.
Enjoy your break.
Love Mom
sounds awesome!!!! what is the zebra?
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