The Band of Brothers: Blog

Our second day of recording our latest CD "Piece Of Cake" went as smooth as we could have hoped. Once again the session was held at Bluebrick Studio with Jesse Sprinkle working the board. We started with a demo recording of a jingle for "Boston Brown Steak Rub" - one of the sponsors of our "BoB Value Bag." Then we got down to business - a few warm-ups for Jamie's "The Cat Song" & then we ripped into it - resulting in a very good take, and when Alan added a banjo overdub, we had a great start to the day. We then tackled a re-take of Alan's "Your Face Is Love." We spent quite a bit of time getting the groove right & once again came up with a superior take. Between takes I was playing a steel-bodied guitar, and Jamie began playing his newest song "Why Baby Why (A Redneck's Lament)". Although Alan had never heard the song before, and I had only performed it once before during a show, we decided to give the song a try - and didn't we nail it! Next up was Alan's "Silent Ocean." I decided to wait until another session to overdub the slide guitar part I usually play in concert and picked up the bass. Again, we put down a very good take. Finally, we began to work on my "Wild Bill." Although this song is now a few years old, and we have consistently worked on it during rehearsals, we have rarely performed it. We got through a complete take, but after listening to it, we realized it was performed at too slow a pace. A second attempt was just what we wanted and presto! we had completed the basic tracks for the CD!