This blues shuffle is a remix/remaster of our 2020 production off "Every Now and When".
"Who We Are" was kind of a collaborative project w/ a core four at the center, but we didn't hesitate (like the Beatles) to invite others to fill in parts. Although I'm perfectly capable of singing my own material, my drummer's brother in law (who he plays in a cover band with) has a smokey blues voice that I thought might work for the material - and damn if I didn't like his contribution over my own.
So he's the one singing this. His voice just really fits the groove well.
In contrast to the pristine nature of a recording studio, due to the tracks being laid across 2020, MOST of the performances were tracked on the front porch of my home - outside.
We actually had laid the drum tracks down earlier in the year, prior to the pandemic - and then later decided to add the longer instrumental opening - which required me to cut and paste in precision fashion to make it sound like they were "spontaneous".
We eventually released the album 1/1/21 ... as I wasn't going to give 2020 any credit for it.
But I picked up some new tools later in 2021 - and I went back and said, "I'm going to have to remix this w/ the new tools." In 2022, I released the remixed/remastered "Every Now and When (Again)". This track is off that.
I've got about 50 CDs left of the first album ... which sold a couple hundred in total - now considered "Collector's items".
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