puttin' the band back together...
OK -- first things first -- get an engineer. Matt Prock (Josh Groban, Tonic, Richard Marx) and David Axelbaum (Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn) are still not available, but Steve Weeder is, so I've got an engineer!!!
Drums -- Larry Beers, the swiss army knife of drummers, is on board.
Bass -- I need upright and electric, so I called Larry Gray (Joe Pass, Clark Terry, Ramsey Lewis Trio). He's good to go (my backup was gonna be Steve Rodby, if he wasn't on tour with Pat Metheny).
Keyboards -- Jim Trompeter is going to work the morning shift, and Rob Berry is going to bat cleanup in the afternoon.
Saxophones -- Eric Pryzby is ready to go, and fortunately Paul Mertens (Poi Dog Pondering, Brian Wilson) has time to come in too.
Trumpet -- Carey Deadman can't make it, so I've left a message with Dave Spencer...
Trombone -- Tom Garling (a.k.a. The Slide God) is out of town. Mike Halpin (Chuck Mangione, Styx) is already booked solid. Put a call in to Robert Lustrea, he's in the orchestra for "Ain't Misbehavin'", but is going to see if he can get a sub for the show so he can make the date...
Percussionist just called me back -- I considered a lot of guys and finally went with Dave Rush -- he's all set to bring a battery of instruments and lay down some hip Latin grooves.
And multi-instrumentalist John Rice is gonna lay down some Western swing and some uptempo Country on Tele, Dobro, and acoustic guitar (why fake it when you can get one of the masters?)
So I'm very close to having my recording sessions ready to go! 12 tunes (we've added a Dixieland tune) in two days... should be a hoot!
[as a cool side note, I got a call from a rock band that's looking to add string arrangements to two of their tunes for their upcoming album... it'd be fun to do if it all works out!]
Drums -- Larry Beers, the swiss army knife of drummers, is on board.
Bass -- I need upright and electric, so I called Larry Gray (Joe Pass, Clark Terry, Ramsey Lewis Trio). He's good to go (my backup was gonna be Steve Rodby, if he wasn't on tour with Pat Metheny).
Keyboards -- Jim Trompeter is going to work the morning shift, and Rob Berry is going to bat cleanup in the afternoon.
Saxophones -- Eric Pryzby is ready to go, and fortunately Paul Mertens (Poi Dog Pondering, Brian Wilson) has time to come in too.
Trumpet -- Carey Deadman can't make it, so I've left a message with Dave Spencer...
Trombone -- Tom Garling (a.k.a. The Slide God) is out of town. Mike Halpin (Chuck Mangione, Styx) is already booked solid. Put a call in to Robert Lustrea, he's in the orchestra for "Ain't Misbehavin'", but is going to see if he can get a sub for the show so he can make the date...
Percussionist just called me back -- I considered a lot of guys and finally went with Dave Rush -- he's all set to bring a battery of instruments and lay down some hip Latin grooves.
And multi-instrumentalist John Rice is gonna lay down some Western swing and some uptempo Country on Tele, Dobro, and acoustic guitar (why fake it when you can get one of the masters?)
So I'm very close to having my recording sessions ready to go! 12 tunes (we've added a Dixieland tune) in two days... should be a hoot!
[as a cool side note, I got a call from a rock band that's looking to add string arrangements to two of their tunes for their upcoming album... it'd be fun to do if it all works out!]
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