Blue Sky Riders

Ahhh … the glamour of life on the road! Here we are warming up before a private gig in California this past weekend…

Honestly, the last thing I expected for this CD was “on time and on budget,” (whatever that means?) But here we are, and OK, GnG, I’ll admit it… I’m a bit in shock. I have to say, though, the challenges of recording in multiple cities with completely separate recording systems and engineers is, even as I write this, still daunting. But I want to believe we’re actually almost very nearly ever-so-close-to-being done, so dammit, we are… that is, IF we find all the missing elements we’ve recorded over these past 9 months. Bizarrely, certain “inconsequential” things seem now to be somehow missing from the compiled “masters,” scattered among 6 different recording studios between Nashville and Santa Barbara/Ojai! (more…)

…Now, in all honesty, I should be using this moment to address the fact that it’s not always easy to agree on everything. I mean, for example, what married couple doesn’t understand what I’m talking about here? Who gets along all the time? Or half the time? Or maybe… ever? (more…)

“Guided by Stars
Took a right turn and, baby, here we are,
Decided by Fate”
From “As Luck Would Have it” by Blue Sky Riders

Somewhere in Southern California, Georgia, Gary and I got together in my uniquely furnished hotel room to work up an old Beatles’ standard/favorite of Gary’s and mine, “HELP!” Ironically, Georgia wasn’t familiar with this one. Before her time. Hmmm…

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