Outtake: Creative Differences

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Gary in All Access Pass

Remember back a few weeks ago when you watched the video of us writing “Whatever Happened To”? Remember when it was over and you sighed and said…“Well, that’s all I could EVER imagine being interesting about them writing THAT song!” This video is what was left out of the first video of this song. Below […]

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Hello All Access Pass watcher!

Remember back a few weeks ago when you watched the video of us writing “Whatever Happened To”?

Remember when it was over and you sighed and said…“Well, that’s all I could EVER imagine being interesting about them writing THAT song!”

You were so wrong, my little stud-puppies….

When we all agreed to film the writing and recording of our second CD, I had only 3 demands.

1. When we are being filmed, Kenny must always refer to me as, “Commodore.” Georgia can, as usual, refer to me as “Dumbass.”

2. I must NEVER be filmed eating. My natural way of eating is to tear off a small chunk of food, toss it into the air with a flick of my wrist… and snatch it out of the air on its way down – where I commence to swallow it whole. This is effective, but very disconcerting to watch, so I prefer that it never actually be documented.

3. Did I mention the “Commodore” thing? I see I did… okay.

4. I must never be portrayed as obstinate, stubborn, demanding, disengaged, rude, dismissive, haughty or less than a genius.

I am a simple man with simple rules.

When they came to me with this video, I realized that, for the sake of art, I was going to have to break at least one, if not two, of my hard and fasts.

This video is what was left out of the first video of this song. They were afraid that, if viewed without the proper disclaimer, Georgia would leave me.

So enjoy… this is where you can watch me, warts and all, throw away years of pretense and expose myself for what I truly am:

Obstinate, stubborn, demanding, disengaged, rude, dismissive, haughty and somewhat less than a genius.

The Commodore apologizes for what you are about to see.

Kickin’ It Back

Posted on September 8, 2015 by administrator in News

Congratulations to Ashley Leone and J. Klein – winners of our Kickin It Back Opening Act Contest!! And thank you to everyone that participated and voted to help us decide which of these up and coming artists would appear as our opening act – at our very special Kickstarter-inspired Kickin’ It Back Tour events! Ashley […]

Blue Sky Riders

Congratulations to Ashley Leone and J. Klein – winners of our Kickin It Back Opening Act Contest!! And thank you to everyone that participated and voted to help us decide which of these up and coming artists would appear as our opening act – at our very special Kickstarter-inspired Kickin’ It Back Tour events!

Ashley Leone opened for us on September 11 at City Winery Nashville!
And J. Klein kicked off our September 25 show at Coach House, San Juan Capistrano!

THANK YOU to all the amazing souls, fans and friends that have supported us through the making of our new CD via Kickstarter. We really are all in this together! See our Thank You page!

We Did Our Best

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Gary in Blog, Gary Blogs

The following is a blog I wrote, and made the mistake of letting Georgia read ahead of time. She said it’s terrible and I can’t put it out. Now normally my response to damn near anything Georgia says is, “Yes dear”… but in THIS case I am going to let YOU, the home viewer, be […]

We Did Our Best

The following is a blog I wrote, and made the mistake of letting Georgia read ahead of time. She said it’s terrible and I can’t put it out.

Now normally my response to damn near anything Georgia says is, “Yes dear”… but in THIS case I am going to let YOU, the home viewer, be the judge. She is afraid that YOU, (still the home viewer) will not “get” my “sarcasm,” and will turn against me the way the Roman Emperor Claudius was betrayed by his own family and poisoned in his sleep. (Or shot with a crossbow. I get it confused with Game Of Thrones.) (more…)

Writing: “The Rodeo”

Posted on September 6, 2015 by administrator in All Access Pass

Don’t you wish you could have been a fly on the wall when John Lennon took a swing at McCartney because he wanted to sing “Yes Yes Yes” instead of “Yeah Yeah Yeah”? Here’s a sneak preview of what AAP members will see inside:

Writing Rodeo

Don’t you wish you could have been a fly on the wall when John Lennon took a swing at McCartney, because he wanted to sing “Yes Yes Yes,” instead of “Yeah Yeah Yeah”?

Or, been in the room when Burt Bacharach kicked Hal David in the testicles for handing in a first draft of lyrics where Alfie actually KNEW what it was all about?

How about getting to see Jimmy Webb write just ONE of those classic songs in the nude, as is his wont?

This is kinda like that. You are about to see three writers start and finish the process of turning a blank sheet of paper into a very similar piece of paper…. only one with barely decipherable scribblings on it. Plus computers. Always computers.

All Access Pass is the portal that turns all you little Jeff Goldblums into flies. So find a wall and settle in as Georgia, Kenny and I write the song, “The Rodeo,” for our new CD, Why Not.