Holiday Music
The last couple of months have been really cool. Tracy and I just got back from a trip to northern California (visiting my family for Thanksgiving). We stayed in Carmel, Los Gatos and San Francisco. The stay in San Francisco was mainly to see one of my favorite guitar players, Jim Thomas (of The Mermen and the Shi-Tones). His side project band called The Shi-Tones has a weekly gig at a cool bar called the Park Chalet which is right on Ocean Beach. They play instrumental surf covers and are totally awesome. It was a really high energy, but small/low-key show, we talked to the band, met cool people, etc. Very cool.
Tracy and I have recently been cleaning out our storage room in the basement for the past few weeks. It has been a huge pain in the ass, but one cool outcome was finding a ton of stuff from the Dirty Pool days. I found everything from photos (candids and official) to original master tapes of studio and live recordings, as well as jam/rehearsal tapes, song ideas, etc. I have just started listening to everything and it's been pretty cool.
I even found the very first studio recording that we ever did. The name of the band was "Black Cat Bone" at the time of the recording, but we changed it to "Dirty Pool" after finding that a national band had the name Black Cat Bone. It's definitely raw, but there is a lot of spirit in the performances -- it was a really cool time.
Another studio recording that I unearthed was a Christmas song that Dirty Pool recorded for the KBPI morning show in 1996. KBPI was supporting local music by playing Christmas songs recorded by local bands. We recorded the song in one night at the Boulder Sound Company (where we later recorded our CD "Shootelectric"). We did it without a click track, so I thought it would be pretty shaky, but I think it actually sounds pretty good. Again -- there is a lot feeling there. We definitely had a good time recording the song.
So here it is, just in time for Christmas 2005. Merry Christmas! Enjoy...
Back Door Santa - Dirty Pool (MP3 file)
Tracy and I have recently been cleaning out our storage room in the basement for the past few weeks. It has been a huge pain in the ass, but one cool outcome was finding a ton of stuff from the Dirty Pool days. I found everything from photos (candids and official) to original master tapes of studio and live recordings, as well as jam/rehearsal tapes, song ideas, etc. I have just started listening to everything and it's been pretty cool.
I even found the very first studio recording that we ever did. The name of the band was "Black Cat Bone" at the time of the recording, but we changed it to "Dirty Pool" after finding that a national band had the name Black Cat Bone. It's definitely raw, but there is a lot of spirit in the performances -- it was a really cool time.
Another studio recording that I unearthed was a Christmas song that Dirty Pool recorded for the KBPI morning show in 1996. KBPI was supporting local music by playing Christmas songs recorded by local bands. We recorded the song in one night at the Boulder Sound Company (where we later recorded our CD "Shootelectric"). We did it without a click track, so I thought it would be pretty shaky, but I think it actually sounds pretty good. Again -- there is a lot feeling there. We definitely had a good time recording the song.
So here it is, just in time for Christmas 2005. Merry Christmas! Enjoy...
Back Door Santa - Dirty Pool (MP3 file)
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