One of the most rockin’ songs on“Golden Treasury”.   Note if you will the unusual form:
A / B/ A / B/ A / B / C  / A / B
where the bridge isn’t heard until after the instrumental solos.

Also the cool chord progression in the bridge (when we finally hear it), lifted from a Rupert Holmes song.  Man, that guy was a good songwriter.  

It’s always nice when one can incorporate a little zeugma into the lyric (one verb with two or more objects), and it fit nicely into this song: “Tonight let’s cast our cares and clothes away”.

“Buck Naked” started out as a kind of rockabilly number, but when we laid it down it came out a bit heavier, kind of Stones-y, so I tried to channel a bit of ol’ Keith on the rhythm guitar part.  There aren’t a lot of crazy solos on this album, but I did let ‘er rip a bit on this one!

This is the first song I’ve ever had a steel guitar on, and guest musician Paul Hilton does a great job.  Check out his wailing solo, and the guitar / steel trading at the end!  It turned out so well that I’ve invited him to contribute to my next record as well, which will be my long-awaited (by me, at least!) jazz - pop album.  

First-time collaborator Eddie Cromwell does a great job on backing vocals - I couldn’t believe how closely his voice matched mine, on this and other songs.  Amy sounds great chanting the title in a deadpan voice.  Lorne Sokoloff contributes a driving bass line.  And Scott pounds the crap outta the drum set, which sounds great, as it usually does!


Arch Rockefeller

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