Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley

Video Killed The Radio Star (PUSA Cover) - 3 Ft III

Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance

Summer Of '69 (Bryan Adams Cover) - 3 Ft III

Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, Stephen Walker

I Melt With You (Modern English Cover) - 3 Ft III

Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Dean Deleo, Eric Kretz, Robert Emile Deleo, Scott Richard Weiland

Crackerman (STP Cover) - 3 Ft III

Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Jimmy Eat World

The Middle (Jimmy Eat World Cover) - 3 Ft III

Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Pete Townshend

Baba O'Riley/Teenage Wasteland (The Who Cover) - 3 Ft III

Live recording of a 3 ft. III performance at Average Joe's - Laredo, TX; Aug. 5, 2022
All music & lyrics copyright Roger Waters

Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd Cover) - 3 Ft III

A tune performed Aug. 15th, 2007 (warts and all) at a gig celebrating 30 years as a performing musician!
Lead Vocal & Bass - Al Rubio, Jr.
Drums - Chris Rubio
Guitar - Diego Garcia
Keyboards - Jimmy Garza

All music and lyrics copyright Boz Scaggs & David Paich

Lido Shuffle - (Boz Scaggs Cover) - Al & Friends Live

A tune performed Aug. 15th, 2007 at a gig celebrating 30 years as a performing musician!
Guest Lead Vocal - Tony Shepherd
Bass - Al Rubio, Jr.
Drums - Chris Rubio
Guitar - Diego Garcia
Keyboards - Jimmy Garza

All music and lyrics copyright Vaden Todd Lewis & 
Patrick "Taz" Bentley

Beautiful Night (Burden Brothers Cover) - Al & Friends Live

Some snippets of my Rickenbacker 4001C64S loaded with RotoSound RS77 flats; Recorded from the DI of a Mesa Boogie Walkabout, compressed with an MXR M87 Bass Compressor.
First tune: finger-style, neck pickup-tone rolled off.
Second tune: pick-style, both pickups-tone rolled off.
Third tune: pick-style, both pickups-tone wide open.

RotoSound Flats Test

Original Composition by Spirits of the Night/Laredo TX; Recorded in San Antonio, TX mid 1980's

Spirits Of The Night - Sweet Talk

Brief soundclip to demonstrate the tone of LaBella Deep Talkin' Flat strings on a Rickenbacker 4001 C64S

4001C64S LaBella Flats Edit

Recorded live 2-10-2012 at the 10th Annual WBCA Jam For George Comedy Concert (2-10-2012)
@ Laredo Little Theatre - Laredo, TX

All music and lyrics copyright Fleetwood Mac

Silver Springs - (Fleetwood Mac Cover) - Misfitt Live

A tune performed Aug. 15th, 2007 at a gig celebrating 30 years as a performing musician!
Lead Vocal - Mark Guerrero
Backing Vocal & Bass - Al Rubio, Jr.
Drums - Chris Rubio
Guitar - Diego Garcia
Keyboards - Jimmy Garza

All music and lyrics copyright Tears For Fears



Everybody Wants To Rule The World - (Tears For Fears Cover) - Al & Friends Live

The Chain (Fleetwood Mac Cover) - Misfitt Live

Sound of my LaBella DTF loaded Rickenbacker 4001 C64S mixed into a bass-less version of Paul McCartney & Wings' "Helen Wheels" (played with enough deviation from the original to make sure you KNOW it's not Macca on bass! ;-) )

All music and lyrics copyright Paul & Linda McCartney

Helen Wheels Bass Test

Shared upon the passing of our dear friend Reno Zuñiga, who plays keyboards and sings on this cover. Rest In Peace, brother.
Recorded during Cover 2 Cover rehearsal sessions, 08/24/2014.
Lead guitar parts are the "dropped in" originals, as played by G. Harrison.
Copyright George Harrison.

Something (Beatles Cover) - Cover 2 Cover Rehearsal Session

Bass and Vocal Cover Performance utilizing original rough backing track from 1971 album "Ram".
Copyright Paul & Linda McCartney

Long Haired Lady (Paul McCartney Bass & Vocal Cover) - Al Rubio, Jr.

A little context about this recording, which recently was found after being misplaced for a long while:
When Cover 2 Cover would get together for rehearsals, it was usually fairly early on a Sunday, since that was usually the only day that would work for everyone. Now, when it comes to the singing  voice, usually it's a case of "the earlier, the worse", because the average person is still dealing with "morning throat". Please take that into account as you listen.
Also, this was probably the very first time we attempted to go over the song, so mistakes abound. Please be kind in your evaluations. 😉
Our dear departed Reno considered this song one of his very favorite ones to play, so we're posting this in honor of the cherished memories we were able to form in the time we were able to call ourselves his bandmates. 
Keep on Resting In Peace, brother.

Recorded during Cover 2 Cover rehearsal sessions, sometime in 2014.

Copyright Paul McCartney.

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