Pipes for Hire: Stuff I've Sung for Other Songwriters

I recorded the lead vocals, and some of the backing vocals, to these four tracks by Jeff Young, formerly of Megadeth.  I got a call from producer Pat Regan to come in and track a vocal for Jeff and was asked at the end of the session to sing on all four tracks.  I think these tracks kick some serious ass.  Unfortunately, the romance was short lived.  To the best of my knowledge, Jeff Young is the sole writer of all of these fantastic tracks.  His guitar playing is masterful on these as is Pat's production.  I am sad that the project never resulted in more than these four songs.  But I had a blast tracking them.  I believe that Debby Holiday, who sings background on this version of Beggar's Day, recut all of the lead vocals on these tracks after I left the project, though what actually became of the project, I simply do not know.  

I really love Kelly Rucker's harp on this tune.  I was lucky enough to be in the studio the day she tracked her parts for "Flesh and Bone."  She was super cool & I remember that we hung out a few times after the session.  

Flesh And Bone

I recorded the lead vocals, and some of the backing vocals, to these four tracks by Jeff Young, formerly of Megadeth.  I got a call from producer Pat Regan to come in and track a vocal for Jeff and was asked at the end of the session to sing on all four tracks.  I think these tracks kick some serious ass.  Unfortunately, the romance was short lived.  To the best of my knowledge, Jeff Young is the sole writer of all of these fantastic tracks.  His guitar playing is masterful on these as is Pat's production.  I am sad that the project never resulted in more than these four songs.  But I had a blast tracking them.  I believe that Debby Holiday, who sings background on this version of Beggar's Day, recut all of the lead vocals on these tracks after I left the project, though what actually became of the project, I simply do not know.  

"Peace" was the most challenging of the four songs for me to sing.  Jeff and Pat wanted something really delicate and quiet at the beginnings of the verses, and I remember that being pretty tough to pull off with all of other heavy singing done during these sessions.  The other tunes demanded dynamic singing, but not to this extreme.

Peace

I recorded the lead vocals, and some of the backing vocals, to these four tracks by Jeff Young, formerly of Megadeth.  I got a call from producer Pat Regan to come in and track a vocal for Jeff and was asked at the end of the session to sing on all four tracks.  I think these tracks kick some serious ass.  Unfortunately, the romance was short lived.  To the best of my knowledge, Jeff Young is the sole writer of all of these fantastic tracks.  His guitar playing is masterful on these as is Pat's production.  I am sad that the project never resulted in more than these four songs.  But I had a blast tracking them.  I believe that Debby Holiday, who sings background on this version of Beggar's Day, recut all of the lead vocals on these tracks after I left the project, though what actually became of the project, I simply do not know.  

In terms of this song, Little Mexico, I clearly remember Jeff wanting me to do a David Lee Roth sort of rap in the breakdown after the solo.  I refused to do so--not because I thought it was a bad idea, but because I had no faith in my ability to pull it off convincingly.  So I scatted some stuff I was more comfortable doing--more Plant than Roth.  That's how it stands.  However, Jeff and Pat found some guys on the street in Hollywood who they paid to come into the studio and lay down the "I got want you want; I got what you need" stuff.  All in all, it's way better than anything I would have done.

And I must say, I love Jeff Scott Soto's backgrounds on this tune. It's quite a thrill, all these years later, to hear my voice along with his on this track.  Fun.

Little Mexico

I recorded the lead vocals, and some of the backing vocals, to these four tracks by Jeff Young, formerly of Megadeth.  I got a call from producer Pat Regan to come in and track a vocal for Jeff and was asked at the end of the session to sing on all four tracks.  I think these tracks kick some serious ass.  Unfortunately, the romance was short lived.  To the best of my knowledge, Jeff Young is the sole writer of all of these fantastic tracks.  His guitar playing is masterful on these as is Pat's production.  I am sad that the project never resulted in more than these four songs.  But I had a blast tracking them.  I believe that Debby Holiday, who sings background on this version of Beggar's Day, recut all of the lead vocals on these tracks after I left the project, though what actually became of the project, I simply do not know.  

Beggar's Day

This is a demo I sang for the songwriter, Paul Stanley of KIss. It was produced by Pat Regan.

So Long

This is a song written by Tommy Thayer of Kiss. I sang the lead vocal, & he demo was recording was engineered by Kevin Valentine, a drummer who would later record with me in Neverland.

Pipes for Hire: Stuff I've Sung for Other Songwriters

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