Guitars, Bass, Vocal - Ian Daniel
Drums - TR McCully

Produced by Ian Daniel



About a million years ago I started doing some recordings with TR McCully, Mike McKinney, and Nick Smith.  It was supposed to be a vehicle for me to write some songs that were too country for rock and too rock for country.  Stuff like Sturgill Simpson's Metamodern record, Chris Stapleton's Traveller, and Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free.  You know, those, and like a thousand other things that weren't stoner rock.  I had some written that I stole from THC. I had a couple that were definitely supposed to be for this band.  I wrote some more after I got back from the road.  Turns out I really like to write songs about driving and looking out the window and all that.  I'm thinking that's my lane.  

We've been calling it Ian Daniel and The Long Haul.  Lately I'm thinking that's a mouthful so The Long Haul it is.  We made an LP's worth of recordings and I have had to learn how to mix and master them on the fly.  Turns out that shit is mega complicated.  I'm glad all that college stuff worked out.  I think I have it where I don't hate it and can live with the mixes I'm getting.  Close enough.  Not bad. 
I wanted it to be a record but it's not going to really work out that way.  It's a bunch of singles... good demos really.   They really are pretty much done except for one big thing.  I can't sing for shit.

If you like it, great.  I fucking hate it.  I really wanted to find someone else to sing these songs.  It's a story for another day but I did find the right guy and it sort of fell through.  Big bummer really.   

Regardless, I got one where I think I nailed the vocal I was going for.  This was supposed to be the closer for the record. Track 6 or 7 depending on the hard drive.   
This one is just TR and I.  It was a late entry and we just banged it out one hot ass no air conditioning day at Foam City.  I did the rest in Irvington because...Covid.  
So, after I figure out how to sing the rest of these songs without going into a full melt down, they'll be released as I finish them.  I have some solid motivation to do it, so I'm pretty sure that's ok to say.  If not, enjoy this one, I'll get to the others in due time.  

I figure it has been long enough and all that.

Here's The Cosmic Bye and Bye

The Cosmic Bye And Bye

Produced by Ian Daniel

Ian Daniel - Guitars, Vocals
Nick Smith - Bass
TR McCully - Drums

Parallel/Out Of Phase

Ian Daniel - Guitars/Vox
Nick Smith - Bass
TR McCully - Drums

Written and Produced by Ian Daniel

Three Mountains

Strange Kind of Bird - Lost Days

Strange Kind of Bird - Melodrama

8 points, 9 seconds...

Or take a right on Delaware to get to the shop.

Right On, Reggie - The Middle of Nowhere All Stars

Written by Ian Gerber

Ian Gerber - Guitar/Vocals
Jeff Kaleth- Drums
Michael Naish - Bass