06 - Too Many Miles

05 - Never Learned To Fly

04 - Plain Street

03 - Long Way Down

02 - I Cannot Say

01 - Around Here

Automatic Harp

It started when I was trying to play a piano with some drum sticks and brushes. I knew I wanted this percussive element to it but also wanted it to be musical and not so random as hitting piano strings all willy-nilly. I found that I didn't have enough hands to do what I wanted to on the piano. I wanted to hold out chords so that just those strings were active and at the very least I needed another person, maybe two.

That's how I ended up with an autoharp. I could hold down the single button for the chord and then I could sweep the brushes over the strings creating a rhythmic and musical wash. The sound was then manipulated again when I recorded it utilizing delay and filtering to create a more dreamlike wash.

Experiment No 2

Bobbo Zeppelin

This is a Toad the Wet Sprocket song that I was involved in covering a bunch of years ago. It seems even more relevant now. 

The strange thing is - I only met the singer one time and have no idea what her name is and never saw or heard from her again. Rami and I tried to remember but neither of us could come up with it. Wish I could find her as she sings the hell out of this.

It was a fun session with Nick from Megadeth playing drums, Deon from Wham! playing bass. I was making noises on a lap steel and Rami organizing all the chaos. 

Recorded and produced by Rami Jaffee.

Vocals - unknown
Keys - Rami Jaffee
Guitars and lap steel - Bobbo Byrnes
Bass - Deon Estus
Drums - Nick Menza

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