by quarantoons | Feb 25, 2021 | Music
When John Genua suggested doing a Green Day tune, I was all in. We decided to do this track from Dookie, with John singing lead and playing lead guitar, me on bass and rhythm guitar (and all 9 words of the background vocals). When I worked in a band with John, I...
by quarantoons | Feb 23, 2021 | Music
Here it is – the 50th song we’ve done for this project! And on such an occasion, we figured ‘Why not swing for the fences?’ So Tommy Dolan and I decided to tackle the opening track from Radiohead’s iconic 1997 album OK Computer. This one...
by quarantoons | Feb 5, 2021 | Music
This one goes back to the near-beginning of the Stones’ extensive catalog – from the 1965 Out Of Our Heads album, and the B-side of the ‘The Last Time’ single. I was thinking of the epic West, Bruce & Laing 13-minute version of the song...
by quarantoons | Jan 22, 2021 | Music
When Billy Kohout suggested doing this classic by Bill Withers, I couldn’t resist. I always loved the economy of the arrangement, so I stayed close to what was on the original – with the exception of adding a solo, of course. And Billy did a nice job on...
by quarantoons | Jan 19, 2021 | Music
I learned this Shooter Jennings tune for a gig I did with the band Stagecoach a couple of years ago, and it’s been a favorite since. After I got the track put together I reached out to John Genua, who helped out with harmony vocals and an acoustic guitar track....
by quarantoons | Dec 10, 2020 | Music
You can’t go wrong with a little Petty. The lead single off the Wildflowers album, it’s one of my favorites. The overall sound is so spare, but there’s a whole lot going on instrumentally. I had a little space to fill today, so I went down to the...
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