PERFECTION (6.15.20)

When Danny Calvagna and I did ‘No Matter What’ by Badfinger a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about doing another Badfinger song pretty much immediately. And rather than just do another one of their radio hits, we decided to go with a deeper cut off...

NEVER MY LOVE (5.27.20)

I continue to be amazed at the song choices people are making for this project – songs that I’d never think of doing, but when I hear them I think ‘excellent choice.’ The choice of this 1967 hit by The Association was the idea of my old friend,...

SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME (5.21.20)

Once we finished the track for ‘My Back Pages,’ I asked Robert Sole if he wanted to do another song, and we started throwing around ideas. We settled on something from the 60s, kinda left field, maybe a one-hit wonder – and this song checked all the...

VANILLA RADIO (5.14.20)

After yesterday’s dive into Seventies mellowness, I figured we better roar back with a rocker. One of the most criminally overlooked bands in the world (at least here in the States, in Europe they are gods) is a band called The Wildhearts. They’ve been...

WICHITA LINEMAN (5.12.20)

While I was waiting to get more tracks back for a few other songs, I thought I’d take a swing at Glen Campbell’s ‘Wichita Lineman.’ I wanted to stay close to the original, so I plugged in the keyboard and did some horn and string parts. The...

NO MATTER WHAT (5.10.20)

After Danny Calvagna and I finished ‘Do You Believe In Magic,’ I asked him if he wanted to do another one. He immediately said ‘No Matter What’ by Badfinger. This track came together quickly and I was able to get a mix back to him in a day. He...
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