Under the House (Paisley Pop 2003) Ah, the comeback record. Not that anyone really noticed me missing. After relocating to Knoxville around the turn of the century, I eventually got back into playing music after a lengthy layoff. Shortly after moving here, I met John Baker and Jim Rivers from a local band called the French Broads, who had been on an overseas compilation on which I also had a track. We played a coupla gigs together and Jim invited me over to check out his home studio setup. On that initial visit, Jim and John and I had a few beers, then started talking about recording. They asked if I had any songs and we recorded “Laura” that evening. From there, we met pretty much every Thursday night and worked on a new song until we had what we felt constituted a full record. Under the House is largely acoustic in nature, due mainly to the low-key approach we took. John played a lot of the drums, or we’d call in others as needed. We took turns playing bass, guitar and other instruments. The casual nature of the sessions made it a lot of fun, and Jim and John’s natural chemistry made it easy to get things done with little bogging down. My favorite song on here is “Skating Rink.” Track Listing:
Recorded by Jim Rivers at Kat P, Knoxville, Tenn. Produced by Jim Rivers, John Baker and Tim Lee Under the House is still available from Paisley Pop Records (www.paisleypop.com). |