Here are some odds and ends we had lying around on the floor. We decided to pick them up and clean up the place a bit. You want 'em?
Really though, in order to get bookings we have to record songs so promoters know what we sound like; demos (demonstrations) of our sound. So here are some.
If this song was submitted to a publisher or a producer today it would never get recorded; it breaks too many rules. Not the right structure; no real chorus; no hook. Fortunately this song was recorded by The Everly Brothers before the rules had been settled on. And judging by the way audiences respond, I guess somebody forgot to tell them the rules because they seem to really like this one. So do we.
This song is a popular tune when we play live. It's simple but fun. I wonder how many movies have been made from 1960s songs? I know this was one and I have seen (or heard of) quite a few more. Our version is like The Searchers' but with harmonies.
This song is very popular in our live concerts. I read that it was first recorded by the "Ozzie Nelson Band" back in the 1930s. Yes, the same Ozzie Nelson of "Ozzie And Harriet" fame. Or for me, Rick Nelson's parents. It was then recorded in the mid-1960s and popularized by "The Mams And the Papas." We've been doing it for quite a while now.
One of the most influential groups of all time is the Everly Brothers. And we love 'em. We do many of their songs in our concerts. "All I Have To Do Is Dream" may be their quintessential song. We're not the first to cover this tune and we won't be the last.
From my favorite album of all time (me, Jim) comes a song that has become very popular in our live set. This was the opening song on "Odessey And Oracle" by The Zombies. Why wasn't it a single? Who knows? Here's our light/acoustic version.
Brian Wilson and his brothers, Carl, and Dennis grew up with an oppressive father. According to Brian he is deaf in one ear because of his father slapping him upside the head. He says that retreating to his room where he had his piano was his great escape. So this song is really autobiographical. "Do my dreaming and my scheming, lie awake and pray."
We took Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and The Zombies' "She's Not There" and smooshed them together. Now the song falls under the category of, "There's always two sides to every story."
This song was recorded by one of my favorites, Rick Nelson, during the era of Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band. I took his arrangement pretty much note for note. Just one more nod to Rick. I love this version of the Bobby Darin tune.
This song is originally by The White Stripes, but this was Bree's first try at recording a song on her own using Garage Band. Jim helped her set up mics, and she played guitar, congas, shakers, tambourine, cowbell and vocals, and did the bass with synthesizer.
This is a beautiful song by Paul McCartney from the album "The Beatles" (otherwise know s the White Album.) We've added some harmonies and spiffed it up a bit.
Herman's Hermits, (like them or not), were huge. I've seen it reported that in 1968 they sold more records in the USA than The Beatles. Hard to believe. But Peter Noone did find some great songs to record. We think this was one.
We like to perform "car songs." "Fun, Fun, Fun;" "I Get Around;" "Little Deuce Coupe;" "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena." Well, hers a "car song," from The Beatles.
