Vintage Scarry Garcia Circa 1997...First song I had ever fully sang was in studio for this. Had just finished lyrics in time for first Full Album studio adventure. Had only sort of sang 1st line in practice a few times up to this point. So after putting down rhythm with drums...his timing sucked and drummer followed me for timing. Went in with a pint of tequila and knocked out 2 songs. This was all live onto a 24-Track machine no dubs or copy paste. Wasn't my studio...so we got what we got. Kinda crispy to me now but perfectly fine back then...my god it was a real studio !!! The rest of the band from then perished...torn limb from limb by rabid weasels...or tragic blimp accident. I forget which...or maybe it was the tequila. The picture is actually from 1999 and my first gig as Scarry Garcia. Anyhow...arrangement and music is me...lyrics all me...paying for studio time...all me. And I still got a fresh crop of weasels in my back yard...in case I need them again. scarrygarcia.com I actually have older tracks dating back to 80s. This is an unreleased track...I intend to record it better one day soon hopefully...more

All, I wrote this bass groove one afternoon and brought it to the guys in my then funk/jam band “Head.” We had been performing live regularly for 4-5 years at that point, both covers and original material. I remember putting in many hours to craft this into a presentable song, in fact, sometimes it was multiple dedicated practice sessions, just to fine tune one of our tracks. Ultimately, we recorded a full-length album of originals. We really wanted to capture our live performance feel and sound so we opted to record it that way. The studio was in a residential home. The owner, also a musician we knew, set up the home into a makeshift recording studio. Myself, the guitarist, and the keyboard player were together in one room, and ran “direct in” to the ADAT console, with no live speaker cabinets. The drummer was in another room in the house and the singer/flutist was in an upstairs bedroom. We all monitored with headphones. It was wild not being able to see each other and record live. We had rehearsed heavily for weeks prior and were tight with every track, nailing most of them on the first take. We recorded 12 songs in about 2 days and only punched in a couple of guitar bits and some backup vocals after everything was recorded. Hence the album title “Practically Live.” It took a lot of dedication and time and I am proud of our accomplishment, warts and all. Very satisfying as am sure you all understand. “Anything” is my personal favorite track on the album. Thanks for checking it out and feel free to leave any feedback you care to share. more

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