SHERMAN
Pete McDade – drums
MYSTERY COVER SONG
Pete McDade – drums
John Cerreta – Vox organ, Clavinet
Tonight represented (barring the return of “Mr. Mysterio” to the track list) the last two songs. Meaning, every song intended for the CD has some part of it complete. It may not seem like much, but for a CD that was begun in October of 2000 it means a lot.
Pete came in to do the drums for both songs. Having him on most of the final songs has been great, not just because I love his playing, but because I think it’s helped add some cohesiveness to the process, if nothing else. Having him there makes it almost a band project, rather than the string of hired guns it started out as. He nailed the drums to SHERMAN in a couple of takes (having never heard it before), the other song in about 2 or 3. John did the organ work for the mystery song and he also played around with the Wurlitzer while SHERMAN was playing back, leading me to realize that will be the song that has the Wurly all over it. Damn, but it sounded good. I did the vocals for both in 1 take, the backing vocals for song #2 in 1 take with a few bits and pieces added in afterwards.
The cover song was done a little looser than anything else has been, just because it’s meant to be an extra track that’s a little light-hearted. This particular song seems to have suffered a fair share of musical abuse from the Million Box since we started playing it. An atonal, existential version keeps popping up in rehearsal, and in the studio an impromptu “sexy” version of it appeared, which may or may not see the light of day.