tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54141448848521137532024-03-04T22:15:37.738-08:00Kris Kehr/TelectroMulti-Instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Kris Kehr presents TELECTROUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414144884852113753.post-993853252429578882015-11-02T18:14:00.000-08:002015-11-02T18:49:08.272-08:007 - The Honor Roll, and Heart-felt Thanks<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I wanted to make sure credit was given where it's due in regards to this project, an 'Honor Roll' <i>ala Dr. Thompson</i>, if you will, though I'll try to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>be a bit more informative than just a list of names, and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cheebus</span> help me if I forget anyone who helped in any kind of direct way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Mike & Karen Achenbach</b></i> - </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Old friends of mine from the Reading jam scene back in the day, and more importantly the parents of the projects' drummer <i>Zak Achenbach</i>. Zak was 17 when we first started with the band, not much older at the time of the basic track recording, which was done in Mike & Karen's garage. As a matter of fact, those two allowed us to gather in their garage every week, affording me the time to develop my guitar and writing skills and actually produce the music we eventually captured there in their garage outside Mohnton, PA. We were loud, and it was the first year of my infant daughters life so I was continually tired and ornery, and it went on and on for <i>years</i>, and those two were nothing but gracious, helpful and supportive. I cannot thank them enough for their kind generosity, support, warmth & good vibes and of course providing a great place for<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a bunch of very loud musicians </span>to get down to business and create without distractions<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span>I could not have done this without the Achenbachs.</span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chris Kew (Q)-</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've talked about Q's involvement and importance to this project previously here in the blog, but I just want to state how comforting and helpful it was to have someone I know, trust & respect, both personally & professionally, be there for me constantly & consistently whenever I needed advice, help or just someone to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>think something through with. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And let's please not forget his world-class playing on display throughout the album, which he donated with grace and aplomb. His involvement instantly doubled the depth and quality <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of all </span>the proceedings, took it all to another level and that point <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is never</span> lost on me.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r</span>ead Q's thanks below)</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cory Heller-</span></span></b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and speaking of donating world-class playing with grace and aplomb...I've also spoken here about Cory's involvement too, and his importance to Telectro but really, he came in and did his takes, on every track, in one <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">run through. He so totally got what was needed in the music and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">performed</span> it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">intuit<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ively<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dd<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> the most beautiful colors in the process</span>.</span></span></span></span> Although we've known each other from around the Berks County music scene for many, many years, I don't typically work with Cory, sadly, so for him to commit himself to the project in such a complete way is a bit more than astounding<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>.</b></i></span></span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ray Hoffman-</span></span></b></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Ray
helped me
start the <i>Magnetic North Project</i>. We got together weekly at his house in
Kutztown for quite a while to play and plot, and we collected a solid
line-up
over time. He also held the groove on all those far-out jams the band
would do, and created a solid place for our minds to wander. Some of
those jams burned new
ground for me, and that whole experience was completely creative and
organic,
culminating with Telectro. It wouldn’t have happened without Ray
Hoffman.</span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Julie & Liliana Kehr-</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My
wife and daughter gave me the endless supply of love needed to make
this kind of music, they make my whole life music and help me be me. I can't type the
right words here.</span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Casey Shearer-</span></span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not sure this album would have happened without Casey, who <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">started booking shows for me in the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">greater Berks <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">County</span> area. </span></span>Even <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">starting out he </span>produ<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ced</span> results </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for me, and as <i>The Magnetic North Project</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">became ready to start</span> playing out and need<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed</span> gigs, Casey hooked us up in spades. And it was those gigs that enabled us to move forward. Casey's always been there for me when I needed help, and I will always appreciate his belief in what I do and willingness to listen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Tom Flannery</i></b> - </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Part way through the
beginning of album production my old musical pal Tom Flannery and I started
hatching a plot to write and produce a duo album together, a grand idea that I’m still
partial to (and looks like will happen very soon.) We actually wrote a nice chunk
of material together online, but over time it became clear I did not have the time or concentration to see the project through to its organic, natural end. I was kind of tethered to the general area I lived in the first
couple years of my new daughters life, and confined at night to either a more local<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>gig or
into my basement studio to work, a process that went on for about a year and a half
longer than I originally thought. I am indebted to Tom for his patience, and
for wanting to pick the thread back up and work on in the time after Telectro is released. Tom is a great & talented writer that I'm lucky enough to call a friend.</span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bill Stetz-</span></span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My old compadre, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bill and I just had our 20th anniversary of playing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">music together, I never take for <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">granted the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">luxury</span> of having <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bill in my life, his love, laughter & playing have been consistently there for me every time<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; o</span>ne of those people who just makes your life better by having him in it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>.</b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scott Murawski & Anthony Hannigan-</span></span></b></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">F</span>ile under '</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">donating world-class playing with grace and aplomb' - I'm so lucky to play with musicians of this caliber, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">it makes me a better musician myself, </span>and they're both so much fun to hang out with. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Their</span> largely impro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">vised par<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ts o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n <i>Telectro</i> bring a clarity & propulsion to the music at hand and large I could find <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">no</span>where else.</span></span></span></span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zack Roth & Zak Achenbach-</span></span></b></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-These great young players from the <i>Magnetic North Project</i> were key to this material being written, developed & ultimately rendered to tape. Zack's guitar playing & Zak's drumming were endlessly inspiring, and there is absolutely no way this album would have existed without them.</span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Charlie Borruso-</span></span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Q brought Charlie in to do the mastering and I'm so glad we got him<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> Not only is he world-class at his job but I found out he had been <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">enduring</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a lot</span> of personal heaviness during the process and still delivered perfection, I am <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">very thankful for his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">involvement.</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Chris Kew </b></span></u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"><b>would like to thank<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span></b></span></u> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meg Eisenhower<span style="font-weight: normal;">, upright bass luthiers </span>
Wayne Holmes <span style="font-weight: normal;">and</span> James Condino, Keith Roscoe <span style="font-weight: normal;">of</span> Roscoe Basses, Acme
Cabinets, Jack Trifiro <span style="font-weight: normal;">from</span> Victor Wooten's Productions, <span style="font-weight: normal;">all the people
who had to listen to the bass tracks of this album over and over and
over again, and finally, in Memoriam, </span>Billy Constable, whose friendship
and musicianship has and will continu<span style="font-weight: normal;">e <b>to effect, inspire and</b></span> shape my
playing forever. Billy, you will always be missed.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b><i> </i></b></u></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b><i>Honorable Mentions-</i></b></u></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></h4>
<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dave Light - </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Co-pilot #1</span>, always, always there for me.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Bob Coons - </b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">donated</span> some beautiful & interesting guitar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, though I never met him.</span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Matt Cullen - </b>local musical compadre o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">f</span> great talent & support</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Mitchell Roth - </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">warm & supportive <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">extended band family</span> that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">filmed & photographed <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">us, and</span></span> well<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>and went above and beyond.</span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Josh Meshley - </b>brother in arms who lent a helping hand more th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an once during album production.</span></i></span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tom Moran<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tom </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">deserves a nod, he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'s</span> provided me with <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">some nice</span> professional <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">opportunities</span> in my life that I will always be thankful for, as well as
the sweet gig and support he gave MNP at a time when it was needed.</span></span></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414144884852113753.post-14902687226350996342015-07-27T21:29:00.000-07:002015-07-27T18:30:01.838-07:006 - Songs, lyrics & musician credits<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Once I went through all the recordings I had made in Achenbach's garage I picked out all the keepers and started fitting them together like a jig saw, which was surprisingly easy<b>.</b> Once it was all together I couldn't help notice it was approximately 1 hour long with a break right around the half-hour mark, so I went with that.</span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here are notes on how the first 'half' goes, and who plays what...</span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">*</span></i></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1) </span><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Travelin</span></u></i><u><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">g</span></span></i></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">></span></span></i></u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris Kehr) -6:09</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals, electric & acoustic
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-This started out as more of a straight-up rocker when Magnetic
North Project started playing it early on but became more layered and textured
before it was committed to tape. The song was always about questioning the road
taken, what it’s shown and where it’s going, but through 7 rewrites detailed
how the romance about it can get left behind and new priorities take precedence…</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">I was traveling, just moving along</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></b></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Everything seemed to be fine</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">I was rambling, way past the dawn</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">And then rolling along down the
line</span></b></span></i></b><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">I got to wondering how and where I
went wrong</span></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">When I sat down to take in my time</span></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">'Cuz it was happening now, and it
was all very strong</span></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">And it seemed to be strangling my
mind</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b></span></i></b><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Now there ain’t
nothin’ wrong with a good set of wheels</span></i></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">And a fire burning down
below</span></i></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">But when you’re in
and you’re wired into how you should feel</span></i></b></span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">The scenery starts
moving too slow</span></i></b></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></i></b>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></i></b>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">So I was traveling light, and at a
pretty good pace,</span></b></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></i></b>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Sowing my oats in the field</span></b></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></i></b>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">But I was wondering why I was
losing the race</span></b></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></i></b>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">When I reached down to grab hold
the wheel</span></b></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">I’m too sensitive or so I’ve been
told</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">But that’s what they wanted to see</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">They kept testing it and it got
pretty old</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">So I went where I needed to be</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Everything is nothing
and life is a joke</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Laughing is half the
way there</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">But no one is
laughing when it goes up in smoke </span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">And nothing and no
one is spared</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">It was eminent, just a matter
of time</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">An oncoming fixture of fate</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">They were ending it with a similar
mind</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">And the same predilection to hate</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">It got permanent, goaded by age as
a</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Pillar to life on a limb</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">But like firmament, eroding away</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Lost to the rain and the wind</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Well time catches up
and beauty is lost</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">We all will go down
by & by</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">But as I’m getting
older I’m learning the cost</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Of a lifetime of
saying goodbyes</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">So I was traveling on, still
singing my song</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Trying to keep it in time</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">I was rambling along, I was already
gone</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">I was already far down the line</span></b></div>
</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> bmi pincushionman publishing </span></span></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
</span></i></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">2) </span><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">La Duna Veta></span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris Kehr) -2:42</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">harp,</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">resonator guitar,</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
guitars & bass</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zack Roth/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric guitar</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ray Hoffman/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric bass</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zak Achenbach/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">drums</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-an instrumental segue piece featuring all of
Magnetic North project. I over-dubbed some resonator guitar flourishes &
harp.</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">3) </span><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poison in the Well></span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris Kehr
& Chris Kew) -7:49</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals, acoustic guitar, electric
guitars & harp</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Scott Murawski<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">/</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
guitar</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cory Heller/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">piano</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chris Kew/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric bass</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zak Achenbach/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">drums</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> -This was a song originally called “I Gotta Gun”
that I had written with my partner in Lowdogs, bassist Chris Kew. As the
meaning of this collection of songs started coming into focus it became clear I
needed to include Q’s bass playing on this, and rewrite the lyrics to tell this
part of the story- how what you used to see in a certain light becomes tarnished
or spoiled or disfigured, something else when something new is added to the picture. It was so good to be working with Q again he did most of the rest of the album after this one.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></b></i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Big ball of fire out on the
highway between the Freebird and the bay</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">That’s when I started realizing we
weren’t all travelin’ towards the same place</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was poison in the well, shadows
‘cross the floor</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Once it’s gone it’s gone and you
can’t get it back no more</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It used to be so sweet but now it
just seems rotten to the core</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It started out like all the others
did with some faded hopes and narrowed dreams</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I found out the hard way people
keep it hid and really nothing’s as it seems</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was poison in the well, the moment
when it changed</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You wake up one fine day to find
your whole life rearranged</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">There hasn’t been clean water
since the heavy rains fell</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You better not get thirsty when
there’s poison in the well</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Things just don’t turn out the way
you want them to be, and things like that don’t ever change</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">On best behavior through chaff for
the wheat, harvest comes and things get strange</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cuz there was poison in the well
and the seeds all went to rust</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Relying on the promise just to
overlook the trust</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I once knew who my friends were
but it’s got too hard to tell</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You never see it comin’ when
there’s poison in the well </span></b></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I can look back now and try to
make some sense of a thousand times where there was none</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was big old disaster in the
present tense; it was reckless abandon for the long run</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Yeah there was poison in the well,
the wolves were at the door</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Something in the shadows I had
never felt before</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I used to call it home but I don’t
think I can go back anymore</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was poison in the well, like losing
innocence</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kinda happened gradually ‘til one
day it was spent</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Tried holding it together but it
all just went to hell</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>
</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Nothing is for certain when
there’s poison in the well</span></b></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">4) </span><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Long Way from Home</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris Kehr w Zack Roth) -12:39</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">/</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals
& electric guitars</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Julie Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cory Heller/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric piano</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bob Coons<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">/</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
guitar</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zack Roth/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric guitar</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chris Kew/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric bass</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zack Achenbach/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">drums</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-This song came directly from Tuesday jam night
with MNP. I recorded Zack playing with a riff he made up which set the tone, then went deep inside and wrote this story
that seems to resonate with a few people I know… </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;">Chorus-</span></i></span></i></span></span></b></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I’m a long way from home</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ain’t got no place to call my own</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I's traveling hard and put away
wet</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Long way from home but I’ll get
there yet</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I didn’t know where I was going
wrong</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thought I was planting righteous
seeds</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I guess I took things just a bit too
far</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And lost the grip on what I need</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chorus-</span></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Lost at the crossroads on a one-way
turn</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Things got too difficult to see</span></b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Not many choices that I had not burned</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It made no difference to me</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chorus-</span></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Mixed-up confusion always lit my
way</span></b></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Yet somehow always brought me home</span></b></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I walked in circles ‘til I faced
your way</span></b></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sucked in your black-hole vertigo</span></b></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chorus-</span></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I crossed the demarcation long ago</span></b></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kept drifting further out to sea</span></b></i><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The sun is setting on some distant
shore</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My love lies waiting there for me</span></b></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chorus-</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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<i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">5) </span></b></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anymore</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris Kehr) </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b> </b><i>8:17</i><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b>
</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals, mandolin, acoustic & electric guitars </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Julie Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Scott Murawski<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">/</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
guitar</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cory Heller/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">piano</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chris Kew/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric bass</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zak Achenbach/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">drums</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-I
used to perform a different version of this song in State College back
around 2000 with my old band Stone Poets but never released a studio
recording of that; musically it was a bit simpler and lyrically it
talked about something else entirely from a completely different
perspective</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I still remember how you used to call my name</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Forever after nothing seems to be the same</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Too much time spent out staring at the sun</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Lost the trail and lost the way</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I still remember when you used to know my name</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just an illusion, was it ever real at all?</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">From fits of laughter to the drown of teardrops fall</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I shouldn’t worry about the way that things are</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And beat my head against the wall</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It’s just an illusion, it was never real at all</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chorus-</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Have you ever heard that sound?</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The sound you make when you take
that fall</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And there’s no one else around</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">No one left to help you up at all
anymore</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The windows rattle as the winds begin to howl</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The darkness gathers and the rain comes pouring down</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It doesn’t matter where you hang your head</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">‘Cuz it will find you anyhow</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The windows rattle as the winds begin to howl</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Some seek redemption after losing all control</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">But best intentions will not satisfy the soul</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Like inspiration when it flies out through the night</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And you have to follow where it goes</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chasing redemption past the dark end of the road</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chorus></span></u></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Down in the bottom I kept wondering what it means</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I found finding answers isn’t always what it seems</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It all started whirling around inside of my head</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Was it a curse or remedy?</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Down in the bottom I was halfway in between</span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Have you ever heard that sound?</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The sound it makes when you take
that fall</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You pick yourself up off the ground</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">‘Cuz there’s no one left to help you
up at all</span></i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Have you ever heard that sound?</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The sound it makes breakin’ through
that wall</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Tear it all down to the ground</span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cuz you don’t need no ones help at
all anymore</span></i></b></span></div>
<i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span></b></i>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-BMI Pincushionman </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></i></b></span></i></div>
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
</span></i></div>
<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> 6) </span></b></i><b><i><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Morn in the Morrow</span></u></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris Kehr w Zak Achenbach<b>) </b>4:19</span></i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr/</span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">mandolin & electric bass</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cory Heller<i>/</i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
piano</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anthony Hannigan/</span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">fiddle</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chris Kew/</span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">upright acoustic basses</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zak Achenbach<i>/</i></span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">drums</span></i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">This
is an instrumental piece constructed around a recording of Zak's
drumming captured during an album session jam. First I wiped all the
other instruments then edited it in at a good spot, then improvised a
mandolin take over it which was easy, 'cuz that's some nice spirited
drumming from Zak. I can't say enough how much Zak's style and work in
general has flavored this whole album. Cory Heller as well, who
contributed beautiful piano work next in the process back in the
Kitchen. Anthony Hannigan, my partner in Garcia Grass and one of my
favorite expressive soloists on many stringed instruments anywhere, did
two takes of fiddle which were edited together for the playful and
expressive version on the finished album. The masterful Q broke out his
carved French 1892 upright bass down near Asheville, NC for the second
time on this album to tie things up nicely with a loose yet
authoritative take. </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-BMI Pincushionman</span></span></span></i></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">7) </span></b></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shining Through></span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris
Kehr) 17:47</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kris Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>acoustic resonator & electric guitars</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Julie Kehr/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">vocals</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Scott Murawski<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">/</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
guitar</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bob Coons<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">/</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric
guitar</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zack Roth/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric guitar</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cory Heller/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">organ</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Chris Kew/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">electric bass</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Zak Achenbach/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">drums</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;"><i>-This
was written very quickly, the only one on the album that happened that
way. Some people believe songs are better written when pored over and
perfected while others prefer the quick bursts of inspiration or as the
late, great Townes Van Zandt once said, 'They come in through the
window, you better be ready to catch 'em and write 'em down." Honestly,
I think they're both valid methods. There's certainly something more
mysterious, magical about the latter and I felt that about this song at
the time. I also think there's something to the process of collecting
thoughts into some order and developing them into a coherent, likeable
song over time. They're both about impossible to do, so whatever! This
did feel close to the truth for me right out of the gate, maybe that had
something to do with it...</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Time is tight and time is flying</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Flying right but I keep on trying holding on</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As time goes flying by</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But the time is right I keep on finding</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finding right where I was trying to hold on</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Holding on to time</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fools
rush in where shadows fear to tread</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I
rode that line wherever that it led</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I
just kept driving on & on & on & on & on</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shine a light & keep on shining</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shine it bright and keep on finding where you are</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As time goes flying by</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But night will fall all around you</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Keeps you still and where it found you in the
light</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When the day turns into night</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Darkness
shines like a mirror to the soul</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Looking
in on all those miles on the road</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Too
much time spent wondering where the whole thing goes</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here we are in the moment</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Time has passed and keeps on rolling down the
line</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Further down the line</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A warm embrace, a sudden smile</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I see your face through the miles, there you are</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been waiting a long time</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Misdirection
wherever that I turned</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cross
those bridges just to stop & watch them burn</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></i></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’s
a long & twisted dirty road that leads back home</span></i></span></b></div>
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my way back home to you</span></i></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">8) </span><u><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Pasture</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Kris
Kehr)</span></i> <span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> 3:21</span></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anthony Hannigan/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">fiddles</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Bill Stetz/</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">upright acoustic basses</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-I
wanted to bring things home with some sort of acoustic coda but didn't
have anything on my band session tapes so I started with a 12-string
track, played mandolin to that for a while then added a finger-picked
track then a third guitar track. Bill Stetz came to Wooobie Cat Kitchens
and laid down a bunch of bowed upright tracks and a beautiful plucked
centerpiece. Brother Bill has been playing with me for over twenty years
now. He has, more than any other player I've worked with, helped me
find my musical footing with not only the zillions of gigs we've done
together as an original music duo but helping me form the original Stone
Poets out of that relationship, which set the tone for that band
furthermore. Both Bill and Anthony play in Garcia Grass with me so it
was especially nice to have both represented.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.kriskehr.com/">News/Info</a> </b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b>Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kris-Kehr/59453063086">on Facebook</a></b></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b> </b>Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.sonicbids.com/2/EPK/?epk_id=138371">Sonic Bids EPK – online Solo press pack.</a> </b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b>Download Kris Kehr <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/it/artist/kris-kehr-and-stone-poets/id272370963">on itunes</a></b></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b> </b>Kris’s <a href="http://kriskehr.bandcamp.com/">album downloads on Bandcamp</a></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b>Listen to live Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Kris%20Kehr">on Archives</a></b></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b> </b>Listen to select, rare& new tracks on <a href="http://soundcloud.com/kris-kehr">Soundcloud</a></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b>Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/drbubba">on Youtube</a></b></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><b> </b>Kris Kehr on <a href="http://fandalism.com/kriskehr">Fandalism </a></b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Listen to Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Kris+Kehr">on Last.FM</a></b></span></span></div>
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I've talked about always wanting a blues band and the Magnetic North Project was that band for me. JJ Cale & Willie Dixon covers, mostly, is how it started. Kenny George was the original drummer, brought in by guitarist Zack Roth. Ray Hoffman played bass and, mostly, gav the band it's name. Ray also had a big house to himself in Kutztown, so we rehearsed there every Tuesday. Mostly. We did a few shows with Kenny before Zak Achenbach was found, but Kenny served as a necessary rhythm man while we found our legs, and I'll always be thankful he was there.<br />
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It was once Zak Achenbach took over on drums did some sort of picture start forming. I wrote <i>Shining Through</i> for this band to play, and <i>Long Way from Home</i> came about too, sparked by an odd riff from Zack (guitarist...yeah, two Zack/Zaks). The spark really arose out of the weekly jams we would have at rehearsal, excursions into whatever that sometimes held some real weight. I started recording these, and that process propelled me creatively. I would like to think for all of us, but you'd have to ask the guys. For me, a blues-based jam band was heaven, and our weekly get-togethers bared some fruit. Zaks playing, especially, inspired me. I think it's where I was able to find a sound with my electric guitar playing too.<br />
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My daughter Lily was born right at the beginning of alot of gigging with our new drummer, in the winter/spring, then summer of 2013. The gigs, thanks (mostly) to the booking of Casey Scherer, helped tightened up everything that could be tightened and provide some confidence. By the end of that summer we started falling apart for various reasons, but had a nice bunch of new songs. I talked about this a bit earlier in this blog series and quite honestly, it's stupid of me to throw any kind of negativity around. I really, really enjoyed playing with these guys and am so thankful for our time together. And to Casey for helping us so much and dealing with me during that time, as I was often just totally exhausted from having a newborn around.<br />
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That band kept me sane and it was one of the best hard things I've ever done. I'm especially thankful I was able to record the original music not only I wrote at the time, but utilize the energy of the garage performances from that day in October. The jams and segues were all about the mood and vibe that we were able to emit. I've talked about how I added new things and took things out and so forth as the project moved on but make no mistake, I'm still in Zak's garage during the original recording sessions when I listen back to the album those original recordings became. It was a lot of fun - Really guys, thank you.<br />
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Here's a couple shows from the archives...<br />
Longswamp Tavern 3/23/13<br />
Puck Live 8/23/13<br />
River Street Jazz Cafe - 5/30/13 <br />
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I'm really lucky sometimes, a project like this reminds me of that.
The folks that have helped me find what's in my head were all the
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I've known <b><i>Cory Heller</i></b> for a very long
time now, since the mid 80's I think. He was, as he is now, the man on
keyboards on the Reading Jam & rock scene. He's got a beautifully
expressive singing voice, and performs zillions of songs on a regular
basis with one of his fine groups NEO TRIO, but to me his greatest gift
is his intuitive piano & organ playing. He came in to Woobie Cat
Kitchens near the beginning of the project and played through each song,
then again. And I had all my keyboard backing tracks. Then he did a
series of one take leads and went home. He plays on all tracks on the
album but stands out (imo) on Traveling (organ), Long Way from Home
(electric piano) & especially Morn In The Morrow (piano). He was
brilliant, and I sat there next to him and watched him be that.<br />
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<i><b>Anthony Hannigan</b></i> is another one of these guys. Mando champion at some ridiculously young age, and insanely proficient on fiddle, banjo & guitar as well, Anthony and I have Garcia Grass together and I love every single time I get to perform with him, which isn't often enough. I asked him if he would lend his fiddle skills to 2 tracks, Morn In The Morrow and the album coda called 'Pasture'.He did not disappoint on either. Olive was mesmerized...<br />
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Olive is also a big <b><i>Bill Stetz</i></b> fan as we all are here at Woobie Cat, I've been personally playing with him since 1994, and we've done a ton of shows together over the years. Our acoustic duo at that time blossomed into what was Kris Kehr & Stone Poets and he recorded some beautiful stuff for my first album Long Year as well as Notes From the Crossroads ten years later. The acoustic duo still performs occasionally although more often recently with the addition of my wife Julie (who I will talk more about in a sec) and sometimes as the Kris & Julie Kehr Trio. Bill also performs with Garcia Grass and was one of my best men at my wedding (two bassists & a merch guy), so I love the guy.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNc1vvycgG_bQiLV4BIfNowrbhrR0yLL_uESUFx2W2IjVkjqaON8PRbjLOMbdDJWc7ffqvCnaQsnIqq_kZRpS44xk5GkxeEK_wZLZUPb6fBY_YFbsXBQZIYahoaVyiWyY8xrBRJQTbVKIa/s1600/julie-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNc1vvycgG_bQiLV4BIfNowrbhrR0yLL_uESUFx2W2IjVkjqaON8PRbjLOMbdDJWc7ffqvCnaQsnIqq_kZRpS44xk5GkxeEK_wZLZUPb6fBY_YFbsXBQZIYahoaVyiWyY8xrBRJQTbVKIa/s1600/julie-2.jpg" width="320" /></a>When I started conceiving of the coda as a lusher instrumental piece, I started hearing the upright bass of Saturday Sun by Nick Drake, which was played by Danny Thompson, in my head. Bill and I saw a bunch of great live music together while I lived in State College years back, but one of the best was Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson at Lancaster's Chameleon Club, which was masterful & ridiculously inspiring and influential to our acoustic duo. Bill recorded a series of bowed tracks that were mixed together, then took a separate 'Nick Drake take', plucked that nailed it all.<br />
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Julie is my secret weapon, I am so lucky to have her at my disposal. My wife Julie & I first met in the Recipe as I may have previously mentioned. I have a lot of respect for the type of singing she does, from a place of power and confidence. Fronting that band took balls and she could really let it fly, eventually to the detriment of her vocal chords. Later we started doing acoustic duo stuff, a more delicate soul/folk mix that still allowed for that her fronting prowess.<br />
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With this project, I knew I wanted a response harmony with the lead vocals on <i>Long Way From Home</i> and so Julie readily and easily, in one take, nailed that first. I have long been a fan of the vocal production on albums by Queen, especially the first couple. Many, many nearly identical vocal parts stacked on top of each other and panned around the stereo spectrum until it sounds like a cathedral. That and the Glyn Johns book that Julie got me for Christmas inspired me to find something new for myself and try the stacking process on <i>Anymore</i> and <i>Shining Through</i>. I did several on the lower register takes myself then had Julie do the upper harmonies....many times. The result is something cathedral and lush, and I'm very happy with it. It took the both of us a long time to find that special thing that was needed and I'm thankful for her patience. <br />
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Getting close to the end here, see you next time!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414144884852113753.post-67396824170795103132015-04-22T20:40:00.000-07:002015-07-18T22:22:25.113-07:003 - Guests Part 2 - Guest Guitars As I'm writing this mixing is coming to a close, talks are starting to happen with a mastering studio and a tentative delivery date for the complete album is set at June 22nd, 2015 (although single songs may be released sooner, and also all this may change, tho not likely...) I'm glad, the picture is pretty clearly complete and I want people to hear it, but patience has been a huge benefit in this album's process. Stay tuned on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KKTraveling">album's facebook page</a> or <a href="http://www.kriskehr.com/wordpress/">Kris Kehr.com</a> for updates.<br />
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Very recently guitarist Scott Murawski sent me a series of takes for three of the 8 songs on the album - Poison in the Well, Anymore and Shining Through. It is such a thrill to be able to punch various takes into the mix, different moods, very cool...tho it wasn't hard to choose the brightest moments for final mixes. Scott and I have known each other for a while now, meeting in the late nineties after his band Max Creek covered my song To the Sea and a crossing of the fates....<br />
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His friendship has been a blessing over through the years, and our musical paths have crossed at some pretty fun places. He sat in with Chris Kew and I back in 2004 in Providence, RI recordings of which take the second half of the LOWdOGS/In the Tall Grass album. Soon after that Q and I returned to Massachusetts from the North Carolina we were both living in at the time and did another show with Scott & drummer Greg Vasso as LOWdOGS4, a recording of which is HERE.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kris Kehr, Vasser Clements & Scott Murawski</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kris Kehr, Bill Stetz & Scott Murawski</i></td></tr>
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That is the backdrop for Q talking me into asking Scott to participate in this album when it became clear I could use some spaces filled on the album with some other voices. I really didn't want to ask because UI know how busy he is and I thought it was over-reaching, intruding....I don't know why, I just did. I hope I was wrong, he couldn't have been more gracious. Scott of course agreed, soulful dude that he is, never even telling me how busy he was preparing for his upcoming tour and album release as guitarist and co-writer in The Mike Gordon Band, or the never ending string of gigs he does with his long-time bros Max Creek, or the handful of other people he seems to be sitting in with. I am forever indebted.<br />
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Taking on a lesser but also tasty hot shit guitar role is west-coast jammer Bob Coons who recently toured with bassist Chris Kew around North Carolina. Coons is known for a stint in post-Jerry JGB with a growing cultish west coast fan-base. He was also very kind enough to contribute tracks to Long Way From Home and Shining Through that come through as emotive voices in carefully tailored places.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bob Coons in the Studio/Fairview, NC</i></td></tr>
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Next time I'll talk about the rest of the great players I was lucky enough to coerce into helping me make this album!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Recipe circa 2003</td></tr>
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In the spring of 2002, I was asked to do some shows with the touring slamgrass jamband known as <i>The Recipe</i>. The experience was a revelation to me in more ways than I care to count here but paramount amongst the many high points are two things: meeting, working with and ultimately falling in love and marrying my wife Julie who was the bands' lead singer, and forming the touring duo LOWdOGS with the bands' bassist Chris Kew (Q). Both of those things heavily affect the vibe and literal sound of the <b>Telectro</b> album <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lowdogs - State Theater/Alexandria, VA - 2004 photo by Clicks Photography</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I'll talk about Julie's part more later, but as I was parsing the basic tracks I had made and contemplating my next step one thing became clear- I needed to get my old partner in LOWdOGS involved. This project was unlike anything I had done in the past, more of an electric sound with the spry and organic drumming of <i>Zak Achenbach</i> and the use of my GNL Telecaster/Fender deluxe combination.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MNP-Lancaster, PA - photo by Zack Balko</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris (Q) Kew - Asheville, NC - 2014</td></tr>
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Q is a Boston boy who started out his career in the <i>Jiggle the Handle</i> (later just JIGGLE) amongst others (who are coincidentally working on a new album right now as well..) I first saw him play at the Crowbar in State College in the late 90's in the touring jamband/klezmer act known as <i>Hypnotic Clambake</i> (think polka/klesmer on acid). And when I think of his playing style I would say that some sort of bluegrass/rootsy version of <i>Jaco Pastorious</i> wouldn't be out-of-line. He had been touring most of his life by the time we started working together in <i>The Recipe</i> and I must say he ended up being one of those players who I feel is always present there for me, always interested in where the music takes you, one of the very best of sounding boards, an incredibly talented musician with a sharp and educated ear and certainly one of the more intelligent & accepting people in my orbit.<br />
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After the Recipe's demise the two of us remained behind in the <i>Asheville, NC </i>and decided to move forward as a duo. More miles on the road and together playing resulted in a live album called '<a href="http://kriskehr.bandcamp.com/album/lowdogs-in-the-tall-grass">In the Tall Grass</a>' and a few great writing/jam sessions; Q came up with a bass line that I put lyrics to that we called <i><b>I Gotta Gun.</b></i><br />
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<i> 'I Gotta Gun' - March 8th, 2005</i> <br />
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Later in the summer of 2005, Julie and I moved from North Carolina back north to Pennsylvania where we live today. When the <i>Magnetic North Project</i> began looking for more songs I introduced <i>I Gotta Gun</i> which began heavy rotation in the bands' sets. When time came for album production it lacked Q's distinctive bass part that inspired the song in the first place. The original lyrics were inspired by the ridiculous conversations I was often subject to as a seasonal helper in my dad's Pennsylvania taxidermy shop, but also growing up where I did in general, and reading and traveling. I thought the song worked by itself but lyrically didn't really fit into the Telectro <i>oeuvre</i>. I decided to ring Chris Kew up.<br />
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He had been through a few things since I moved north, including serious brain surgery. Although we lived far apart at this point I kept my eye on him and his recovery, and tried to stay in touch. That became easier as he convalesced and by the time I reached him late in 2013 he was doing pretty well and starting to pick up his music career again in earnest. He agreed to revisit the song although by this point I was in the process of rewriting the lyrics into a completely different song called '<i>Poison in the Well</i>'. <br />
Early in the spring of 2014 we made plans to get together here in Pennsylvania on his way to a Jiggle reunion up north but time constraints started clouding our plans. Up until this point I had all of the album's tracks on ADAT, an antiquated digital format preserved on SVHS tape. As I explained previously, this process allowed for me to use all my old equipment and mix easily in a live fashion. My hard drive is limited in speed so the thought of doing this album on a computer never occurred to me. Also, I was taking delight in having only spent less than $200 on equipment upgrades to accommodate 16 channels. I only had one ADAT recorder, which has 8 channels, when I did the basic track recordings at Zak's parents house; 4 drum channels, two guitars and bass with an open channels for cuing the band through the headphones as we were playing. Originally I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of 1500 for my Alesis ADAT machine in 1997. When I searched on ebay for a matching machine to slave with mine and create 16 channels, I was surprised to find an exact partner for $75, which was ridiculous to me at the time...in a good way. Partnered with my Mackie 16 channel soundboard mixer I spent that winter through the year adding other instruments to the mix, and creating bass demos with the lines I wished to hear on these songs as well. I added mandolin, banjolin, various acoustic guitars and a few new electric guitar tracks to accompany the ones I had already recorded, including those of MNP guitarist Zack Roth, as well as rewriting and refining much of the lyric content.<br />
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But to get Q's offerings it became clear last summer that we needed to take another approach and I had to start figuring out a way to use bass lines he would record at his home in North Carolina and sent to me via the internet. I began transferring all the ADAT tracks I had amassed to hi-res wav files via live mix/recording sessions with my ZOOM recorder. These I transferred to my PC and used the mixing program Audition, which I was mostly familiar with. <br />
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The bass line Chris sent me was wonderful, and served as the stepping off point for my change in production. Remember, zero budget for any of this. The individual tracks transferred nicely, I basically mixed the songs then transferred the tracks one-by-one. Working with Q was a wonderful breath of live air as I was completely resigned to doing this myself by this point with little sounding board existing. And Q is a great sounding board. I believe he felt the same way about working with me again and so we decided he should play on most of the rest of the project. Throughout the summer and into the fall of 2014 he'd send me new bass tracks via dropbox that I would add to the mixes accordingly.<br />
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My conversations with Q throughout his time sending me tracks helped greatly as well, and his suggestion to include our mutual pal <i>Scott Murawski</i> on the protect now seemed like something I could accommodate since I was now fairly adept at mixing on hard drive. Scott is the guitarist and leader of the long-term jamband stalwarts <i>Max Creek</i>, huge on the scene in the New England area. Also as a long time friend with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, he serves as his songwriting partner for his solo projects and guitarist in his own touring project The Mike Gordon Band. He's always been most kind to me, and one hell of a guitarist. As of writing this blog he is currently working on his contributions so I'll speak more of Scott's stuff later. Q was also working with guitarist Boob Coons recently and was able to corral a few guitar adornments for the album as well but I'll talk about the rest of the players next time.....<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;">Download Kris Kehr <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/it/artist/kris-kehr-and-stone-poets/id272370963">on itunes</a></span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;">Listen to live Kris Kehr <a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Kris%20Kehr">on Archives</a></span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;"> </span></b>Listen to select, rare& new tracks on <a href="http://soundcloud.com/kris-kehr">Soundcloud</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <a href="http://www.kriskehr.com/"><b>Kris Kehr</b></a> here. I've been working on a new album called <i><b>Telectro</b></i> for almost two years now and I've decided to start this blog to talk about the process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> It's been an interesting trip so far, starting with the formation, growth and ultimate dissolution of the electric band called <a href="http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3A%22KrisKehr%22%20AND%20%22magnetic%20north%20project%22"><b>The Magnetic North Project</b></a>. It actually started a little before that... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Many years ago while driving around with my old buddy <b>Jason Zarecky</b> I pontificated endlessly on my want to start an electric band that used the songs of <i>J.J. Cale</i> as a base but grew into its own thing - driving, bluesy and yet original. He and I started the short-lived band <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kris-kehr/jawbone-trouble"><b>Jawbone</b></a>, an off-shoot of my country-rock band <i>Kris Kehr & Stone Poets.</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MNP at River Street 5/30/13 - <i>photo by Frank Stacks</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After a major turn of events in my life (I'm glossing over a lot here, including moving from State college, PA to North Carolina, getting engaged then married, touring nationally in a jamgrass band, the breakup of that band, a move back to Pa., buying a house, getting out of the music business briefly, losing my job & getting back in the music business then changing focus and moving on) I ended up living back in the area I grew up in </span>- <i>Leesport/Berks County</i> - and looking to spice up my post-touring life decided to revisit the original thought. This time I started from the ground up, enlisting bassist <b>Ray Hoffman</b>, guitarist <b>Zack Roth</b> and drummer <b>Zak Achenbach</b> and starting with the music of J.J. Cale, the bluesier side of the Grateful Dead, Willie Dixon & Muddy Waters and some of my own older stuff that seemed to fit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> As my daughter <i>Liliana</i> was born in January of 2013, the band began playing some nice gigs thanks to the booking work of <b><i>Casey Scherer</i></b> and really started to gain steam. We got together every week and jammed in Zak's parents garage (a HUGE thanks toKaren & Mike Achenbach for putting up with THAT!! -and their unending kindness), and as we did I was able to sharpen up a body of new original material.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i> </i></b> Some jams led to other things <b><i>(Long Way From Home</i></b> but not all our songs came out of the regular jam recordings I was making<i><b>. </b></i><b><i>Traveling & Shining Through</i></b> I wrote inspired by playing with an electric band. I had also resurrected and eventually completely rewrote a few things from my past (<b><i>Anymore</i></b>, <b><i>I Got a Gun</i></b>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Through the summer of 2013 the band started feeling like it had run it's course with nature though I still hadn't gotten decent studio multi-track recordings of any of the original material, which was wrong. Both of those things. Most of these songs, or at least these particular versions of them had come about because of <i>The Magnetic North Project</i>. I had an absolute blast playing with the guys and still feel bad it burned out so fast, or there was nothing more I could do to prevent it. I am so very proud of the material we produced, and the process of getting there we all shared up to a point. Every Tuesday night in Mohnton for the longest while, it kept me sane. It made me insane at times too, but that first year with Lily at home, I am glad I had a few predetermined hours of music every week to let my mind go. I feel like I started a new chapter in my musical life as well as personal, corny as that sounds. I felt these songs deserved the very best I could give them, and I added to my personal challenge by not spending any money on it. It felt like I needed to make an expression of who I really was musically, and how I got there. This all started to become clear to me as the band was ending so I needed to set up some recording sessions and get the songs down, at least the basics</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I moved my 8 track Alesis ADAT, antiquated as it was, and Mackie mixer into our usual rehearsal space at Zak's parents house in the garage and mic'd the drums with 2 over heads, kick and a snare, a 57 on Zack's PEAVY in one corner, another on my Deluxe in the other corner and Ray's bass direct in through my Joe Meek rack processor. That left an open channel for a room mic for cues and scratch vocals. The recording came out surprisingly well, especially the drums. The session marked the official end for the band, I think we only did one gig in York after that. I decided to take the recordings back home, reconstruct Woobie Cat Kitchens with my old equipment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In the late 90's while making my first official album <b>Long Year</b> I purchased what was then state-of-the-art portable digital recording equipment in the form of a 16 channel Mackie mixer and an 8 channel Alesis ADAT recorder, which uses SVHS tape. It mixes in real time and I became pretty accustomed to using it, mostly because of the experienced expertise I was fortunate to receive from one <b>Tom 'T Bone' Edmonds, </b>live sound mixer for <i>Lenny Kravitz</i> with a music history as long as the list of artists who passed through Woodstock's Bearsville Studios with a coupla Stones tours thrown in. T-Bone was very giving with his incredible knowledge and I consider that time to be amongst the most valuable in my career. With his 8 Track ADAT we set about making Long Year and after I used the 8 tracks for all my demo recording and a few other things. Nowadays (boy, that word shows your age) most recordings are made direct to hard drive and mixed piece-meal on a program, usually protools or something of the like. I decided to keep using this 90's technology not just because I still owned it and it worked but because of the freedom to mix back on a board in such a small undertaking. Plus, to my ears the recording made onto tape are far better than direct-to-digital.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> At that point I planned on adding some different instruments and finished vocals here in my home studio (<i>Woobie Cat Kitchens</i>) and mix down live but the thing started growing....more than I could imagine, and I had to further adapt.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;">Download Kris Kehr <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/it/artist/kris-kehr-and-stone-poets/id272370963">on itunes</a></span></b></span></b></div>
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