I will be sitting in with some friends @ the Mock Crest Tavern (3435 N. Lombard) on Friday July 30th. 9pm.

The bulk of “Stomp & Holler” was recorded in my kitchen July 4th. weekend 2007.  My wife would take our 2 year old daughter on walks around the neighborhood to allow me to record this record.  When they would leave I would set up the drums, tune my guitars,  set up the recording gear, press record and  play. Thirty to fourty-five  minutes later they would come walking in the door.  I had to quickly put everything away due to the curiosity and clumsiness of 2 year olds.

All instruments were played by me at the same time (except track #5 my good friend Ezra Holbrook played Bass, Drums and sang harmonies all at the same time).

Tracks: 1,2,3,6,8, & 9 were recorded in my kitchen using a single large diaghpram microphone into a 4-track cassette recorder.

Tracks: 4,5,7, & 10 recorded at Mastan Music in Portland, OR.

When I Die

Can’t No Grave

Tie ‘em Down

Subverso Stomp

Denomination Blues

Keep on Rubbin’

John Henry

Pay Day

Satisfied

Preachin’ Blues

Additional notes:

Track #3, and 8,  “Tie ‘em Down” and “Pay Day” are played on two different models of the  Schoen Turbo-Diddley made by master luthier Kurt Schoen

Track #4, 7, and 10,  “ Subverso Stomp”, “John Henry”and “Preachin’ Blues” were recorded using a fretless 4 string instrument that I build called the Subverso~Fiddle.

Here are two bonus out-takes from the Mastan recording session:

Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning

Nobody’s Fault But Mine