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Bel Air
Patric
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This
is a song written loosely about my old neighbors on Peppertree
drive. Very loosely. They did have pole beans, and a car...the
rest is made up. Murder, innuendo, skeedaddling...all just part
of the story of love and a great car! |
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Mickey
Newberry was a Eugene singer/songwriter with a HUGE Nashville
pedigree. I bought his solo album in 1972, and made this song
one of my favorite covers through the years. Brian added Ungar's
haunting Ashoken Fairwell to the front in this arrangement early
on with the Dopplegang, and it stuck. |
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Lowell
George should have been my actual Doppleganger. I have been a
huge fan of his writing and quirky style since 1979 when I first
heard the live Little Feat album Waiting for Columbus...the best
live rock album ever. 2 Trains just worked so well with violin
and mandolin we just had to make it a Dopplegang standard. |
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Written
during my "mid-life crisis" period, this song is only
semi-autobiographic in nature. The part that is true, is that
I without my wife, I would be "drifting in a stream,"
and that I've "Never loved another" like I love her.
This is a modern love song of redemption and commitment/ |
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This
should/could be my theme song. I modified the lyrics to be more
about longing for love, instead of the snaky drug references of
the original. The middle section is something that kind of morphed
on stage over the years... I love the way this version turned
out. All of Lowell's quirkiness, with a Dopplegang tinge. |
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This is the
first instrumental I wrote for the band. It became our theme song,
and one that always lit up the stage and the dance floor, letting
folks know that we weren't easily pigeon-holed. This was part
of a demo recording we did live in 1994. Yes...we played fast
and tight back then! |
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Without
question, this is the naughtiest "nice song" I have
ever written. I set out to write a song that was radio friendly,
but so loaded with double entendre that your mind would explode.
What could be more innocent than sharing a cup of tea? OK...then.
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A
song written about memories of the innocence of first love, and
trying to get back to that feeling. Sometimes, the best times
are "just lying there..." |
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I
wrote this for the express purpose of screwing up the archtypical
"twirly dancers" that populate Northwest music festivals.
It has enough time changes, and weird meters to make anyone stumble.
It is dedicated to the ORIGINAL DANCING MAN, the late-great Zachery
Zachon- one of our biggest, and most active dancing fans. |
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I
wanted to write something to memorialize our reunion show... this
is what came out. Everyone's name is in it...a little more Pop
Country than intended...but, you write them as they come, right?
Coming back together and playing with these guys, really was "like
coming home!" |
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Another
Little Feat song (yes...I am a huge fan), and one of our "jam
songs" when we play live. Again, too many drug references
for me, but I love the groove...which is was kind of lifted and
then mutated from the Sam Bush version of this otherwise snakey,
slow blues song in the manner that Little Feat did it originally.
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Taking
cheesy cover songs, and deconstructing them became one of our
trademarks. This is a perfect example. Pete came up with this
combo, and live, it stretches out over 2 or three other songs
as well, depending on the night. No reverence for the classics...
sorry. |
Satellite
Robert Hyman, Eric Bazilian, Richard Chertoff
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I
loved the Hooters in the late 80s, and we ended up covering a
couple of their tunes. For the most part, they are pretty close
to the originals, just replacing the melodica (the weird keyboard
you can blow) part with Brian's violin. |
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Another
jam song with some form, that came about from just riffing on
the basic guitar rif one day. Brian and Frank go nuts on this.
This was recorded as a demo in 1994. |
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This
is a Fairport Convention arrangement that Brian brought to the
band. It was recorded here as part of the same demo...cut live...and
REALLY fast. I usually broke out laughing when we were done...and
had a cigarette...it was that fast and satisfying. |
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