Voice of Reason

Our multi-tasker in chief, Danno, nailed the vocals this week and wrapped-up the recording with a strategically placed vibraslap (sorry ladies, but it's a percussion instrument).  Chris' toy box at Belle City Sound had a metallic vibraslap, but we were looking for a more wooden-y sound and anyone who's seen us live knows what perfectionists we are...cough...cough....!  Inspired by Red Green, Chris used the studio engineer's secret weapon, black electrical tape, wrapped several layers around the gimmick at the end of the stick, and got us just the sound we needed.

We can't say enough about what a great job Chris at Belle City Sound has done for us.  Besides his technical expertise on the instruments & controls, he's a great musician, has a great ear, loves rock, kept us on task and had a great way of communicating his ideas for our sound.  With all that going for him, we'd be crazy not to ask him to lay some guitar on us for the CD.  We're not, so we did!  At just the right places in just the right songs, Chris' playing on his Flying V really got that mojo working.  Alas, keeping-up with HWY 13 can be hazardous to your health as shown by the blister on the tip  of Chris' ring finger below.  Sorry about that Chris!

  

Speaking of pictures, a Pictures page has been added behind the Home page with photos of HWY 13 in various states of working and/or slacking-off.  In addition, the blog's sidebar will also show our next gig coming-up, in this case Rock for Vets at Tom & Lee's Hiawatha on Saturday, April 28.  Lots of great bands will be there, and it's for a great cause, helping Racine area vets.

Thanks again for your support, and stay tuned for more to come.