It's a Wrap!

The recording of our new CD is complete!  Since the last post on Dino's rhythm guitars:

• Danno ripped through the bass tracks on his Thunderbird including chords, harmonies and other fancy finger-work that will make for a deep, rich sound.
• Next Dino delivered, as usual, on lead guitars including an incredible array of solos.  Most of it was with his trusty Les Paul Custom, but he also borrowed a new Telecaster from Chris at Belle City Sound for a different guitar voice on some embellishments.
• After that, Danno was back in the hot seat for the vocal tracks.  We play a wider variety of song styles on this CD and Danno brought the right vocal tool for the job on each and every one of them.
• Last but not least, we teamed-up for some "Gang Vocals", which amounted to all of us shouting a key phrase in a key song over & over again in a relatively non-musical way, which was perfect for me.  I'm sure you'll agree my non-musical shouts were the best......you can tell.

This leaves all our material in the more-than-capable hands of Chris Wisco at Belle City Sound, whose work we greatly admired on our first, self-titled CD.  Like HWY 13, Chris rocks and we can't wait to hear what he can do with a bigger/better studio and some new equipment to work with.  In a few weeks we should get our rough mixes to listen through to see if there's any remaining adjustments to be made before it's carved in stone.   

We should also give a shout-out to Chris' daughter (aka "Mini Me") who definitely kept things from getting too serious in the studio.  It was all fun & games, though, until she sat in Chris' chair while he left the room for a few minutes, declared herself "The Boss" because she was sitting in the boss' chair now, and ordered me to put on a tutu.  Sorry kid, I may be a rock & roll drummer but I still have my dignity!

In any case, the hard part is over and we're happy to have it all off our minds in time for the Christmas & New Years holidays with our families.  Next gig is Saturday, January 11 at the Blue Rock in Racine, so best wishes to you for a happy holiday season, hope to see you on the 11th and keep rockin!