I got a last minute call on a Weds for a CD session on Friday.  My buddy Andrew Spence and I have worked together on a bunch of different projects including the music for the “Rum Diary” movie.  He mentioned that he needed acoustic, electric, nylon and lapsteel guitars!  He sent me the tracks the night before and I gave them a listen and made a few notes.  I try not to get too involved with the “demo’s” cause sometimes they go a completely different direction and then all that prep work is for nothing.
I arrived at the studio and set up my “world” with making everything comfy cozy!

Guitar wise I brought my Martin OOO acoustic, Manuel Rodriguez Nylon, Fender 57 Reissue strat (with noiseless pickup’s) and the Supro lapsteel.

Amp wise I brought the Carr Rambler which has been my “go to” amp for a few years.

This session required a bunch of reading charts ALTHOUGH I was free to interpret my on rhythm stylings.  Luckily I picked “good” ideas and the producer loved it.  We tracked from 10:00am to 9pm and that included guitar overdubs.

Style wise it was all over the place – 60’s style comping, bossa nova, funk (with wah pedal!) and Hendrix style solo’s – all in a days work!

Chart wise this was heavier then usual – nothing too intense but you have to keep on your toes!  The last song we tracked was around 7 minutes long!