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“JP Jones writes with an intensity and vision that transcends the sound...Jones has a way with words, and he nails them, hammers them, and stretches them, but never minces them.” -- Rich Warren - Sing Out! |
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| Life and Death
was recorded at Flat Rock Studios by Lloyd Salisbury in the early winter of 2003 in
four days. As a painting is a "document of the decisions in time made by the
artist" (Harvey
Wilson), and can only reflect the state of consciousness of the creator, so a
recording always is a manifestation of the state of consciousness of those involved (Ram Dass). Most of
the songs were scored out in advance, but everything was done seat-of-the-pants live in
one or two takes, with no overdubs (except the acoustic guitar on "The King Is
Dead," which was badly distorted in the original recording). Sometimes this approach
is considered a "jazz" method. For the full lineup of musicians, who also performed as a group for the next year or so, see The Band "Rite Tite" - Kurt Meyer's name for us. (Lloyd Salisbury, by the way, mentioned so often in these pages as a musician and/or engineer has also created a line of audio cables for serious studio work that is a significant advancement in the field. Check it out here.) |
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sticky moment occurred when I became frustrated with the pace. I like to work
quickly. My fault: I took it out on Donn
Watson, telling him to stop looking at the charts and rely on the what was happening
in the room...he had to cool me down (he later insisted that my coffee with a shot of
whiskey was to blame). The lesson was important: as with the CBS album John Paul Jones,
it turned out that the guitar player (again), this time Mike Barrette, was in a black mood because he
couldn't hear his guitar (the amp had been tucked up in the attic to avoid bleed-through)
and he had been plucking along in a funk. That's why you can't hear him on "Cum
A Live." When this was sorted out, things went swimmingly.... The Ballad of Adele is based on Francois Truffaut's' The Story of Adele H. (Victor Hugo's daughter), in the title sequence of which Truffaut makes a point of stating that it is a true story. Mastered by David Correia at Celebration Sound. |
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