Motorcycle Madness: Studio Day 1, November 28th, 2022 (CD)

1. Saint Gregory Hotel (Take 1)
   2. Bergamot (Take 1)
   3. Joseph Billy Gwin (Take 1)
   4. Leopard Man (Take 1)
   5. Song for Billy Hurst (Take 2)
   6. I Was A Teenage Kook (Take 2)
   7. Ralph A. Hughes (Take 2)
   8. Disliking the Spoons (Take 2)
   9. Passing the Elephants (Take 1)
   
   I placed an advertisement looking for musicians to play on a new album I was recording called Motorcycle Madness. Everyone involved was meeting each other for the first time.
   
   My instructions were simple: play along and have fun. If questions came up about the songs, I asked them to consult each other instead of me. I tend to like everything, which isn’t always helpful.
   
   We ran through each song a few times, took breaks, and moved on. What none of us knew was that the engineer downstairs was recording everything. I didn’t find out until later in the day, and I chose not to tell anyone.
   
   We met again the following day and played through the songs once or twice more—still being recorded. That night, I took the recordings home and listened. It was immediately clear to me that this was the album. The rehearsals were the record.
   
   On day three, I returned to the studio and told everyone we were finished.
   “But we haven’t tracked anything,” someone said.
   
   “We tracked two days of rehearsals,” I replied. “And it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. Congratulations—we made an album.”
   
   I assembled the final record from the best performances across those two days. That’s what became "Motorcycle Madness".
   
   Musicians: Alex Johnston, Aura Ruddell, Craig Curran, Damien Jurado, Ian Menher, Jack Gibson, Jacob Baughman, Lacey Brown
   
   Recorded by Sean Wolcott at Soundview Analog Recorders, Everett, Washington, on November 28th, 2022
   
   Produced by Damien Jurado  

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PREORDER

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