Compilation By : Bill Morse (bill@billmorse.com) CD Artwork : Greg Volpert (gwvolpert@doglegs.com) Booklet Artwork : Bill Morse Credits/Web Page : Paul Gouldhawke (nicp@vcn.bc.ca) Master of Ceremonies : Adolph Feiss (feralduck@hotmail.com) Special Thanks To : Scott Sather ; Andrew Myers ; David Ng - past webmasters, MobyGrape.net Jeff Webb ; John Kennedy ; Cody Vandever ; Bob Van Voorhis Web Page : http://www.vcn.bc.ca/pan/trib2.htm EVEN MO' GRAPE - Tribute 2002
Dedication: On October 5th 1998 Dave Marsteller started the Grape mailing list. Dave passed away in 1999. It was Dave's list that helped make the tribute projects happen. This is for you Dave.As always, thanks to the members of Moby Grape for the inspiration and the music - Bob, Jerry, Peter, Skip and Don. Thank you to Jerry Miller, for being so gracious and accomodating to the fans during the Yahoo chats, and to Connie Mosley, for being a great online liason between the fans and band members. This is the second batch of tunes covered by the fans of the Grape. A Big thanks to all those who took part in this endevour and we hope everyone gets a kick out of hearing these songs in new forms.
DISC ONE:
1. Intro by Adolph Feiss (0:23)
2. Murder in My Heart by Bill Morse (3:17)
3. On the Dime (rockabilly version) by On the Edge (2:45)
4. I Picked a Rose by Larry Hosford (4:13)
5. Hey Grandma by The Bridgeburners (4:13)
6. 8:05 by Steve Marcus (2:34)
7. Bitter Wind by John Butler & Rick Willson (4:10)
8. Arthur Godfrey Intro by Adolph Feiss (0:32)
9. Funky Tunk by Alec Newell (2:47)
10. Going Nowhere by Peter Schindelman (2:09)
11. Rose Colored Eyes by Mike Fornatale (4:08)
12. Sitting by the Window by Only Dogs and Us (3:36)
13. Horse in the Rain by Mad Meg (2:47)
14. Right Before My Eyes by Truly Fine Citizens (2:19)
15. Truckin' Man by J. Belenski (2:19)
16. Hoochie by Alec Newell (4:25)
17. Bitter Wind by Father & Son (2:15)
Michael Kuptz & Brandon Kuptz
18. What's To Choose by J. Belenski (2:01)
19. Changes Circles Spinning/Right Before My Eyes by Peter Schindelman
(3:25)
20. 78 RPM by Adolph Feiss (0:12)
21. Motorcycle Irene by J. Belenski (3:31)
22. Dark Magic by Mike Fornatale (10:49)
DISC TWO:
1. Hey Grandma by John Butler & Rick Willson (4:48)
2. Where Do the Birds Go by Alec Newell (3:26)
3. On the Dime (blues version) by J.C. Shooters (J. Chris
Christensen)(4:13)
4. I Feel A Change (aka Cough Syrup) by The Saloonsters (6:19)
5. Bitter Wind by Mike Fornatale (4:58)
6. Three-Four by Volcano Blues Cannon (4:04)
7. It's A Beautiful Day Today by Wingers (3:43)
8. Dark Magic by Cerebral Cortex (15:37)
CREDITS/COMMENTS :
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Intro/Master of Ceremonies : Adolph Feiss (feralduck@hotmail.com)
those funny spoken bits
Adolph Feiss is the alleged unholy love child of Skippy and Arthur Godfrey,
DNA test pending. He was born in a mid-60's Emerson mono record player
speaker while "8:05" was playing and misinterpreted the song title to be his
name. Once unleashed, he went on to moderate an online group dedicated to
the band that was his prenatal muse. A notorious womanizer (although not as
often as he'd like) and failed musician, he now specializes in rewriting and
performing other people's material; in short, a creative scavenger.
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"MURDER IN MY HEART FOR THE JUDGE"
performed by Bill Morse (bill@billmorse.com)
All instruments and vocals by Bill Morse
I noticed way back in the 60s that this was very similar to Buffalo
Springfield's For What It's Worth. But since I heard Buffalo Springfield
first, I thought that maybe Moby Grape had "borrowed" their song from For
What It's Worth. Years later, I read that Stephen Stills had admitted
publicly to having taken his main riff from Murder in My Heart. So I thought
I would do a version that highlighted the similarities. I actually got this
idea while producing the FIRST Grape tribute, Mo' Grape, but didn't have time
to complete it. While working on the final recording, I heard Donovan's
Season of the Witch, and realized that it was a close cousin to these other
two songs. So I incorporated a bit of that into the second verse.
Then, while I was reviewing live material for the Complete Moby Grape disks,
I heard a recording that they had done, with the same idea. So it wasn't a
truly original thought of mine, even though I was unaware of their version
when I did mine. The Grape version is song #157 on DISK ONE of the Complete
Moby Grape. It was done live at the Fillmore on December 18, 1997.
Hey Grandma (The Bridgeburners) - I play bass and mandolin in a Chicago band
called The Bridgeburners. We do mostly originals, in the vein of Rolling
Stones, ZZ Top, and Little Feat. The other guys in the band are about my
son's age, late twenties. I'm the token geezer of the group! Although they
love sixties music like Stones, Beatles, Cream, etc., they were unaware of
Moby Grape. I told them I wanted to have the band do a cut for this tribute,
and played them enough Grape material to familiarize them with the band.
Only problem was, we're in the process of recording our own CD, and that
takes up most of the time when we're actually together. Three of the guys
live in the Chicago area, while the drummer and I live in Wisconsin. Our main
rehearsal area and recording studio is in the basement of Eric, our lead
singer/lyricist/harpist/percussionist/rhythm guitarist. He's a Chicagoan. But
both Jerry (slide guitarist) and I have our own home studios. So our
recording or Hey Grandma was mostly done via e-mail. I recorded the basic
tracks - rhythm guitar, bass, drum machine, and guide vocal. I e-mailed that
mix to Eric. He replaced my vocal, Jerry added slide guitar, Matt laid
down some piano, but it looked like we weren't going to be able to get Tom
the drummer in on the project. However, at the last minute, the
opportunity arose
(at the end of a rehearsal, he was willing to give it a try, and we had 15
minutes to kill).
So we're all happy with the final mix, but it doesn't actually represent the
band at our best. At least I was able to expose the guys to some Grape music!
-Bill
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"ON THE DIME" Rockabilly version performed by On The Edge
"ON THE DIME" Blues version performed by J.C. Shooters
John "Chris" Christensen (JChris3227@aol.com)
"On the Dime" by On the Edge
Average Joe Andazola -Drums
Don Wittsten -Fretless Bass
John "Country" Chris Christensen -Vocals, guitars and piano
Basic track recorded April 22, 2002. Overdubs completed April 26. Mixed
on April 28 2002. Produced and Engineered by John "Chris" Christensen
at Mad Labs Studio, Lakewood, California.
The musicians were allowed to hear the original
Legendary Grape version exactly once before beginning to record their
version. The style to be achieved was described and the progression
explained and then we were off and running. Don Wittsten quickly
developed a major blister on his finger from slapping and plucking
his fretless bass. Average Joe voiced his own concerns about the
speed of the brush and stick groove desired by the producer. Though
the producer was trying to guide the song into rockabilly territory it
quickly
developed a mind of it's own and went where it wanted to
regardless of the input of the musicians and producer. "Sometimes you
go where you're gonna go..."
"On the Dime" Blues version by J.C. Shooters
J.C. Shooters- Vocal, harp, bass drum and hi hat.
A couple of Shots followed by a one-shot recording.
Track recorded live to mono April 26, 2002. Produced by J.C. Shooters and
John "Chris" Christensen. Engineered by John "Chris" Christensen
at Mad Labs Studio, Lakewood, California.
My first encounter with The Grape was at Wallich's Music City in Lakewood
California the week the first records were released. I knew absolutely
nothing about the band, but as I was going through all the 45's for sale I
kept running into more and more singles by this group..."what the hell?" I
thought...either these guys are AMAZING or this is the biggest load of
Hollywood-Promotion-Machine-Crap I have ever seen! I mentally added up the
cost of the singles to the price of the album and quickly decided that the
album was a bargain. Took the record to a (girl) friend's house, (I think I
was staying there, but time and braincells can no longer be sure - and I was
about a week away from being inducted into the Army) and promptly put it onto
the turntable... I just remember the incredible RUSH from the very
first note until the end of side two; I was simply FLOORED! I also had a
fairly large ego at the time and was not much impressed by too much of
anything I was hearing, but this was really different.
After I was inducted I
had my Mom send three records to Fort Ord to preserve my Sanity; Fresh Cream,
A Quick One While He's Away, and that very first Moby Grape album. Since then
my love of a lot of that sixties music has been tempered with time, but NOT
The Grape. Moby Grape helped get me through a very tough year in Viet Nam and
all of the rest of my extended vacation with Uncle Sam. Today I still find
myself returning again and again to that timeless magic that is this band of
such incredibly talented guys. Once you've really heard that magic (dark or
otherwise) it NEVER EVER goes away. Much, much love and thanks.
John "Chris" Christensen 6/06/02
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"I PICKED A ROSE"
performed by Larry Hosford (Lorenzo4344@aol.com)
Larry Hosford -Lead vocal, guitar
Kevin McCracken -Vocal, harmonica
Tom Groves -Vocal, bass
Larry Hosford: I met Bob Mosley in 1974 and via ensuing pickfests,
learned "I Picked A
Rose" from him not long thereafter. It is a wonderful little tune. In 1978 I
was invited by neo-recording engineer, Ken Capitanich, to test drive his new
garage studio of the Tascam 8-Track variety in Aptos, CA, by name: Music Arts
Recording Studios (MARS). I took my harmonicat and bass player with me, tuned
my acoustic to open D, and we whipped up a 3-part campfire version for the
occasion. When this "Even Mo' Grape" project evolved 24 years later, I dug
through my reel-to reel tape stash and found "IPAR" alive and well. It turned
out to be a 2-track rough mix, so I took it back to MARS, which is these days
a full-on top-notch facility, for digification. We didn't get to re-mix it,
but asi es la vida. My thanks to everyone involved, and especially, of
course, to our song's father, which art in Petaluma. In Mose We Trust.
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"HEY GRANDMA"
performed by The Bridgeburners
Eric Elmer - Lead & harmony vocals, percussion
Jerry Waggoner - Slide guitar, rhythm guitar
Matt Pederson - Piano
Tom Beyer - Drums
Bill Morse (bill@billmorse.com) - Bass, harmony vocal
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"8:05"
performed by Steve Marcus (Smarcus@MarcusSoftwareDesigns.com)
All vocals by Steve Marcus
When I was a junior in high school I belonged to a band in which I was the
youngest by some years; most of the guys were already out of school. The
band had some talent and we actually turned down an opportunity to be the
"Archies"! Yikes!
We were five guys that could play and sing, that is all five.
There was a guy named Henry who took the band under his wing. Henry was an
INCREDIBLE guitarist and the guy who turned us on to Moby Grape. He set
about 'producing' us and teaching us how to play every single part of
several songs.
The songs he taught us were 8:05, Fall On You, and Sitting By The Window. He
worked with each one of us and diligently taught and orchestrated us. I was
the lead singer and the lead guitarist on 8:05 and Sitting By The Window;
our keyboard man Jimmy (an amazing musician) did the lead work on Fall On
You. We rehearsed forever and it was during these sessions that my young
guitar playing started to mature as I embraced a new way of playing. BTW, we
were Long Island boys used to Rascals, Philly and Detroit style R&B, so this
west coast stuff was quite a stretch. In addition to Grape, Henry had us
performing other complex arrangements as well - in particular, the
Association's "Everything That Touches You", springs to my mind. Oh, Henry!
Thank you for making me a musician.
Anyway, life goes on, years go by, and I've never given up my music. I've
maintained a home recording studio of various size and quality all through
my life and manage to support it with my day job. Some years ago I
purchased "Vintage Grape" and was listening back to the tracks which
included
out-take fragments and blurbs of the sessions. I remember the challenge of
learning and playing 8:05. To this day, I still play that riff as a
limbering exercise and test of any new fingerboard I lay my hands on. When I
heard, Vintage and heard a voice say, "Fuck, this is hard, man!" - I felt
utterly vindicated. That is, across the decades I remember just HOW HARD it
was for me to play. It was a blessing to hear that after all those years.
A number of years ago my friend Bill (yes, our Bill Morse) and I saw Moby
Grape at the now-famous concert at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco. I had
to surrender to the joy and the tears of that evening because I was in my
'Field of Dreams'. A short time after that I saw them again in Sacramento
at, I believe, The Red Lion Hotel. There wasn't a real stage and it felt
like a good old biker bar. Peter came in, put his guitar case on a table and
took his guitar out to get ready to play. I felt like a yutz, but I couldn't
restrain myself: I went up to Peter and thanked him for teaching me how to
play guitar. Although he nodded and muttered his acknowledgement he couldn't
possibly appreciate the deep well from which my thanks sprung. As I write
this I'm fighting back the tears.
Well, life is too short to not tell folks how you feel and how much they
mean to you. It's not so much that they know, it's just that you let them
know. Moby Grape - individually and collectively, thank you. And, thanks to
everyone who participated in this project.
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"BITTER WIND"
"HEY GRANDMA"
performed by John Butler & Rick Willson
Recorded live in London, 2002
John Butler (Diesel Park West) & Rick Willson (Big Brother) -
We've been fans of the Grape forever and are honoured to contribute.
Thanks for the songs guys !
John Butler & Rick Willson (Disel Park West)
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"WHERE DO THE BIRDS GO"
"HOOCHIE"
"FUNKY TUNK"
performed by Alec Newell (alnewell@earthlink.net)
All instruments and vocals by Alec Newell
Recorded & Mixed at the Bakery, Toronto, Canada. January 2002
(CDR transfer, digital editing & massaging courtesy of Don Lear)
All instruments and vocals by Alec Newell
I've had the same basic studio setup since the mid-80's. It's
old and creaky and all-analog-all-the-time... but I'm still sorta fond
of it, like an old car or something. I started out as a drummer, but
since I'm an apartment dweller I've had to settle for recording with a
drum machine.
I've got an old Yamaha RX15 that can still be fooled into thinking it's
Pete Best on a good day. I record everything else (guitars, bass, vocals
and harp) through a Roland Cube 20 watt guitar amp, then out the
headphone jack and into the multitrack unit. Apart from a bit of Alesis
Microverb reverb added in the mix, that's about it.
I'd really like to express my appreciation to Don Lear for his help
on this project. I took my mixes to him, expecting him to just transfer
them to cd for me as-is ... but he tweaked the tracks and EQ'd things a
bit more, fine-tuning stuff that I can't manage with my system. Damn
nice of him.
I was fourteen when the first Moby Grape album came out. I bought it
without hearing a single track. I thought the front cover was the
coolest thing I'd ever seen. When I got it home and threw it on the
turntable I was thrilled to discover that in the Grape's sound I
recognized elements of all the music I already loved (great pop hooks,
killer vocals, hard driving rock and roll, dizzying guitar work...) but
what struck me the most were the sounds I'd never heard before. The
Grape turned me onto blues, country, folk-rock, RnB... they also showed
me that every member of a band could have a voice (literaly and
figuratively.) I'd never come across a band in which all five members
not only sang but wrote. These guys were a huge influence on my young
self, and continue to inspire me today.
I covered "Hoochie" because I just couldn't keep my hands off it.
It's always been my favorite Bob Mosley song, and I've been toying with
the idea of covering it for years... thanks to Even Mo' Grape for giving
me the push I needed. (I realize someone covered "HOOCHIE" on the first Grape
tribute,
but I'm hoping folks will still enjoy my Swamp Thing boogie version.)
I picked up Bob's first solo album in a delete bin in the summer of
'75. That album helped me through a rough time, and "Where Do The Birds
Go" is such a powerful song, I wanted to have a stab at it.
("Where Do The Birds Go" worked out quite well. I threw in a
blues harp solo that sits nicely over that little instrumental bridge
build.)
I really wanted to cover something of Skip's as well, so I played
around with the arrangement of "Funky Tunk" a bit and just had some fun.
This whole project's been a blast. Great to see so many people
involved in a labor of love. Looking forward to hearing the goods.
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"CHANGES, CIRCLES SPINNING/RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES"
"GOING NOWHERE"
performed by Peter Schindelman (Pjschindel@aol.com)
All instruments and vocals by Peter Schindelman
CCS's verse seemed to me to mesh with RBME's chorus, so I combined them. I
recorded this in mid-to-late January, playing drums, bass, and acoustic and
electric guitars, as well as trying to sing. I recorded my cover of "Going
Nowhere" at the end of April, while breaking in my new-to-me Mackie mixer. I
played the same instrumentation as on the other song except without acoustic
guitar. There are a few things I wish I'd (re)done differently in
performing/recording/mixing each song but these will have to suffice for now.
I'm a relative newcomer to Moby Grape. I'd heard of them for years but never
actually had heard them till last year when Bill Morse (a friend from another
internet message forum with whom I've gotten together and played/recorded
music several times) helped me to do so. That's not a very pressing Grape
story, but it's all I have for now. I like much of what I've heard from them
and look forward to hearing this compilation since the last one was fun!
(By the way, I went to Jr. High and High School with a Peter Lewis, but
naturally not that Peter Lewis.)
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"ROSE COLORED EYES" (Including Special Fan's Fantasy
Sequence)
"BITTER WIND" (Both versions reach an uneasy truce)
"DARK MAGIC"
peformed by Mike Fornatale (sknoof@aol.com)
All instruments and vocals by Mike Fornatale
Mike Fornatale has 16-track analog facilities in his basement. Instead of
putting them to good use, he occasionally labors at painstakingly re-creating
some of his favorite records, one instrument and one vocal at a time. His
1995 attempts to clone Moby Grape's entire debut album (some of which can be
found on "Mo' Grape") eventually landed him, slightly dazed, on stage with
Bob and Peter in San Diego in June of 2001.
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"SITTING BY THE WINDOW"
performed by Only Dogs & Us
Andy Myers (avrumz@aol.com)-Lead vocal, bass
Bill Perry -Guitars, drums, backup vocal, engineering
Paul Garver -Six-string guitar, backup vocal
We had a wonderful time recording it - and we hope
the slight re-arrangement is enjoyed. We all love the Grape and marvel
repeatedly at how amazing their music is... and always strain to even
attempt to recreate what they could do...at 35%...how do you sing like Bob
? Or Peter? how do you?? ah well...
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"HORSE IN THE RAIN"
performed by Mad Meg (www.madmeg.net)
David Biasotti & Doc Muir
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"RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES"
performed by Ernesto de Pascale & the Truly Fine Citizens
featuring Jono Manson
Ernesto de Pascale -Lead vocals & Wurlitzer electric piano
(lamauric@tin.it)
Jono Manson -Lead vocals & electric guitar
Mark Clark -Drums
Peter Williams -Bass
Jaime Michaels -Acoustic guitar
Jono Manson & The Truly Fine Citizens recorded by Jono Manson in
Tesuque,Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Ernesto de Pascale recorded by Sergio Salaorni at Larione 10,
Firenze, Italia
Mixed by Sergio Salaorni at Larione 10, Firenze, Italia
Produced by Ernesto de Pascale,Jono Manson & Sergio Salaorni for Il
Popolo del Blues s.a.s.
copyright: Ernesto de Pascale, Jono Manson, Sergio Salaorni & Il Popolo
del blues s.a.s., 2002
please visit : www.ilpopolodelblues.com
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"TRUCKIN" MAN"
"MOTORCYCLE IRENE"
"WHAT'S TO CHOOSE"
performed by J.J. Belenski (jblwolf@yahoo.com)
All instruments and vocals by J. Belenski
J.J. Belenski - six and twelve string guitar, harmonica and
vocal. Recorded April 23, 2002 at Rubber Ball Productions,
North Brunswick N.J.
Engineered by Terry Hughes.
I've been a fan of the Grape ever since I bought Wow
when I was in the sixth grade because it had a cool
cover. This band had it all! I wanted to pay tribute
to the different aspects I love about the Grape: Bob's
gutbucket sensibility and Jerry's picking on Truckin'
Man, Peter's delicate but compelling balladry on
What's To Choose and Skippy...what can you say?... on
Motorcycle Irene.
I've been working on a CD of
originals all solo acoustic and recorded live - no
editing, overdubs or protool bullshit- so I did this
the same way, straight to a $.99 cdrw I bought at
Walmart. So that's me, a guitar, and a harmonica
rack in front of three microphones and any mistakes
are not intended! One day I intend to redo this stuff
and do it more justice but for now I hope it
captures the spirit of the Grape, a band that has
given me so much enjoyment over the years.
It's great being involved with you guys on the Grape list -
there's just so much good will that's undeniably
genuine.
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"BITTER WIND"
performed by Father & Son (MTCups@aol.com)
Michael Kuptz & Brandon Kuptz
Bitter Wind by Father & Son (Michael Kuptz and Brandon Kuptz) was recorded in
1992 when my son Brandon recieved his first electric guitar (a Fender
Telecaster) from me as a gift. He had already mastered that instrument (since
1990) along with bass, piano and drums. So on this outing, I played acoustic
guitar, and did the vocals while Brandon played bass and drums and became
producer of this track. We actually released a cassette that year to family
and friends entitled (what else?) Father & Son! We are both big fans of the
Grape and a lot of the other sixties bands. As a matter of fact, that
summer
was Brandon's venture into the Time Machine (Dad's collection) of old albums
and groups. Brandon carries on this tradition in Virginia with his current
band Some Odd Sense (www.someoddsense.com) and the group maintains the
tradition of solid songwriting, great playing, strong melodies and three-part
harmonies. Long live the Grape (Even mo' than befo'!) Thanks for the
opportunity to work on this project with so much talented input from the fans
of Moby Grape!
Mike Kuptz
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"I FEEL A CHANGE" (aka Cough Syrup) written by James Robert Mosley
performed by CJ & Friends (The Saloonsters) (tonstar1@yahoo.com)
Craig Juan - Bass & Vocal
John P. Murphy III - Lead guitar & Vocal
Lynn Giles - Drums
Carl Grantham - Violin & digital connection
James Coulter - Guitar
"Washboard" Bill Bienbrech - Percussion
The Phantom Saloonsters were formed in 1995 by Jerry Miller, Craig Juan &
John Murphy and played numerous saloons in the SF bay area. When Jerry
moved back up north, The Saloonsters treaded on with many different
guests, and still CJ & Murph remain to this day spewing forth all sorts of
audio morsels with their many associates of musical mayhem. Ahem. This
track is a direct to digital live recording. The third take if I recall.
Sounds kinda grungy since I just got back barely in time for the recording
from a gnarly gig in Jackson, CA but we like it that way.
I got the song when Moze let me dabble in his personal tapes of kitchen
recordings, demos and all sorts of goodies and Cough Syrup stood out above
all. I always wanted to do this tune and here it is in all of its nudity
in my/our words. I have heard the few versions of it done live by the
Grape circa 1978/1979, but this was culminated from the versions of when
Bob was working the song up on his own. Much thanks to Connie for the
proper lyrics although I might not have gotten all of them right! And
thanks to Shirley Grantham for the sheet metal shop we recorded this in,
Steve Cobb for file manipulation and to John Mork for getting me to the
church on time and psychedelic inspiration or is it perspiration. Who
knows? CJ 5/7/2002 San Mateo, CA
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"THREE-FOUR" performed by Volcano Blues Cannon (tordon@flash.net)
John Powell - Acoustic guitars, electric bass
Tom Ordon - Vocals
Recorded in Texas May 20, 2002
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"IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY"
performed by Wingers (axol@ma.ultranet.com)
Dan Fassett -Acoustic guitar and vocals
Adam Campbell -Conga
Liz Batsford -Shakers
Megan Gauthier, Claudia Maniscalchi, Liz Batsford, Anne Fardy,
Alison Wilson-Pierce, Roza Anthony and Bethany Steiner
-Chorus vocals
Recorded at " The Bunkhouse ", Portsmouth N.H. July 2000,
Jim Tierney-Enginering/Producer
This sesion happened after a week from Hell at camp ( unfortunately adults not
kids at cause). This session made up for it. A perfect day, everything
just clicked. We recorded 17 songs live in 4 - 5 hrs., These were (at
the time) a bunch of 14 year old girls (except Bethany who was 17
years old) with no studio
experience, who bonded and decided they wanted to do music despite the fact
there was no plan for them to do it. It just come together by itself. We
worked on our tunes for a week. The musicianship was top notch. The producer
couldn't believe his ears. It was recorded on Tuesday and the whole camp
took home a CD with original artwork included on Saturday. We left the
studio stunned with the beauty of it all.
I still see all of them and despite growth and change they've come through
in the meantime the wonder of that day is still with us.
-Dan
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"DARK MAGIC"
performed by Cerebral Codex (haarp@prodigy.net)
Brian Vaughan - Electronic guitar, effects and devices
Craig Beebe - Analog Synths & other goodies
Jeff Martinov - Drums & repercussive devices
We've done the basic parts
(structure) a lot like the 1967 bootleg I have, but still have our own
arrangement & interpretation (mostly a lot of the lead work will be
different from Jerry's, his act is nearly impossible to follow! Plus we are
not the same type of band as M.G.). These guys are into it, so this could be
a live set piece for us if & when we get any more gigs.
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Information on "THE COMPLETE MOBY GRAPE" MP3 BONUS CD's included with this
project:
[ COMPLETE
MOBY GRAPE ]
Information on the other Tributes :
[ MO' GRAPE ]
[ EVEN MO' GRAPE ]
[ FOREVER MO' ]
[ STILL MO' GRAPE ]
[ JUST SAY MO']
CD label art - graphic by Greg Volpert