Hey Hey

Honestly, I'm not sure where in my brain Hey Hey sprang from. It's interesting for me because it's not autobiographical even though I wrote in the first person point of view. I think that it might just be an observation on the decay of a relationship, the break-up, and the emotional fall-out attached to it all.

As I mentioned earlier, some songs go through quite a process before the final product that is recorded or played live. This definitely qualifies as one of those songs. I wrote it sometime around February or March of 2010. The original recording is just me at Dave B's house.

Demo, April 4, 2010

Notes: Paul on acoustic guitar and vocals

We tried to play it as a full band shortly thereafter, but it didn't feel right to me (and it didn't sound very cool, in my mind). It was more of a folk-type song and we were trying to shoehorn it into a rock'n'roll arrangement. You can hear me laughing as I count us in.

Rehearsal, April 18, 2010

Notes: Dave B on electric guitar, Paul on electric guitar and vocals, Dave O on drums, Steve on bass

So, I just let it sit for a while. When we decided to give Rust County "Acoustic" a try early in 2011, I brought it back to the band. We straightened it out a bit (as per a suggestion by Ben) to give it more of a country (rather than folk) feel. I think version is pretty cool actually.

Rehearsal, January 8, 2011

Notes: Dave B on acoustic guitar, Paul on pedal steel guitar and vocals, Steve on bass, Ben on acoustic guitar

However, we were still struggling to get the right feel. Then, Steve had a great idea to turn it into a Creedence song (which I actually captured on the rehearsal recording).

Rehearsal, March 27, 2011

Notes: Steve and Dave talking about Hey Hey

After we figured out how to play like Creedence, we were off and running. Steve gets a gold star for Hey Hey. Dave B also gets a gold star for his banjo playing on it. This is pretty close to the current version of this song, which we are going to record for album #2 later in 2011.

Rehearsal, May 1, 2011

Notes: Dave B on banjo, Paul on acoustic guitar and vocals, Dave O on drums, Steve on bass, Ben on electric guitar