I Will Not Fade Away

This is a pretty freaking heavy song. I originally wrote the riff in the spring, 2010.

Instrumental Demo, March 2010

Notes: Paul on electric guitar

But, I had no idea what to do with it. I had no melody and everything I tried just sounded silly to me. So, I just sat on it. I listened to the demo every once in a while and hummed along, but no ideas sprang forth. Then, one day I was listening to an old Hold Steady record and I realized how crazed and awesome Craig Finn used to sound. And, he did this over some pretty serious rock riffing. An idea was born! I'd talk all crazy-like over the verses of this song. This gave me the spark to finish up the rest of the song. The only problem was that when I brought the song, I had never tried the speaking part out loud and in front of anyone. I wasn't even sure that I could do it. However, knowing that the guys had heard me make an ass out of myself many times, I decided to give it a whirl. We had a practice with just me and the Daves... and we tried it out.

Rehearsal, February 27, 2011

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

We had a show scheduled roughly two weeks from February 27th at the Magic Bag. Of course, I wanted to show off my shiny new song in front of all those people. So, the next week, instead of getting the rest of the songs in the set ready for our show, we played I Will Not Fade Away a whole bunch of times at rehearsal to get it ready. Warning, this next recording was the 6th time we had played it that night and my voice is shredded.

Rehearsal, March 6, 2011

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

We pulled it off. It rocked.

Live at the Magic Bag, March 11, 2011

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