Interstates

I know this might sound a bit ridiculous, but this song actually came to me in a dream sometime in late 2009. I saw myself fronting a band and we were playing Interstates. It's too bad the dream didn't include the words to the whole song, because this one took me quite a while to finish up. I played it in Dave B's living room unfinished because I was pretty excited about the whole "dream song" thing.

Demo, January 2010

Notes: Paul on acoustic guitar and vocals, Dave B might be in there playing acoustic guitar

We tried a rock version of Interstates, but it just wasn't working and I didn't really have enough of the song finished (I hum along and free-style a little bit, gah). However, in the next snippet, you can hear what my general attitude was towards putting songs together when we first got together as a band. Watch out for really, really rough vocals in this one. It's not for the faint of heart.

Rehearsal, February 11, 2010

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

We tried working on it a bit in April without drums, but there was more "nah, nah, nah" for words and it was still kind of going nowhere, so we shelved it. Dave B plays a sweet lap steel part on this version though, so I wanted to include it.

Rehearsal, April 4, 2010

Notes: Dave B on lap steel guitar, Paul on electric guitar and vocals, Steve on bass

Interstates was reintroduced after Ben gave me a good idea about flipping around what I thought were the verse and chorus parts. It gave me just the boost I needed to finish off the song. Steve also gets a shout-out for giving me some lyrics that helped out with the imagery in the new "chorus" part. Dave B and Ben also play an octave riff in the verses that gives me goosebumps. This is pretty close to it's current sound.

Rehearsal, January 29, 2011

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