Storm Blowing

I wrote this song right around the same time as I Will Not Fade Away. As happens with many of my songs, it's still not completely finished even though the band is playing it quite often. I can't really say where the song came from. I think it was the imagery that drove it more than an actual idea for a song. In the end, it's about relationships and sticking together through rough times.

I initially imagined this song as an quiet to loud electric song. However, I tried it out on the acoustic guitar and really dug how the chords sounded in this format. Given that, the first time we tried the song, we were plugged in and loud(ish). I wouldn't be surprised if this song eventually is recorded both ways.

Rehearsal, February 27, 2011

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

We picked the song up a month later... turning it into an acoustic song and playing around a bit with the instrumentation. The initial results were cool, but we kept tinkering with it. The next version is pretty cool, featuring Dave B on banjo.

Rehearsal, April 17, 2011

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

This song actually went through a semi-rare transformation in that we stripped it down pretty far, but ended up beefing it back up with both Dave B and Ben on electric guitar. It's interesting because as we deconstruct and strip down these songs, they usually end up in a pretty pared down form. This one... not so much, which is why I mentioned earlier that it might get recorded both electric and acoustic. Ben isn't on this version, but you can hear where it's going.

Rehearsal, July 3, 2011

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