Recordings of Improvisation

 

 

(last updated:  7/14/10)

 

Guitar:  Eric Johnson

Vocal:  Andrew Maxwell

 

 

All the samples below are improvised first takes except Motherlode. 

 

 

(Click song titles to link to mp3 recordings.)

 

Venerator

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Retten

Ben's epic groove that we all jumped in on

 

Got a record

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums:  Moore

Eric's riff that we all joined in on.  The last couple minutes of the first (and only) time the four of us got together. 

 

Lunar

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Nick Crocker

Brief embellishment on a groove of Ben's

 

Sally

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Nick Crocker

A sweet groove laid down by Eric

 

Jump Down

Drums: Andrew Croeni

Andrew C started his 'thunder of the gods' drumming and thus was born probably the heaviest thing the three of us did together. 

 

Woke up

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums:  Moore

A good example of a song being born on the fly, one hombre at a time.  Ben launched this groove, then Andrew started singing, then Eric 'wakes up', then Moore clicks in. 

 

Star

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Retten

 

Redemption

Bass:  Ben McQuillin

Drums:  Retten

Some liberties taken with some Johnny Cash lyrics

 

Farther Along

Bass:  Ben McQuillin

Drums:  Retten

Some liberties taken with lyrics from an old spiritual

 

Convicted

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Nick Crocker

Maybe our most epic jam yet. 

 

Motherlode

Drums: Andrew Croeni

The best version so far of a song we wrote together.

 

Down from the sky

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums:  Moore

Another bit of magic on the one night with Moore.

 

Rightful Estate

Drums: Andrew Croeni

The beginning and end of a 1950's flavored song we improvised. 

 

Havoc

Drums: Andrew Croeni

Bass:  Alex

Something good that came out of our two jams with Alex. 

 

Freaks in the parade

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Bruce

Some good guitar textures. 

 

Reckoning

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Bruce

A small ecstatic nugget from our one night with Bruce. 

 

Lifted

Bass: Andy Williams

Drums: Andrew Croeni

Andy (bass) started this one.  Virtually an entire song came out on the first take. 

 

Caress

Drums: Andrew Croeni

A meditation.  Quadruplet vocals over triplet drums.

 

Delirious

Drums: Andrew Croeni

One of our first spontaneous melodic moments together. 

 

Bluster

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Bruce

A sound check that turned into a song.  The very first minutes of our only night with Bruce.