Highway 99

Church with Al Green

Sunday was the morning we were going to witness a real, live revival – at Rev. Al Green’s church (or “Let’s Stay Together” fame, and many others). We were a bit late, as his services begin at 10:30am, but locals told us that we wouldn’t need to show up until around noon because that’s when things really get cooking! That man still wails like his pre-Gospel days. What a voice!

We took in the final 40 minutes of his revival/sermon/mini-concert (perfect for our collective attention spans). Now we know how to REALLY conduct a revival for our fans. Just you wait!

Flying Fish

We chilled out at the mansion before walking into the city to eat fried critters: catfish, shrimp, mud bugs, hush puppies, and God knows what else we stuffed in our maws. Fried food really weighs you down.

Recording Session #1

Our initial recording session at Sun Studios was slated for 6:30pm, so we loaded up the van with gear and headed on down the street (4 blocks away). The engineers, James and Matt, were super accommodating with set-up and amp choice, etc.

After sorting out some confusion we were hearing in our headphones during our first song, we settled in and rocked out 3-4 takes on 80% of the songs we intend to put on our upcoming CD.

We now have Monday and Tuesday to fine-tune our sound by picking and choosing what we want to improve on and we are good to go!
I’ll have an update on our second session coming up next.

Jerry Lee Steamer

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