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Chops, Gils and Fools

News From The Week That Was

This week in The Cube was mostly focused on keeping up the acoustic chops.  With a couple of weeks coming that won’t see the full band together, we wanted to make the most of the time that we did have so as to ensure that we weren’t too rusty when we got back together again in mid August.  Beyond that, there was some work done on a personal project, but not a ton of progress to report.

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Songs About Crying, Track 6: Old Gil (Acoustic)

Shortly after the release of Dandelions and Failure, as a fun exercise, we sat down and recorded a live version of Old Gil, fully acoustic.  In doing so, the song changed quite a bit – it was slowed down, there was a short guitar solo added and it had a completely different vibe to it.  Based on the positive feedback we got from the live version (see it here), we decided to do a studio version as well.  The remarkable thing that came from this is that it was a one night effort – the whole thing, from first note to final mix happened all in one night.  Sometimes, things just land properly the first time.

Three Things I’ve Learned This Week

  1. Even the most vile of acts can be made more classy by referring to their frequency as ‘fortnightly’.
  2. The last acceptable form of public mockery falls upon fans of the Cleveland Browns.
  3. Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, get your shit together.

Live Acoustic “Old Gil”

News About News

We are aiming to get a news update to you once per week.  There will be updates on the writing and recording of the follow up record to “Dandelions and Failure”, any video and pics that come along.  Also, starting next week, Boyne and I will begin a series sharing from our lists of albums you may not have heard but will totally fall in love with.  Finally, there will be the resurrection of the infamous “Three Things I’ve Learned This Week”.

Live from The Cube

“Old Gil” Acoustic, Live from The Cube

As you can see above, we recorded a live acoustic version of “Old Gil” from Dandelions and Failure.  It certainly varies from the original – Boyne has referred to it as the “Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack” version – I assume that is derogatory, but luckily, I have never seen the show.

A huge thank you to two great guests – first off, Puff working the piano.  Puff arrived as we were setting up for this, and being that he played the acoustic guitar on the album version, we really wanted him to get involved.  I asked Boyne what he thought would work and he said ‘Piano’.  When Puff explained to Boyne that he didn’t play the piano, Boyne was not going to let that get in the way.  We taught him a couple of quick chords and not only did he nail it, he threw in some subtle (but kickass) harmony vocals on a chorus or two.  Additionally, Linz joined us playing her foot tambo – a really great percussive addition.

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Three Things I’ve Learned This Week

As a throwback to the FTHW days, with each of these posts, I will be adding three things that I’ve learned in the previous week.  They are completely out of context lessons, but we aim to educate and entertain here at Fighting Whiskey headquarters.  Without further ado…

  1. Meeting a man you immediately nickname “Heart Attack Santa” is not the funniest thing that will happen in a day.  Watching him fall out of the back of a pickup truck is.
  2. Eating healthier leads to tiny poops.  Not cool.
  3. We are all living in the shadow of Dale Dorado.