A sign of things to come...

It's not surprising that I pass five organic grocery stores on my way through Santa Cruz to the recording studio on the west side, but when one of them displayed a sign with this message and I couldn't help but think... they mean Mollys Revenge. Whether they realized it or not, they summed up our whole lives with that sign. Nothing could be a greater alternative to reality than devoting yourself to playing and recording traditional tunes-- and oh ya, it is IN.


Over the weekend, I took leave of the studio to perform highland pipes with the North State Symphony on Peter Maxwell Davies piece "An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise", and while in town took in a few sessions with the Pub Scouts and friends at Chico's famous Duffys Tavern. Bethany finally got to play some tunes on Box with the legendary Mike Cannon and we had a grand stay with our friends Pierce and Heather.

I returned to Gadget Box to find that not only did Andy finish his entire non-fat frozen yogurt but Pete had also completed the lead vocal tracks for all of the songs.
After a few drinks we got the whole room singing (which consisted of the four of us) to add some gusto to the grande finale of our title song.


We all went home to sleep while Stu burned the midnight oil touching up the CD art work and liner notes for the approaching deadline.

The next day would prove to be the near demise of one of Johns beloved fiddle sets. Some work needed to be done on it but with an extreme limit on time, could just a few tweaks keep this set a contender with the rest? For a moment it seemed that there would be one less track... until... a few buttons were pushed and all was good. There will be thirteen tacks after all thanks to a little Andy magic.

--David