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Well folks, when Luke asked me to write a description of our first recording, I was a bit irritated as he obviously hadn’t put any more effort into it than to write “Recorded in late 2004…blah, blah, blah”. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t listened to this disc in a very long time and anyway, how are you supposed to be objective about your own work? So here I am writing and REALLY listening to the original Goldmine Pickers cd for the first time in who knows how long and all that really comes to mind is, “Wow! This sounds really great!” All of the instruments sound clear and warm and the feeling of the recording is so relaxed that I feel like I should be sitting on the front porch watching a summer storm come down.
Suddenly, I am remembering the pure joy that I felt when we all first started playing together and the excitement of recording our first album with some really great musicians and new friends! I’d never recorded on anything before and I don’t think we really had any sort of preconceived ideas or cared about what we thought the Goldmine Pickers should sound like. It was just four excited musicians recording in a cluttered barn w/ isolation booths made of half sheets of plywood and covered in old blankets! I’m not sure if we will ever be able to recapture the excitement and innocence that we felt during that time, but it certainly comes through in this recording and even after 4 years, I can still say that I can go back and hear new things in it!
My recommendation is that you find a front porch, a summer rainstorm and some headphones for this one!
Sean - May, 6th 2008
1. Hoad’s Tornado
2. Loneliness & Desperation
3. Too Many Things
4. Stumblin’ Lenny
5. Cold Coffee, Sour Oats
6. Conversation’s Free
7. Riding on a Load of Hay/Carving the Pumpkin
8. Greed
9. Tequila Caesar
