Branching Out

So with this record, we felt like we wanted to branch out a little bit

And particularly we wanted to get away from the rock and roll standard

You know, bass, drums, guitar, singer

Uhm, so we consciously switched instruments around a little bit

Bill can play a lot of different instruments so

Yeah, there, our drummer plays guitar, bass, keyboards, mandolin

So we flipped it around a little bit and it gives songs a different feeling

I know, but I've listened to records and, you know, or been on, listened to the radio

And just said, well, this guy's listened to our records

Uhm, especially because there's a lot of things that I do

That I learned from Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, although they're my ideas too

But the way to stack guitars, mixing electrics and acoustics

And the guitar's coming in and out, and I'll hear records

I'll go, yeah, this guy's been listening to my records, and he knows what I'm doing

I don't mind it at all, you know

I mean, if they did better than us, I'd be angry

I mean, I'd be really, really angry if we were still playing, you know, to 400 people

And some band that was imitating us was at the top

But, you know, that hasn't really happened