Painting Poles
Painting Poles
70'S Verandah Feel
've always been a fan of a voice and an acoustic guitar. It's what I aspired to be and do as a musician. To me it is the true test of a song. Whether or not it can survive in its most simplest form. Even though the band kicks in at the chorus, I wrote this song with the intent of it being a stand alone acoustic guitar/vocal song. I first recorded a version of this song with Remy, in his bedroom studio at his parents condo in garden city on a tascam 4-track
We made it sound like it was recorded live with an audience. I actually think that if it wasn't for the fake audience applauding at the end, it would have been a tough sell to convince the band to put it on the album. It was the neglected step child of the album in that we never really played it live.
The flower girl refered to in the song, who's "head was tuned into the world", is a girl named Laura. We were high school sweethearts I suppose. She and my sister became best friends after we broke up and is my niece Sophia's godmother.
