Fire In The Night

Tracks

1. 1Go Ahead Run Away Lyrics5:38Bandcamp
2. 2Heart Beat Lyrics4:44Bandcamp
3. 3Fool's Paradise Lyrics5:29Bandcamp
4. 4Fire In The Night Lyrics4:26Bandcamp

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About this release

A real collectors edition. Recorded Live. This was the band I was taking on my 2nd Europe tour. Recorded Live in a makeshift studio near Sellersville, PA.

One of the most talented bands I ever had. I played my Fender Stratocaster (traditional finish) Wayne played a Black Fender Strat. I wrote the songs with the band in mind, but I arranged & rewrote Fools Paradise originally a co-write with my duo partner Scott in our first high school band Freeway.

We only had enough money to record 4 songs which is a pity because they were so talented and we had 2 sets of songs for the show. As far as I know, there are no rehearsal tapes, photos, videos rehearsal tapes or any other archive material for this bands existence. In the end, as the tour grew near, each member had problems with the amount of time on tour. The tour was to last 6 weeks, but in the end I was the only one who could go. Replaced the bass player and found a new drummer. But tragedy struck the bass player John Shebby got cancer and the drummer was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. The bass player never recovered and died too.

So I found another bass player and drummer. But 2 weeks before we were supposed to head overseas, the drummer accuses me of lying saying that we were never going on tour and the whole thing was made up and worse. So I told him to note the moment so in the future he could remember blowing the only chance he'd ever get to go to Europe. Two weeks later, the new bass player and the cousin of Jimmy Jones, Terry were on our way to Europe.

Cool gig. The promoter took us to a music rental warehouse called Ryder and said to pick anything out that we needed for the tour. He presented our tour VW Bus and trailer and together with our sound man Joe we loaded up.

On my first tour to Europe as a solo, I worked a lot. 116 gigs in 6 weeks. Many days I had 2 or 3 dates. I met my life long friends Earnest & Tilly at a gig, they were true fans and followed me around from town to town. After about a week, they offered to take me to their home to rest with a private room and bath so I accepted. They gave me the door key and said come back any time. Which several times I did. When I was there with the band, I called ahead, but the key was still good.

For the recording, I practiced with and used a small blonde Yamaha amp, which is now used in the studio, to get that raw, unaffected, lack luster Stratocaster sound.

The only overdubs were the scant added backing vocals on some tracks.

From Rick’s Bandcamp page.

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