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Amazing Grace/Glory from The Aragon 11/26/11

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I drove up to Jaco's Boondock Studio excited and eager to pen some new tunes with my compadre.  It was nice and early, about 9:00 a.m., which is particularly early for us rock & rollers but we got right to work. We experimented a bit as I played a chordal melody on the bass and Jake accompanied with the drums.  After talking it through and adding Jake's B-section, we decided to lay out the rough form of the tune.  We wanted to keep it simple and went for a feel-good summer vibe.  Jake then worked his magic by layering 12-string guitar and acoustic guitar tracks with some added delay to beef it up.  We looked at the clock and we already written one tune before noon. Time for pizza and a beer.

Stay tuned as this song is likely to evolve and grow over the coming months. Let's see where it ends up. 

Feeling patriotic in the control room