| Mick Sterling |
Without mentioning any names let's just say I've produced other records that were about as fun as getting a boil implant. This one was easy; just might spoil me for working with other less talented and more "difficult" artists. One thing that strikes me about working with Mick is that he really undervalues himself as a songwriter. So many artists I've worked with think they're great songwriters because they can play the guitar (wrong) sing (wrong) or dance and look cute (wrong, wrong). Writing is a very strange thing and good writing.... well it's like the Supreme Court's definition of pornography.... "I can't describe it to you but I know it when I see it" and I rarely see it like I do in Mick. The song "You Don't Know What Dirty Is" came out of an onstage crack at a Blunders gig where I was talking about my house needing cleaning. Mick responded with the instant song title and all we had to do was come up with the character behind it (Father Jack Kerouac). He also came up with the best title on the album "Who Died And Made You King" which extends an eloquent middle finger to those recent converts who zealously believe in, and confuse themselves with the G-man. "Heavy Lifting" was another one of Mick's ideas that was so cool it wrote itself. I mean how could you possibly write a shitty song with that title? The crowning touch was when he showed up and sang 6 of these lead vocals IN ONE DAY!!!!!!!!! ONE DAY!!!!!!!! I've been at this a long time and never seen a display like that. This was after he got up at 6 in the morning! Then the bastard trots off and does 3 sets in a bar that night! The musicians on the album all played their hearts out, every single one. Donnie LaMarca's piano on "Maggie's Rosary", Billy's drums throughout, Andy Dee and Paul Mayasich blasting out the slide guitars, Stephen Morgan's guitar nastiness on "Long Time", and check out Cynthia Johnson and George Pettus on the gospel vocals! That was one of the funnest things to do for this record. Anway, I think heathens as well as the righteous will dig it, and if my experience tells me anything, both parties will assume we were speaking only to them. Kevin Bowe kbowe@mn.rr.com www.kevinbowe.com |
Between Saturday Night And Sunday Morning Price $14.99 |
| “Between Saturday Night And Sunday Morning” |
Click to play track sample: 1. Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning [lyrics] 3. You Don’t Know What Dirty Is [lyrics] 4. Biblical Sense [lyrics] 5. Heavy Lifting [lyrics] 6. Man Pants [lyrics] 7. Who Died and Made You King [lyrics] 8. Lucky Man [lyrics] 9. Maggies Rosary [lyrics] 10. Avalon [lyrics] 11. Divine [lyrics] 12. Follow 13. Blues is my Business [lyrics] 14. Instead of Making Love [lyrics] 15. Someone’s Waiting For Me At Home [lyrics] |
personally, it's all in the book, "The Long Ride Home: A Life in the Minnesota Music Scene", so I don't want to repeat myself too much. I've seen too many boring artist bios. Instead, I asked Kevin Bowe, the producer of my latest release BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, and my bandmate in the Rolling Blunder Revue to write a few words. Enjoy. |