Mick Sterling
    Review:


    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
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Between Saturday Night
And Sunday Morning
Price $14.99
“Between Saturday Night And Sunday Morning”
    Well if you want to find out me
    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.