I wrote "Broken Stone" in my old living room in West Seattle about 10 years ago. It's sister song is "Never Tired of Rock & Roll" from my previous record, because I usually write 2 songs at a time accidentally. At the time, I was listening to lots of Doc Watson,
@alifarkatoureofficial ,
@officialtownesvanzandt , Boubacar Traore, and Levon Helm. Maybe it shows. Someone approached me after a show once and accurately described the middle instrumental section as having a Malian Desert Blues sound. The first time I performed it live was bluegrass style duo with Simon Kornelis
@boomradwashington . It got a little louder when I took it to
@jermsfuzz Jim Roth's studio to record. He knew all right guitars, amps, and pedals to use to achieve the sounds in my head. I played a vintage
@martinguitar , a vintage
@gibsonguitar Les Paul, my 1974
@ariaguitars Beatle bass, and the right shakers and tambourines.
@evansjacoby played the best funky half time train beat.
@countrydaveharmonson added all the perfect pedal steel parts. I had a blast cutting up the forest floor at
@metz_meadows in front of
@robert_brian_media camera. Find the full video on YouTube, and/or the single wherever you stream.
#desertblues
#trainbeat
#beatles
#vintageguitars
@docwatsonarchive
@levonhelmstudios 
