Debra Farris Band - Gotcha Covered (2006)

Tracklist

01. Use Me
02. Route 66
03. Moondance
04. Exponential
05. Ain't No Sunshine
06. Get Up
07. Fragile
08. Spooky
09. Yellow Moon
10. Stormy Monday
11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
12. Mustang Sally
13. Before You Hit The Ground
14. I Saw Her Standing There

It’s gotcha covered over a wide spectrum of music. They play songs from The Beatles, Van Morrison, Sting, The Neville Brothers, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Duke Ellington, T-Bone Walker, Bill Withers and more. There are two new Debra Farris originals as well.

“We did the bulk of the recordings in 3 full band sessions. We put all the players in isolation booths so we could all see each other but the instrument sounds didn’t bleed together. That way Ed Layola (sound engineer at 7 South Studios) could keep the volume and EQ of each track separate for mixing later. We are used to playing live, so we just counted off and played the tunes. It didn’t take us more that 3 takes on any song to find a take we liked, so the initial recordings are essentially studio live. I went back and overdubbed my scratch vocal, sang all the harmonies, played harmonica and trumpet later, and Michael Hallstrom came back and redid a couple of his lead guitar solos. I like expediency in the studio. I think it gives a fresh sound that’s not overproduced. I like the clean, syncopated arrangements of the songs, and they are a combination of my style requests, and the nature of the players who played. Many of the songs are tunes I loved in my younger years, while others I learned directly from my Dad. (Don’t Get Around Much Anymore and Route 66).

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