“‘Dilaudid’ is an interesting studio story of the type that I think most people don’t talk out of school and tell. ‘Dilaudid,’ we play it as a trio sometimes, I play it solo a lot, but it was supposed to be rock trio with strings. But the vocal and guitar were recorded live and they weren’t any good because, um... because ‘The Sunset Tree’ was a hard record to make. And I know this is a poor way of describing one’s choices, but I had to drink a fair bit while I was making that record, in the studio, to sort of get loose here and there. And so, consequently, by the end of the evening sometimes, you couldn’t get a good vocal take out of me.”
“‘Dilaudid’ is an interesting studio story of the type that I think most people don’t talk out of school and tell. ‘Dilaudid,’ we play it as a trio sometimes, I play it solo a lot, but it was supposed to be rock trio with strings. But the vocal and guitar were recorded live and they weren’t any good because, um... because ‘The Sunset Tree’ was a hard record to make. And I know this is a poor way of describing one’s choices, but I had to drink a fair bit while I was making that record, in the studio, to sort of get loose here and there. And so, consequently, by the end of the evening sometimes, you couldn’t get a good vocal take out of me.”
soundcheck.wnyc.org/2012/sep/19/mountain-goats-john-darnielle-solo-studio/
@embassyrow It worked out for the best in the end, though!
@embassyrow It worked out for the best in the end, though!