"Hardpan" CD - Blue Rose Records - 2002
We converged at Chris and Kelly Burroughs' studio/home in Tucson, Arizona on September 10, 2001 where we would live and record for the next 10 days. There was a small party that first night as we were happy to finally be together to start this project. We awoke the next morning to September 11.
We decided to proceed making this record as there were only the 10 days to do so before we all, once again, scattered for our own respective corners of the world. This music and the band itself were forged during those dark days and it is our belief and wish that you can hear Hardpan's collective affirmation of life, hope and love within the songs on this CD.
For our nations, we urge the voice of reason. Peace and Justice are not easily accomplished. The great challenge is to succeed through respect, wisdom and restraint. Our wish is for this to be the path.
Hardpan
April 2002
1. To Bury An Angel
(Todd Thibaud)
West Hill Music, ASCAP, Administered by Bug Music
2. Closer To The Border
(Chris Burroughs)
Chris Burroughs, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
3. Bad Luck Hand
(Terry Lee Hale)
Tender Loving Hell Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
4. No Disguise
(Joseph Parsons)
Joseph Parsons, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
5. Black Cloud
(Terry Lee Hale)
Tender Loving Hell Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
6. She's Over The Line
(Todd Thibaud)
West Hill Music, ASCAP, Administered by Bug Music
7. Orville's Beads
(Chris Burroughs)
Chris Burroughs, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
8. Accidents
(Parsons/Burroughs)
Joseph Parsons, Chris Burroughs BMI, Administered by Bug Music
This is a song Chris & I wrote in Tucson in Mat of '01. We were jamming in his front porch late one night and we came up with the music. I went home and wrote the lyrics in Philly the next week. I wanted it to have a desert vibe and I think we accomplished that. Only the bass and Chris' background vocal were overdubbed. - JP
9. Dead City
(Hale/Planque/Krief/Papillon/Redondo)
Tender Loving Hell Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
10. Break This Stone
(Todd Thibaud)
West Hill Music, ASCAP, Administered by Bug Music
11. Spokes On A Wheel
(Chris Burroughs)
Chris Burroughs, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
12. Carry Us Away
(Joseph Parsons)
Joseph Parsons, BMI, Administered by Bug Music
13. Tucson Sky
(Hardpan)
Administered by Bug Music
This song was written after a long night of tequila and orange juice. I woke up the next morning with the chorus in my head and it just wouldn't go away. Later on I sang it for the boys and we all decided that it was worth finishing. Out came the guitars and within a short time we had the rest of the music worked out. Then Terry Lee told me to go away and finish the lyrics. I did my best and the rest is history as they say. It's nice to have a song on the record that was written during the sessions and that we all had a hand in. We cut this song all together with no overdubs. - TT
PRODUCED BY HARDPAN
Mixed by Chris Burroughs - Big Scary Tree, Los Angeles, CA & The Studio, Tucson, AZ (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11) & Brian Bricklin - Meat Locker Studio, Philadelphia, PA (Tracks 3, 4, 5, 9,12, 13)
Recorded by Jeb Lipson & Hardpan at The Studio in Tucson, AZ from September 11 - 22, 2001.
Mastered By Dana White at Specialized Mastering
Hardpan thanks:
Kelly Burroughs, Edgar Heckmann, Jeb Lipson, Susie Thibaud, Jan Janssen, Michael Creamer, Brian Bricklin, Phil Stevens, David Herbert, Wolfgang Sedlatschek, Stepan Suchochleb, Chris Eckman, Rick Conrad, Michael Mennies, Jörg Hintermeier, Tom Riedl, Heike Pohmann, Petr & Sharky, Harvey Moltz, Gernold Linke, Christa Weller, Marjorie Desmond, Thomas Lingstaedt, Hans Broere, Thomas Neukirschner. |