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Rich wanted to use Rob Giles from The Rescues on drums. We knew this track was going to be different. Besides Rob’s great one-take basic, the only notes I have on this are Joel Martin’s lead guitar and Leslie King’s incendiary vocals.

Joel took his lead guitar pass to scorch earth with a cool Frippiness I rarely get to hear. Leslie nailed her vocal, reminding me of Merry Clayton on Gimme Shelter. After more listens than I can imagine, it is still a pleasure to hear her.

Hate to put things off, but I need more distance from this track to do much more than list the players and rave about their contributions. Also invaluable: Brian Yazulka’s great mix.

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PS:  I was sad to hear about Vic Chestnutt. If any readers have favorites they would like to direct me to as a listener, please leave a comment.