https://label51.ffm.to/stameylost.bio Cinematography: Cogan McMichaels. Lighting director: Zac Richey. Editor: Norwood Cheek. Cast: Robert Sledge, acoustic bassist; Chris Stamey, guitarist; Rob Ladd, drummer; Jason Schwartzman, background singers and MC.
From the album liner notes: "The recording of this song started with me pounding out the chords on piano, to which Mitch Easter then added a great twangy, reverbed-out Fender Bass VI à la Carol Kaye, aside Rob Ladd’s distinctive “orchestral” snare drum and drumkit flourishes. But when Wes Lachot’s and the Lemon Twigs’ harmonies came into the picture, it morphed into something bigger . . . much bigger. Then Probyn Gregory (flugelhorn, trombone) knew just what icing this cake needed. Although this production admittedly evokes the summery sixties LA sound, it began differently: with my fascination for Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You Are,” a song that winds through ever-shifting key centers but seems melodically inevitable all the while. Originally, as written on piano, it sounded like a song Chet Baker might have sung, sparse, nocturnal, and intimate. I learned a lot about the Beach Boys recording style from studio work with Alex Chilton, something else I have to thank him for."
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