Volume One

1. Maggies Farm
   
2. Standin on a Mountaintop
   
3. I'm Tired
   
4. Black Magic Woman
   These 4 tunes were recorded at Thumbs Up Sound in the mid seventies.
   Bob on vocals & guitar with Gary Dosh also on guitar.

5. B&T's First Jam
   Recorded in my basement on the occasion of our first get together.
   Bob vocalizes and plays his new Gibson L6-S while I play the drums and, later, my
   cheezy Silvertone accoustic guitar. Notice the end when Bob's wife, Carol, comes
   downstairs and tries to convince Bob that it's time to be going.
   circa 1976

6. Moondance Montage
   As I remember, this may be our first attempt at a song involving overdubs and some
   sort of an arrangement. Because of the pervasive tape hisssss, we jokingly would
   call our little studio setup "Surfside Sound". Bob plays the guitars & bass and I play
   the tubbs. The bass was borrowed from our friend Greg. We were all in an oldies
   group called "Brotherhood", a band that Bob was in when we met.

   Check out some photos of us at legendary "Surfside Sound" HERE

7. Livin in the USA
   Our first shot at vocals. Bob does a nice job on this one with the
   both of us on back vocals.

8. Don't Think Twice
   Our first serious attempt at an accoustic tune. We finished this one and , after a few
   days, I decided to noodle around with some back vocals. When they were finished, I
   couldn't wait for Bob to hear them. He said that they gave him "chicken skin" when he
   heard them for the first time.
   We combined the Thumbs Up tapes with some of the previous tunes for our first "album".
   The tapes were then taken to Sound Patterns were we could cut acetate masters and
   then actually play our stuff on a record player! Instant credibility!

9. Gloria
   This was another easy "garage band" type selection that we recorded around the
   time of the previous songs.

10. Tush
    On to album #2! More garage band stuff. Featured are my own nasaly, caucasian,
    "Alfalfa-like" vocals.

11. Wonderful Wino
    From our Frank Zappa period. Bob & I liked the humor in this tune along with the
    crushing guitar line. The break in the middle as well as the "train wreck" fade-out
    were especially fun. With this jam we began using a Radio Shack condenser mic.
    Powered with a small battery, it was a real live wire. It brought a "presence" to
    the vocal that we previously lacked.

12. Teddy Bear
    Our tribute to The King. Bob takes the lead vocal, I do the background stuff.

13. Rock & Roll Music
    This tune truly represents a basement jam session. Bob and I invited Greg over to
    lay down some basic tracks. Greg had this hollow body bass made by Baldwin
    (the only one I've ever seen). As you can hear, he really got that thing snortin'
    that night. We recorded the track as a 3 piece with a live guitar solo. We then
    overdubbed the lead and back vocals.

14. The LGHR
    words & music: Bob Husted
    This tune was written by Bob & I. (mostly Bob) The message is obvious. Of more
    importance: this marks the debut of Bob's old saxophone which I promptly dubbed
    the "Golden Goose". I was convinced that the thing wasn't in tune but Bob always
    insisted otherwise. Come to find out that horns of that type in that era were tuned
    to a slightly lower pitch. All those years of tilting my head like "Nipper", the RCA dog,
    weren't wasted. Nonetheless, we had lots of fun with the "Goose".
    I always liked the wailin' guitar solo in this one. This tune also served as the final
    track for Album 2.

15. Longshot
    words & music: Bob Husted
    On to album #3! Our sound was finally getting there. At this point we were using better
    mics on everything and we were mixing on actual mixing boards. We were able to
    manipulate and control our sound as never before. Imagine how we felt when people
    would ask us what studio we used!

16. Cracker Jack Girl- demo
    words & music: Bob Husted
    
17. I'm the Man- demo
    These two songs turned out to be the test run for the 45 that Bob would later record
    at Sound Patterns. Both have a lot going on. Sometimes I can't believe that this stuff
    was done on 4 tracks! The vocals weren't the strongest we've done but, in my opinion,
    the tracks sound pretty darn good. By the way.... that's me playing the guitar solo in
    I"m the Man. Also listen for David's Fisher-Price xylophone at the end of Cracker Jack.

18. Traffic Jam
    words: Terry Lynch, music: Bob Husted
    This was our Steely Dan period. Everything had to sound odd and risky or it just
    wasn't happnin'. Bob came up with the riff and I added the words later. We had some
    meeting of the minds concerning the many guitar breaks. I think it worked out OK.
    The lyrics are a little sophomoric but I think the song goes somewhere.

19. Ragtime Cowboy
    This was just an evening of fun captured on tape. You'll find the "long version"
    of this tune on the "Lost Tidbits" CD.

20. Easy Money
    words & music: Bob Husted
    I always thought that, as far as our 4-track basement tapes went, this tune may
    have been our best achievement. Bob wrote a catchy guitar line and added an
    equally catchy & humorous lyric. The arrangement was interesting and I never felt
    like I had to "apologize" for anything in this recording. It had it's own legs.
    There's lots goin' on in there: back vocals, hand claps, a flanged lead vocal and
    a really cool break in the middle.
    This jam pretty much marked the end of the "Dokorder years" for Bob and I. Although
    I'd use my ol' 4-track for other things in the future, you'll see on Volume 2 that
    we still had plenty goin' on.

21. Finale