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                                   1. Rest                        8. 16th Century Melancholy

                                 2. Drinking Tea             9. Sorefoot serenade

                                3. Happy Birthday         10. The Key               

                               4. The Toilet Blues       11. Blackbird (cover) 

                              5. On and On              12. Wild World (cover)

                             6. Cheese Blues          13. Plastic silver wire

                            7. Oldies Blues 

For those who are interested... In January 2006 I started recording my first "professional" CD at BlueWonder studios in Chur, Switzerland. (It will be called "Park amazed" or something like that, when it finally will be released some time in 2007, or after Armageddon...).

It was the first day of recording, and we just returned from our lunch break. I saw this dude sitting there fiddling on a guitar (the studio also has a section that sells musical instruments). Without really knowing why, I asked him if he would like to record with us on the CD. I had no idea whether he was good or not.  So later Rico (as I then found out he was called) rocks up there with his mandolin.... and boy, he sure could play!

Anyway, after the recording session, he invited us back to his place for spaghetti and Italian tomato sauce. So, we went over and had a late night dinner there. We became instant friends. He invited me back to his house for a jam (not on toast - the musical kind). So the next week I went back, and we parked in his kitchen, and just jammed! We recorded it all on a cheap mini-disc recorder. Oh yeah, that same day was his birthday too.

We played a couple of my songs, improvised a few blues songs, and Rico did a Cat Stevens and Beatles cover. What you will hear here is all unrehearsed. Since then, Rico accompanies me now and then when I have to perform somewhere... he is like a (rather round) angel that fell out of heaven. He really is a superb musician... guitar isn´t even his main instrument! He is actually a clarinet player.

What you will hear here is considered "lo-fi" music. It is by no means a smooth studio recording, with the glitches edited out. This is just a two-guys-jamming-with-some-bumps-in-the-background kinda CD. Kitchen music.

I hope you will like the jam we had in his kitchen. We tried to spread it pretty thick... We also had some coffee. I never liked coffee before. Until I had coffee at Ponzi´s.

"Chow",

West