 Shotgun Alley is a self-contained band; and, understandably, they felt that they wanted to have the band's own sound come across on the CD. So they handled all the guitars, bass and drums, and we used session musicians only for some extra overdubs of instruments not played by the band members; a fiddle here, a steel there, etc. The goal was to keep the energy and edge of the band's live sound, while giving the songs a bit more structure and more interesting arrangements in the studio. I feel that we definitely succeeded, and you can hear the results on our second New Artist Series CD, Catchin' Fire. |
