Children's Hour - Going Home (LP)

first became aware of Josephine when I was living in Chicago anddoing solo songs weekly at The Hideout. Hearing her sing for the firsttime is a pleasantly shocking experience for anyone, and I was an arm’slength away. She seemed very nervous. At one point she had to stopthe song and asked if anyone had any water. I’m sure the presence ofmy bandmates and crew didn’t help the nerves. I handed her a bottle ofwater. She gave a polite thank you and carried on with her songs.Later I heard she had a band with one of her friends from Old TownSchool of Folk Music (I don’t know how true this is, this was just the wordon the street). They were called Children’s Hour. The gal I was dating atthe time knew all about them. So I went to see them.I don’t recall how I ended up playing drums with them but I remem-ber how I felt: it was like putting on a gas mask and getting clean oxygen.The environment I was in was so pocked and cancerous, Papa M andChildren’s Hour were my only life source.That sounds pretty heavy, I guess, and not entirely true. What I’mtrying to say is that I could breathe fresh air when I was with Josephineand Andy. It was music I could understand. I could relate with the lyrics.At any rate, I gave the songs a simple pulse that stadium audiencescould easily digest. I played a cocktail kit that I got for free. You know.The kind of kit where all the drums fit inside each other, minimal hard-ware. After our set, I’d run to the other side of backstage to start warm-ing up with Zwan.It was a necessary duality.I also don’t recall how the recording happened, outside of me think-ing that it was a good idea. I knew it was a great band, a real band, Iknew it was pure. I had been spending a lot of time at Paul Oldham’sfarm in Shelbyville, KY. Recording with Bonnie and just about anythingthat blew through town. I’m a shameless hoe!So at the end of my double-gigging campaign, we busted out allour songs in one day. Easy peasy. I added some bass lines for as manysongs as I could do quickly. Some songs I knew I would need more timeto finish, because of the funky chords and whatnot.We didn’t have any time though. Not even to mix. I promised thatwhen I was back from tour I would finish the bass lines and then mix it atmy little home studio, Velvetone.Fast forward twenty years.The hard drive with the recording is long gone — ancient, kaput, thou-sands of miles away in g*d kno

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