JP Jones - Thugs and Lovers

All the songs on Thugs and Lovers were written and recorded in the Winter/Spring of 2004, except parts of "Pink Flamingos," which originated in Springfield, MA, in 1976, and "Somebody Who Will," which came from NYC in 1975. Friends' homes, bus stations, a high school auditorium, an AA meeting -- I can't remember all the places these songs came from. Recorded live, more or less shortly after they were written, over-dubs were pointless....with the exception of the harmonica solo on "Flamingos," which required the use of a badly mis-used reed for that beautiful tone. What mixing was necessary took place in a rented room on Old Beach Road in Newport, RI.

By the time I made this record, my Guild had imploded and I was using two nearly identical Alvarez RD8's (less than $300 each, including tax and hard-shell case) manufactured by 25 very skilled Chinese girls, no doubt, for 25 cents per hour.

Anyone wishing to read into these songs the impact of a recent divorce is welcome to do so, but why belabor the issue?

Mastered by David Correia at Celebration Sound as usual.

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