I finally finished my record with my 90s band Pirate Jenny, and wanted to share it with you.
It contains our usual emo sea chanties, piano pop, fantasy rock — and one birthday song. I made it mostly with my friends Paul and John. Paul sings about half of the songs.
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We started out by recording two songs in Portland in 2016, and then continued collaborating with identical digital four-tracks while Paul was living in New York. “Rock Docktor” is one of those tracks where Paul sent the drums he’d recorded in his living room, and then I overdubbed guitar, bass and xylophone here before sending it back to Paul for vocals.
Spiral is a song Paul wrote as a surprise for my 50th birthday.
Lighthouse Keeper’s Phantasy is a song I started in 1997 and only just finished. I always knew I would try to go all Steve Stevens on the guitar riff.
Piano on the Deck of a Ship and Spiral are two of my favorites.
Hope you enjoy it!
Photos by Brian Hendrickson