Funky Shade Of Blue (Seattle Days)

The Smoking Section

(90's Seattle Days) Recorded in Seattle at Robert Lang Studios in Jan '97 the album was recorded and mixed in just 4 days, with me producing an album in a big studio for the first time. I knew we didn't have much time so Read more

(90's Seattle Days) Recorded in Seattle at Robert Lang Studios in Jan '97 the album was recorded and mixed in just 4 days, with me producing an album in a big studio for the first time. I knew we didn't have much time so we went for it and captured the cool raw live energy of the band's live shows!

Even though the band fell apart as things were taking off, it's remained a fan favorite, and a very cool underground independent release, that we wanted to do, rather than giving a label an over polish album, to make them happy. It still sounds fresh, with the blend of a lot of style and big grooves!

The bonus track include a couple live tracks and a couple of home demos of some of the last songs we were working on as a band. The song "Take On The World" also marks my wife Bree Erickson's first appearance on backing vocals, in '99 at my then studio in Northern California, right after I got back from a decade in the Seattle scene!

Album links...

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    Something In The Way 3:15
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    Burn The Stage 4:07
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    Awake 4:17
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    The First And The Last 3:29
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    Stone 4:50
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    In The Sun 4:14
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    The Poet 5:16
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    Take On the World 4:03
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    That's All Folks! 1:54
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    Come Down 6:33
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