Something special that happened in the studio last week.....

[Dave Grafe]

One of the songs we are working up with Ron Rogers and the Wailing Wind for an upcoming release:

http://www.pdxaudio.com/underthewheels

Not a finished product yet but sweet enough to have me thanking heaven again for the places I get to be sometimes....

[Stu Schulman]

Dave,Great stuff!!

[Dave Grafe]

Ron wrote the song only recently and we have been fooling around with it some; this particular recording captured one of those rare moments when everybody shares with utter sensitivity and care and opens the floodgates of sacred art.

The players: Ron Rogers, guitar and lead vocals; Don Campbell, bass and bg vocals; Jeff Minnick, drums; yours truly, pedal steel, feeling mighty lucky to be given so much leash on such a purty tune and trying my darnedednest to play in tune and not muff it up....

[Brian McGaughey]

Good vibe, cool tune and playing, Dave. Sounds like you feel lucky for your musical opportunities. I do, too.

[Dave Grafe]

Don and I have been trying for years to find a project to work on together, Jeff and I go back too far to remember. Besides being another solid brother to work with Ron writes and performs a diverse mix of intelligent swampy, bluesy, country songs, all with room for the steel and/or dobro to stretch out on - what's not to like about that?

More of these tunes are already up on the band's demo site:

http://www.pdxaudio.com/ronrogers

It's big fun for all and we are experiencing a high level of synergy on a regular basis, so yeah Brian, I'm singing the Johhny Appleseed song a bunch these days....

[Jim Robbins]

I really liked that - song, playing, all the room you got on steel. Looking forward to the final mix.

[Bryan Daste]

Love it!

[Michael Winter]

Hey man, I'm listenin' to some of those tracks you got online... Sweet licks! Under the Wheels is freakin' AWESOME!