This album was recorded as an acoustic duet record, all performed by myself. I tried to keep it very raw and unpolished, without too much studio trickery. Most all of the record was recorded onto two tracks. On one track in front of one old tube microphone, I sang while playing rhythm on a Santa Cruz 1929 OO guitar. On a second track I played melody on a 1931 Gibson L30 archtop guitar. I started recording this while touring, in motels and peoples living rooms all across the country, and I finished it at a friends studio space in an old shipyard on Seattle's working waterfront. Music!
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