FRIDAY 29th JANUARY 2005

Recording: 'Strawberry fields forever (take 1)' (SI on take 1)
Recording: 'Penny Lane'
Recording: 'Yes it is'
Recording: 'Only a Northern Song'
Recording: 'Honey pie'
Recording: 'Savoy truffle'
One-eyed Jack - afternoon - P: Dude.

Yeah ! I finally got my chops together and did a whole package of covers for YSn. I did all those on acoustic guitars, and these are only live takes. (I sang while I played). I will add some background vocals on most of those songs, and probably some good guitars on 'Savoy truffle'.

MONDAY 25th JANUARY 2005

Dude's Power Trio rehearsal 33
Recording: 'Acropolis now'

Recording: 'Instant street'
Recording: 'You can't get what you want (till you know...)'
Recording: 'Ankle bracelet'
Recording: 'Afraid'
Recording: 'Acropolis now'
Recording: 'Under my thumb'
Recording: 'Interlude: More of that jazz'
Recording: 'SMBH'
Recording: 'Maybe I'm amazed'
Recording: 'Paranoid android'
Recording: 'The cross'
Recording: 'Cracked actor'
Recording: 'Red'

France 3 basement - 20:15-22:15 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Stef, Boz.

A short rehearsal but a very tight one. We did Acropolis, Instant, You can't get what you want, Afraid, Ankle, SMBH, Maybe, Cracked, The cross (!) and Thumb.

TUESDAY 18th JANUARY 2005

Recording: 'Love you to' (SI on take 1)
One-eyed Jack - evening - P: Dude.

Val was at the choir rehearsal, so I managed to do the electric solos into 'Love you to'.

SUNDAY 16th JANUARY 2005

Home recording + Dude's Power Trio rehearsal 32
Recording:
'Army of me (acoustic)'
One-eyed Jack - morning and afternoon - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Julian, Doreen.
Recording: 'Chunga's revenge'
Recording: 'Instant street'
Recording: 'Afraid'
Recording: 'Acropolis now'
Recording: 'You can't get what you want (till you know...)'
Recording: 'Paranoid android'
Recording: 'Birthday/Yer blues'
Recording: 'Under my thumb'
Recording: 'Buddha of suburbia'
France 3 basement - 20:00 - 23:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Stef, Boz.

That morning, I started to browse the internet, and I stubbed into an add on the front page of Bjork's website, saying they had this project of a double-cd for charity, which would contain many covers and remixes of 'Army of me'. They were asking for more covers. I immediatly wanted to participate. The thing was that the deadline for that project had been set to JANUARY 17th ! I had to think quick. So I finally decided to do a crazy acoustic guitar and vocal version, hoping that the idea might click. I sent my cover later that day. I think I made a decent job, but my version didn't make it into the final tracklisting of the album. :(

THURSDAY 13th JANUARY 2005

Day Ninety-two for the album
Recording: 'SF' (SI on take 1)

Recording: 'Locked up at home' (SI on take 1)
The Lion's Den - 21:00-11:00 - P: Yann. Present: Dude, Yann.

It was a bit hard, because I had been working all day, and I didn't have time at all to prepare me for that session. But we did a remake of the very last guitar solo for SF, and we also re-did the slide guitar solo in 'Locked up at home'. Apparently, and except for an eventual 'Young and free', it was the very last electric guitar stuff recorded for the album ! Wow !

SUNDAY 9th JANUARY 2005

Home recording + Dude's Power Trio rehearsal 31
Recording:
'Ziggy Stardust' (SI on take 1)'
One-eyed Jack - morning - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Julian, Doreen.
Recording: 'Chunga's revenge'
Recording: 'Under my thumb'
Recording: 'You know my name look up my birthday'
Recording: 'Yer blues'
Recording: 'Buddha of suburbia'
Recording: 'Afraid'
Recording: 'Maybe I'm amazed'
Recording: 'Paranoid android'
Horse Motel, Room D - 14:30 - 18:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Stef, Boz.

Adding all the vocals for that cover of Bowie's classic, the background music being the one we recorded with Yann for the Fakers' album (the 'Steffy Hairdust' version).
Then in the afternoon, it was back to work for the Dp3 band. We started with Chunga, and then did 'Under my thumb', 'Any major dude', 'Birthday/Yer blues', 'Buddha of suburbia', 'Afraid', and then we dig up an old favorite of mine: 'Paranoid android', which came out curiously good (apart from my out of tune guitar). So I put it back in the setlist. Some of this stuff has been recorded on Minidisc. At one point we did a lounge version of 'Bithday', melted with 'You know my name' vocals, and we also did a bit of crazy Mayhem with 'Keep it greasy'.