| Making The Best of What's New |
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| Written by Jerry Mihay |
| Monday, 05 January 2009 08:12 |
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The Best of What’s New, the debut CD by The Luckies, was a culmination of many dreams and the emergence of a creative collective that would extend well beyond the band’s players. Initially, songwriter/guitarist Bobbie K Owens was playing a one-off gig with an ad hoc group of friends and caught the attention of the evening’s sound man David Nay. Nay, who happened to own a Roland-equipped recording studio, suggested recording the material written by Bobbie. After a time the decision was made to expand the project to include other musicians. Many players would pass through the door of Paradise Studios www.paradise-studios.com before David Nay would re-connect with longtime friend Mike Fox, a keyboardist/guitarist whose playing days actually began back (you are hearing correctly!) in the 60’s. Mike would then contact guitarist Jerry Mihay. In addition to extensive cover band experience, Mihay had also occupied the producer’s chair to oversee the completion of a CD by a singer/songwriter. These players along with percussionist Dave Clingen, keyboardist Doug Firenze, and bassist Chad DiOrio began making demos of Bobbie’s songs hoping to eventually make a CD. It is also interesting to note that there would also be an aborted attempt to make a music video at this stage. Within a couple of weeks the final piece to the puzzle would appear in the form of drummer “Rakish” Dave Merris, a longtime musical associate of Mihay. Work would begin in earnest the very first night of Merris’s participation yielding three takes of , the last take becoming the first song on the anticipated CD. Thus, The Luckies were off and rolling! To be continued…… Comments (1)
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