Album Notes

Almost as soon as the cloudy day that was Throttle Body m/c's "Tears In Rain" (2002) had blown through, sorrow and introspection were replaced by hope and happiness in that great arch of life. And they came from an unexpected place - Toronto, Canada.

Jerry spent a lot of time at Sea Tac Airport's Gate N1 and in the cabin of Air Canada's Airbus 319s flying back and forth from Seattle to Toronto as love and a new life developed. New experiences, new faces, new music all entered his life and left him inspired to create again. This was to be the most ambitious Throttle Body session to date.

Home in Seattle was now the beautiful Graham Street residence of Rod Moody and Tina Anderson, who were living in Rhode Island at the time and had asked Jerry to house sit, which turned into renting after finances turned around. With few possessions, Jerry moved in, set up a ProTools 32-track studio and went to work.

Recorded over the course of almost a year, each song on the session was built pretty much one at a time, with Jerry playing almost every instrument, save lead guitars (best left to the experts). Occasionally the songs would be in such a state that Jerry would spend one session picking up, say acoustic guitars on three of four songs, or piano tracks, etc., but in general, they were built in a more intuitive, head-to-toe fashion.

Typically, the drums were left until last, as they required hours of set up (and practice) to get the sounds and the parts just right.

Andy Hogarth joined the Club for the new sessions and proved to be both a joy to work with and a solid session man. Andy had played in Rod Moody's The Fuzz and Jerry liked his rock and roll ethic. His classic chops fit in well as he added solos to "So Sure" and mandolin-like flourishes to "Too Far From The Shore" (unreleased).

Also joining the Club was the amazing Aaron Taylor, who contributed rythmn and lead guitar work many tracks. Jerry met Aaron at a Slobberbone show at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood when Aaron's band, the Radio Nationals opened the show. Jerry went on to engineer Aaron's own band, Survey Cez' for their 2006 CD, "Down".

The Air Canada sessions were mixed over the course of three months towards the end of 2004 and start of 2005. Some of the larger recordings took days to get just right.