Roadkill/ Buttseak 6: "Style" b/w "Never 'til the Next Time"

Well, happy 4th to you all!  We've no Independence Day-related material to post, and none pertaining to Canada Day, or Bastille Day for that matter.  But hopefully these posts are summer-y enough to get you through.  Each clocks in at the industry standard 3 minutes flat, so they won't make a dent in your leisure time (or workday), plus each was intended to have enough laid-back '70s L.A. vibe to roll with your midsummer day.  (I should note that by "L.A.", I mean Los Angeles, CA rather than Lewiston-Auburn, ME, our neighbors up the Androscoggin River.  The Lewistonian vibe is altogether different...)   As with the rest of "RKBS-6" these feature me and Mike E.

The A-side, "Style", sneaked up on me during one of my periodic Black Crowes revivals, and I admit that with head held high.   After the usual crash-course in the song's structure (no rocket science involved),  Roady needed no real direction as to where to turn, on account of his extensive database of AM radio hits.  As usual, we were good to go with the 2nd or 3rd take.  Cue the Wurlitzer and the harmonies and the hot winds and the Canyon and all that. 

The B-side, "Never 'til the Next Time", was put together in the same spirit.  Yeah, admittedly it's kind of a throwaway song, but that's what the good lord created B-sides for, isn't it?   It's another in a long line of "let's keep making the same old mistakes over again" songs and, as with"Style, we were shooting for the So Cal feel.  Cue the soft focus golden light and the lyrical reference to the Wrecking Crew,  And if you're not familiar with the 1960's A-team of L.A. studio hands (most famously Hal Blaine on drums, Carol Kaye or Joe Osborn on bass, Larry Knechtel or Leon Russel on keys, and many, many more unsung heroes) who have, unbeknownst to you, probably brought joy into your heart and a skip into your step nearly every day of your dang life... well, that's definitely a story for another day....

As to our ramshackle project, link, stream or download:

Style:
https://www.box.com/s/a8a326416350cefc64d2



Never 'til the Next Time:
https://www.box.com/s/8b415d1fce93b500559f