Early Days of Rock N’ Roll (Farrell Jackson © 01-27-24)

(V1) We had some wild times at The Stage Door
We partied hardy, then partied some more.
All the bands made lots of noise
To crazy girls and the wild boys.
Browsing all the music shops
Trying to learn some brand new chops.

(Pre Chr) Early days of rock n roll
Life was good, life was gold, what a time to behold.

(V2) Strappin' on a cool guitar. Just the look would take you far.
Fun people and real fans. They came out to support the bands.
Loud guitars for all the rockers
Mini skirts and the Bobby Soxsers. 
A great time to be alive. It's a wonder that we survived.

(Pre Chr) Early days of rock n roll.
Life was good, life was gold, what a time to behold.

(Chr) Step into the way back machine 
With black boots, side burns and blue jeans
Not a single worry or worldly care
As long as you had your long wavy hair....

(Solo break)

(V3) We had some wild times at The Stage Door. 
We partied hardy, then partied some more
All the bands made lots of noise. To crazy girls and the wild boys.
Browsing all the music shops. Trying to learn some brand new chops.
(Chr) (Repeat Brdg 2xs)

I've been working on this song off and on for about a month. Rob Grant graciously added the bass and a fine job he did! I did the rest. This is my first outing with the new Gretsch Semi hollow body guitar into a Crate V-5 tube amp (growl rhythm and riffs). The lead guitar work is on my Ernie Ball OLP guitar into a SansAmp pedal direct (choppy rhythm, fills and solo). I used a Neumann TLM 103 mic for all the vocal tracks. The drums are off a Zoom machine. All 15 tracks recorded on my Fostex VF-160 machine.

Credits:
Rob Grant - bass.
Farrell Jackson - Vocals and guitars.