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(music – The Mistakes; lyrics – Keneally)
This is the improvised middle section of take two of “The Mistakes vs. Dropped D” (the version that ends the album is take four). We didn’t play the head particularly well, but this improv seemed very strong to me. Plus I’ve long wanted to begin an album with a bass solo. The piece is played live, the only overdubs are the MK vocal parts. The brief use of vocals is all that remains of an attempt to add lyrics to the piece – the lyrics were called “Testing." I banished them all from the mix with the minor exceptions of “put the bass etc.” (which was not part of the original lyric, it was a request to Jeff in the control room), the small dog bit, and the cough (which was part of the original lyric). At 4:26 the piece is edited to a Synclavier sequence which Henry programmed at home, overdubbed upon by Prairie (first take – he’d never even heard the sequence before recording his part).

HK – guitar left, Synclavier
MK – guitar right, vocal
PP – drums
AW – bass

lyrics

Put the bass in the middle of my head, please.
Small dog, small dog.
(cough)

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from The Mistakes, released December 19, 1995

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Mike Keneally San Diego, California

Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.

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