Lost Enclave from Chameleon by Robert Lindsay Nathan

The title to this song came from a little music venue that I cosponsored in south Austin right after the return of the millennium. The site of the production was an old construction yard that I dubbed "The Enclave". It was kind of hidden from the rest of Austin, and many of the old buildings were occupied by artists that plied their trades. I understand that today they call it "The Tetanus Farm", as a tribute to all the old rusting construction artifacts that are there.

The music was written on the piano, and at the time of the writing, I was thinking of Gato Barbieri's cover of Calos Santana's "Europa". I really wanted to write a song that would tun a good saxophonist loose.

At first my producer (Mark Hallman) was against the idea. Some people just don't like saxophone I guess. But a few weeks after we laid down the pilot tracks, Mark contacts me and says he found a good sax player.

It was a bit of an understatement, Joe Morales pretty much nailed it on the first take. And it's not an easy track , having several key modulations.

Thanks Joe, for surpassing my hopes and expectations on this.

Robert Lindsay (Bama) Nathan was born in New Orleans on September 24, 1952. He was raised in Muscle Shoals Alabama and formally educated in Texas (Gig 'em Aggies). He has been writing songs since the early 1970's and has circled the globe playing them.

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