Guitar Town by The Solomons

LG07

These are raw, one-take recordings. They were recorded over a 2 day period sometime in Victoria, B.C. in mid-to-late July 2007 @ our friend Michelle's house on an 8-track recorded we borrowed from Michelle's friend (whose name I can't remember. I'm sorry. Whoever you are, thank you). We were grateful then and we are grateful now.

15 years later as I upload these songs to Bandcamp in Jan 2022, I can still remember the following things:

The album title was Phil's idea. Guitar Town.

Phil wrote every once of these songs except track 5 and we collaborated on the first song.

I think we might have written SOME of "One by One" together but the song was 99.9% Phil's. I just remember him writing it on the spot and I joined in. The very best version was the first time we played it. I wish I had that recording.

ANYWAY The Solomons were:

Phil Cotman - Guitar, Vocals
Danny Lindsay - Guitar, Vocals, Piano
Conrad Penner - Percussion (he drummed on guitar cases), Lead Guitar (on One by One), Backup Vocals

- Danny

I met Phil outside the Cambie in June of '07. He played me "Pancho & Lefty," I played him "Blonde & Blue" & we became inseparable. He let me crash with him 4 weeks @ his place on Hastings. We busked every day & wrote songs together. Conrad would come by @ night to hang out & play too. In July we took a ferry to Victoria to make this recording in 2 days on a borrowed 8-track @ a friend's house. -D