One, One and then Four (lyrics)
This song tells the story of two brothers from Kentucky
who read a “How To” book and become country music stars.
Gambler (lyrics)
Stu wrote Gambler just before the beginning of time. It was
originally titled Yesterday Destruction Crew, but people
kept requesting Gambler and we want to give the people
what they want!
Doctor (lyrics)
Mike wrote this song as a freshman in high school for a class project.
Every Day (lyrics)
This tune, along with Cool Alien began the genre we call
“Hillbilly Reggae.”
Cool Alien (lyrics)
The song is one of Mike’s most popular tunes. It was written in
1989 with a Peavy Patriot bass guitar and a digital delay pedal.
Ignore This Track
A technical glitch caused an unusable track number 6
on one of the demos for Fat Mix. Mike labeled the
bad track Ignore This Track. Since we used that
demo for the final track order we had to put something
there ;o)
Bluebirds and Pickles (lyrics)
Once upon a time, we took ourselves quite seriously and
attempted to write a song about how much we like teachers
and how they don’t get the respect and rewards they deserve.
After a long, frustrating, uninspired time Mike said, “All the
words should be bluebirds and pickles.” Being a paragon of
reason, Stu responded: “That’s silly. No one wants to listen
to a song that’s only bluebirds and pickles! It should be
bluebirds and pickles and stuff!”
Homegrown (lyrics)
A song about traditional values. (That’s our story, and
we’re sticking with it!)
Hold On (lyrics)
During an earlier time in our musical career, the lyrics were
re-written to pitch Dodge trucks. Being about trucks, that
version never flew. (Maybe it should have been Cessna.)
Fat Mix (lyrics)
This killer Kentucky Jam shows Mike’s wizardry as a loop god!
We played and sang the parts, but never in the order you hear
them on the CD. It began life as an entry in a music contest.
We liked the end product so much, it’s the title track!
Deciduous Person (lyrics)
Stu wrote Deciduous Person while on the Psychiatric ward
of a Naval hospital for evaluation. There’s no word on the
outcome of the evaluation, but Stu swears the song was inspired
by the Navy psychiatrist sitting on his desk and playing banjo on
their first meeting.
I’m So Wild About You (lyrics)
Written by Stu for his friend Rachel. She asked how he wrote
songs and this was his demonstration.
iGYM (lyrics)
The name iGYM comes from the first letter of the first word
in each verse: I, Girl, You, Man. It was written at the end of
a long and grueling session in a storage room Mike and Stu
once used as a studio.
Bygone Days (lyrics)
The recording on Fat Mix is the first time Stu sang this song
all the way through. It also has the distinction of being the only
song written expressly for Fat Mix.