Pinup Girl

This must be my third or fourth take on this song, now with an actual band. It’s certainly well-developed at this point.

I joined Stumptown Coffee as the first employee in 1999, and soon started playing music with RC Gartrell. At some point it was decided to record an album in the first location after hours, and we formed a band to contribute a track. We chose the name Bootyproof, because it was funny. 🤔 This was…

The bass line here was so awkward that when I asked RC to play it, he thought I was crazy. “Bill Berry felt the same way about that song on Green,” I told him, to which he responded “Bill Berry ended up not playing that drum part.” Touché. I think the working title was “The…

I feel like we got about halfway through building this track, and both RC and I had added a bunch before it got left behind.