Song #4 written in 1974

October of 1977 and I (with Bill McKay adding backing guitar) had just opened for the group Suncast in Kirksville, Missouri. After the  show was over one of the band members, Jon Phelps, approached me. On the strength of this song "Do You Feel," Jon asked if I'd be interested in making a demo of my music.  His enthusiasm surprised me. I told him, "sure, I'd love to record my songs." Then I wrote off the incident as him just trying to encourage me.

But in December, Jon called and asked me if I was ready to record, that he had booked studio time. I told him I was ready, but after I hung up the phone I was in pure panic. I only had one song that I felt comfortable recording. So over the next week I penned three new songs for the demo and we tracked them at Pinebrook Studio in Alexandria, IN just after Christmas.  Greg, the bass player, Jon, and I played on the tracks. The picture for the video shows us together listening to one of the takes for the demo.

I will be posting the other three songs to this blog in the future.