"Dead Pet Names" : 2002
All instrumentals first invented on the little Roca Parlor guitar.
Yes, are real names of pets who are in animal heaven.
No, did not write these songs specifically for a particular animal.
Titles were mostly afterthoughts and/or trying a little bit to
"match" personality of the pet with the style of the song somewhat.
Lots of guitars, pianos and synths all over the place.
Chiquita (2:07) Light Pop-Rock
(... too many guitars, even remixed some out...)
Jet (2:39) Contemporary Jazz-Pop
(... lead guitar the Hohner nylon...)
Velva (2:32) Medium Jazz-Pop-Rock
(...)
Bandit (2:03) Jazz-Pop Fusion
(... favorite on album, jumps between 5/4 and 6/8...)
Santana (2:37) Medium Rock
(... recently found the original intro to this song ...)
Sunny (2:14) Light Pop
(... real harmonica, fake bongos ...)
Lily (2:39) Medium Pop
(... fake tambourine, too much reverbs and delays ...)
Waldo (2:22) Contemporary Jazz-Pop
(...)
Pepe (2:37) Slow Easy Listening
(... twin 12-strings, 4/4 some 6/4 before the 6/8 bridge with one 1/8 ...)
Pepper (2:03) Contemporary Jazz-Pop
(... that noise was supposed to be a chicken without sounding like a chicken ...)
Blackie (2:13) Medium Jazz-Rock
(... almost confusing guitar part in there ...)
Dingo (3:07) Western Jazz-Rock
(... rhythm guitars tuned special, zesty drums ...)
Dingo2 (4:05) Easy-listening Jazz-Pop
(... found this softer version from old backup discs, was recorded a week earlier and never had a mixdown ...)
Zippy (2:41) Contemporary Pop-Rock
(... a zippy tune ...)
Sparky (2:10) Western Easy Listening
(... almost a sad song ...)
Mhota (2:47) Western Pop-Rock
(... starts and stops ...)
Bizz (2:32) Hard-Rock
(... song so did not match rest of the record, originally omitted ...)
[ Chiquita ] little mix-thing from Humane society in Orlando, she was 17.
[ Jet ] was the son of Lily and Pepe.
[ Velva ] Mhota's chow chow sister, the meaner (but smarter) one.
[ Bandit ] Some big, ole hound thing we had adopted.
[ Santana ] lived to be a very, very old cat, almost 20.
[ Sunny ] chinese button quail he liked to lay out in the sun see.
[ Lily ] was Pepe's wife and Jet's mommy.
[ Waldo ] terrier mix also rescued from the Orlando shelter.
[ Pepe ] killed Jet when he got about 6 months old, jealousy.
[ Pepper ] seabright bantam found one day with head missing.
[ Blackie ] trying to pose with him as if he's driving the old car .

[ Dingo ] chihuahua who lost all his teeth poor thing. He was 14.
[ Zippy ] austrailian zebra finch, the son of Sugar and Star.
[ Sparky ] canadian gosling hatched in the incubator. Chiquita killed him.

[ Mhota ] Velva's sister (red and cream) the nice (but dumb) one.

[ Bizz ] when he was just a little baby.
* Recorded at Broadway Studios: Mesa, Arizona
** Remastered at BeatChunks: Indianapolis, Indiana