"No, We Were Not Ready" : 2008
This is the album of the remakes am currently doing in honor of late best friend
You Can Talk (2:24) (remake) music by B.G.Matthews - Lyrics by Ray Lee
.Lyrics.
Special Moments (2:47) (remake) music by B.G.Matthews - Lyrics by Ray Lee
.Lyrics.
Sha (3:07) (remake) music by B.G.Matthews - Lyrics by Ray Lee
.Lyrics.
Don't You Care (2:40) (remake) music by B.G.Matthews and Randy Brown - Lyrics Ray Lee
.Lyrics.
Saw You Today (2:51) (remake) music by B.G.Matthews and Randy Brown - Lyrics by Ray Lee
.Lyrics.
Our Love Is Gone (2:47) (remake) music by B.G.Matthews - Lyrics B.G.Matthews and Ray Lee
.Lyrics.
* Recorded at Guest House Studios; Phoenix Arizona
Ray Lee, author of lyrics he wrote in 1984/1985 to tunes we recorded on the 1987
album Ok. Well Are We Ready? which contains about a dozen or so but probably
will not do
them all. Moon Queen was already remade on the 2006 The BG8 Project
and was almost totally re-vamped except for the basic structure and the Lyrics.
The rest of them am remaking am trying to stay true as possible to the music and
vocal inflections Ray sang and recorded. Someday will remix and post originals.
This collection so titled because no, we family and friends were not ready for the
damn pancreatic cancer to take his life so quickly and at such a young age. pffffttt!
(... added a guitar, 4 synth riffs instead of 1, synth "Noise Harp" instead of real kalimba solo ...)
(... the original version (1:33) is on Ok. Well Are We Ready? had to add stuff and stretch ...)
(... changed/omitted a few lyrics, original had extra percussion by Jon Stutz, corny synth...)
(... as original, new synth, new passing tones at (1:25) (2:20) original drums by Alberto Reyes...)
(... all vocals verbatim per original (difficult), new synth horns, left out guitar solo over verse...)
(... changed key from Am to Dm - mostly same as original except new synth and drums...)
(... just sang it in corn-pone satire way, added the "C major9th" not used in typical country ...)