Recordings from recent and long ago.
Jay Yarbrough
I And I
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Recording of Bob Dylan's "I And I" from his Infidels album. Recorded in my home studio, Largo, Florida, 2009.
I've always loved this song and when I decided to record some songs by my hero's, this was a logical choice.
Vocals, arrangement, all instruments and engineering by Jay Yarbrough.
Youngstown
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My version of Bruce Springsteen's song "Youngstown" from the Ghost of Tom Joad album. Strings, keyboards, backing vocals and sound effects done using my Roland GR-20 guitar synthesizer.
Recorded in my home studio, Largo, Florida, 2009.
Vocals, arrangement, all instruments and engineering by Jay Yarbrough.
Social Disease
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This is a quick cover I did of Elton John's song "Social Disease" from his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. It's rough but it's honest.
Recorded in my home studio, Largo, Florida, 2009.
Vocals, arrangement, all instruments and engineering by Jay Yarbrough.
Bring Her Home From Seaside
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There once was a girl I met online who was very intriguing. We spoke almost every night. She lived in Seaside, Oregon and I lived in Hollywood, California. This song was born from that inspiration. It was written one weekend and recorded the following weekend. I never met her and one day she just disappeared, never to communicate again.
Recorded in my home studio, N. Hollywood, California, 2002.
Vocals, arrangement, all instruments and engineering by Jay Yarbrough.
Curse of The Bad Luck Lady
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This was a test recording to see how my home studio would sound.The song was written while living in Boston back in 1997.
Recorded in N. Hollywood, California, 2003.
Vocals, arrangement, all instruments and engineering by Jay Yarbrough.
Chimney Burn Poker
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In May of 1995, the World Championship of Poker was held at the infamous Chimney Burn Athletic Club situated along the fly fishing holy waters of the Au Sable River in northern Michigan.
Created from using samples from a home video I shot on one of my families father & son fishing trips.
Background music "Sweet Thing" by Mick Jagger and ??.
Recorded and engineered in 1995-1996 by Jay Yarbrough.
The Ballad of Mr Black
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Hanging out with my friend Brett Robinson one night (and getting over served), I pushed him into jamming and recording a song ~ on the fly. This recording was done in one take and was 100% impromptu. There was no practice (I bet you can tell!). Yeah, it's rough but I think it has magic.
Brett Robinson - vocals and lyrics
Jay Yarbrough - guitars and over-dubbed instruments
Recorded in my home studio, N. Hollywood, California, 2004. Engineering by Jay Yarbrough.
Time
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Back in 1984 I borrowed my brothers Sony reel-to-reel tape recorder that had the most amazing built in tape delay ~ like the Roland Space Echo. I bought the tape you see to the left and started recording. What I came up with is "Time".
Recorded in 1984 by Jay Yarbrough.
The Mind
These are four songs from "First Pouring of The Mind".
The Mind:
Jay Yarbrough - Lead vocals and guitars
Daryl Ropp - Bass and vocals
Kevin Mrak - Drums
Recorded in 1992 at the Tempermill recording studio, Detroit, MI.
Engineered by Geoff Michael
Believe In It
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I wrote this song back in 1984 but it was never properly played or recorded until Daryl and Kevin came along. Daryl added the harmony in the chorus which gave it fresh life.
Track 1 of "First Pouring of The Mind".
Music and lyrics by Jay Yarbrough
Greed Crime
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This song was originally created with only Kevin and I jamming. Later we introduced it to Daryl who then wrote his bass lines. The lyrics were written within about a month but weren't easy. Writing the verse, "It's only the trees..." was a religious experience for me.
Track 2 of "First Pouring of The Mind".
Music and lyrics by Jay Yarbrough
Integrity
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Daryl had written this bass line and when I heard him play it, I jumped all over it. It had such a great groove. Daryl and I originally had a drummer who played this song with more of a straight ahead rock rhythm. I enjoyed the way we used to play it but it wasn't until Kevin joined the band that it came to life. I love how raw this recording is.
Track 3 of "First Pouring of The Mind".
Music by The Mind
Lyrics by Jay Yarbrough
Mirrored View of You
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This song has a long history. Back in about 1985 Mike, Gavin and I were jamming and Mike started playing this bass line. Both Gavin and I loved it and added our parts. There are a bunch of old recordings of this song with us playing it. When The Mind was put together I wanted to see how it would work and of course Daryl and Kevin gave it their own feel and it came out very powerful and aggressive. The lyrics took about 10 years to finalize. Klas Lonnemo was also featured on the earlier recordings adding his fat rhythm guitar.
Track 4 of "First Pouring of The Mind".
Music by Mike Hartkopf, Jay Yarbrough, Gavin Wilson, Daryl Ropp, Kevin Mrak
Lyrics by Jay Yarbrough
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