"August and Everything After was our first major label album, so it was a pretty big deal. Our advance was $3,000 each; I bought a 1971 cherry red VW Karmann Ghia convertible and drove it to LA. I would get up every morning and listen to Pickin' Up the Pieces by Poco, which is like the Beatles doing country music."
"Mr Jones was on a demo we sent to all the record companies, but it was a very difficult song to finish. We didn't have a great handle on it. It's not a slow song, but it's not a straight ahead, fast song either. It gallops along, so you have to get a real feel for it. It's soul music closer to Stax Records than it is to country. Our drummer couldn't hear the song how the rest of us did so T Bone brought in one of his heroes to play it"
"We had a lot of potential, but I didn't like the way we sounded we hadn't learned to be a band yet. We took away all of the synths and guitar effects. Our drummer Steve Bowman couldn't hear the song how the rest of us did and so T Bone brought in one of Steve's heroes, Denny Fongheiser to play on it."
The band's first four records were mostly made in houses in the hills above Los Angeles. August and Everything After was the first major label album; the advance was $3,000 each. Influences included Poco's Pickin' Up the Pieces and a Benny Goodman album. 'Mr Jones' appeared on a demo but was difficult to finish; the song gallops along and leans toward Stax-style soul rather than country. Producer T Bone Burnett removed synths and guitar effects to tighten the band's sound and brought in Denny Fongheiser for drums on the track. Marty Jones' night out with a flamenco troupe inspired the lyric, which the songwriter regards as one of his best.
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