For this record, the band decided to take songs - 3 songs each - from each of their regular bands and redo them Lost Dogs style.
Roe brought The 77s songs "It's So Sad" (from 1983's Ping Pong Over the Abyss) and "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes and the Pride of Life" (from 1984's The 77s) and his own solo track "Sunshine Down" (from 2001's Say Your Prayers).
Daugherty brought along the Choir songs, "Like A Cloud" (from 1994's Speckled Bird) and "To Cover You" (from 1987's Wide Eyed Wonder), plus the modern hymn "Beautiful Scandalous Night."
Taylor brought the Daniel Amos songs "If You Want To" (from 1991's Kalhoun), "Grace Is The Smell of Rain" (from 1993's MotorCycle) and, the first song D.A. ever recorded, "'Aint Gonna Fight It."
The trio then added one new track to the end of the record, "I'm Setting You Free (But I'm Not Letting You Go)."
Instead of simply recreating the original performances, each song was given a facelift with different singers taking over the lead vocals. For example, Roe & Daugherty would tackle the D.A songs, and Taylor and Daugherty would sing the 77s tracks. The song that perhaps received the most noticeable rearrangement was the 77's "It's So Sad," which was turned into a rockabilly tune.
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Originally recorded by the 77s on their 1982 album, "Ping Pong Over the Abyss."
lyrics
(Mark Proctor)
Morning after morning
Day after day
Life goes on
In the same old way
No variation
Or so it seems
Sometimes we realize
Our nightmares
Not our dreams
Oh, It's sad
Woah-oh, It's so sad
When someone says they
Found The Answer
You tell him you're
Not really doing
That bad
They're trying to buy heaven
Right here on earth
The cost will always end up
More than it's worth
You ponder living
You wonder why
No matter what you do
You're still going to die
Chorus
Guilt is in your conscience
Pain in your soul
Feel's like you're falling
Down a deep dark hole
You drink that whiskey
You smoke that pot
Twenty more years
What in hell have you got
Chorus
When Jesus says that He's the answer
You tell him you're
Not really doing
That bad
Fantastic album/CD with great instrumentation and vocals. Also an inspiration listening to the lyrics. Excellent recording quality as well.
I give this my 5 Coconuts!
Ron Ajemian
Highly spiritual stuff! I’ve had the digital purchase a long time; my sister passed on to glory this week, and on this album, especially soothing to my loss is “He’s A Mighty Good Leader.” It does her justice, as does Mike’s Elvis overtones, my sister was a big Elvis fan. I don’t think anybody sounds closer or incorporates Elvis better than Mike Roe. This album deserves a CD reissue, super hard to find which is why I purchased the files a long time ago. maine77s