{"id":102,"date":"2004-10-12T07:36:51","date_gmt":"2004-10-12T07:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2004\/10\/12\/from-out-of-the-whispering-past-mac-davis\/"},"modified":"2004-10-12T07:36:51","modified_gmt":"2004-10-12T07:36:51","slug":"from-out-of-the-whispering-past-mac-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2004\/10\/12\/from-out-of-the-whispering-past-mac-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"From out of the whispering past: Mac Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in high school I was lucky enough to have two excellent friends who were also great musicians — Heroic Imp and SKP. They’d jam, and I’d make up some words — insta-tunes, written and recorded in one night. And that right there was my introduction to the idear that writing and recording music is good for the brain.
\nPost-high school, sometime around 1987, Imp and I were at his Jersey City pad, most likely suffering an MSG hangover. He took out the 4-track, guitar, bass, and drum machine, and we wrote up a little homage to country-singing-legend-and-sometime-movie-star Mac Davis.
\nWhen we were done, musta been after midnight, we switched on the tube and there was the man — Mac himself — in North Dallas 40<\/i>. Imp recorded a sample on the spot and then went back to his Tascam to work it into the tune.
\nThe result has been on a cassette in various closets for 17 years or so. But this weekend I finally figgered out how to turn cassettes into MP3s — surprisingly easy once the plug is in place. Easy and kinda like magic.
\nThus it is, that all these years later, Mac Davis<\/a><\/b> rides again. Giddyap!
\nPress Play<\/a><\/b> to play.
\nplaytime:<\/i> 2:07
\nfile specs:<\/i> a scant 1.9 MB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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