In the next couple of weeks (June 22nd), I'm going to put out a new collection of songs entitled "Gathered 'Round the Greasefire EP." I would be glad to have you take a listen and pre-order it at www.micahdalton.com. Now Some fast facts:
1. My friend, Paul Reeves, (who can effectively dunk a basketball) turned knobs and added his production and mixing expertise to it in Athens, GA.
2. Long time collaborator, James Gregory, played bass, piano, tambourine, and, I'm pretty sure, shaker on it. He references Bach sonatas when making set lists, dances hard to a proper break, and has notable shaker technique. He continues to amaze me.
3. John Neff from the Drive-by Truckers played pedal steel on it. If you don't know what that is, it looks like a time machine from the netherworld and sounds like Jesus' happy tears. At least it does when John plays it.
4. Kim Taylor lent her pipes to the project: http://www.kim-taylor.net/. She sings so well, but she really wants to be a scientist. Which, obviously, makes you wonder how long it will take for her to claim her due as the missing member of the Justice League. I'm very thankful that she let me use her skills on this project.
5. As for me, I'm mostly glad I finally got to rip a fake sitar solo on the first track. If I can convince Paul, I'll put out a disc of "fake sitar solo outtakes" as a B Side project. Fingers crossed.
6. I'm hand-making, stamping, and numbering these EPs DIY style. So, there will only be 500 available FOREVER. FOREVER. FOREVER. But, it will be available digitally on itunes on June 22. Brian Manley of funwithrobots.com did the art direction. At the top, I've posted some pictures of how I skipped the packaging middle man on these so that they're made real special just for you.
Thanks to all reading for your continued support and friendship.
Much love-
Micah
