Once again, the recordings of these – I say these records because we made a double record, which we’re releasing that other one next year – was just so much fun. He called, and I said, “Dude, we’re about to record, get over here.” So, he played the slide solo for us on that. He plays with Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, played with Don Henley, and he’s a dear friend of ours.
And (guitarist) Peter Stroud was in town. And then we listened to a Wilco record – I can’t remember which one – and just love the guitar tone. And it’s first single “Jammin’ Me.” It kinda came from just loving that song and getting his vibe. (1987 album) Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough), which a lot of people need to go back and listen to. Well, to be honest with you I was listening to Tom Petty. To me, the intro on there – the intros, I should say, to both those songs are pretty similar, I think. Once again, we’ll take that compliment (laughs)! Call me crazy, man, but I think the first single “Right As Rain,” sonically, would make a perfect segue into Zeppelin’s “Misty Mountain Hop.” And this is my first experience with it and it just absolutely sucks. Every loss we’ve ever had has been quick. Dean and I lost our dad, but it was in the blink of an eye. And you almost lose feelings for that human being, that soul, because it’s just exhausting. Oh, god, that is the worst (expletive) disease! There’s no good disease, let me start off with that, but this…just watching the deterioration it becomes exhausting. Well, we haven’t spoken in quite some time, but since (the last time) we have, sadly I lost my dad to Alzheimer’s eventually. Everybody’s gotta find their own way to keep it moving, man. She’s had to deal with her own way of dealing with mourning. She was cool with everything, because to me, writing is my therapy. You know, and I shared these lyrics with my wife. And then selfishly me going, wait a minute I’m trying to keep everything together here myself (laughs), so “who’s watching over me?” Or who’s over me? So, that’s again where, you know, (lyric) “Daddy says he’s feeling great watching local news at eight.” There’s no local news at eight. So, the whole basis is, (lyric) “Sister says she’s feeling sick/gather up a crucifix, something’s going on.” Just watching my wife go through hell, basically. When I was writing this, and at the same time her father has Alzheimer’s. It was a five-year battle that she succumbed to last year. It’s based on my sister-in-law, my wife’s sister, who was not only her sister but her best friend. So, there’s a recurring line that states, “Something’s going on.” Tell me a little bit about this one, “Over Me.” We’ll take that any day!Ībsolutely, yeah. Man, you guys are giving AC/DC a run for their money on this one (laughs)… On “Over Me,” again the guitars are turned up to 11 and the tempo on this one is certainly pedal to the metal. Now’s the time to change that, now’s the time for love.” I just think that in today’s climate right now there’s too much anger. It ends with “now’s the time for pushing” and I put a girl’s voice in there, going, “No! It’s not the time for pushing. I think society’s just been angry at society lately. It begins with that really guitar-heavy (song) “Now’s the Time.” There’s a line in there that says, “Now’s the time for pushing, now’s the time to shove.” What are you pushing and shoving against? So, this conversation is going to focus on the great songs on the new album Blood. I spoke with Robin (Wilson) of the Gin Blossoms recently about the 25 th anniversary tour. Let me begin by letting you know – if you don’t already. We’ve got another great, great record to talk about here.
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