November 1, 2024 • 33 mins
Mother Hips' Journey: Past, Present, and California Current
Join Greg Loiacono and Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips in the latest episode of 'Tales from the Green Room' as they discuss their journey, starting from the early days in Marin County to the release of their latest album, California Current. Recorded at The Junction in Mill Valley, CA, this episode covers the band's deep connection with their fan base, the evolution of their music, and the intricate process behind recording their 18th album. Discover how Mother Hips has managed to stay relevant and creatively vibrant for over three decades, with personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories about their music, recording sessions, and touring life. Don't miss the heartfelt insights and the joy of making music that keeps them going strong!
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Dennis (00:01):
Welcome to Tales from the Green Room. Backstage
conversations from popular musicvenues around the country
curated by Mount Tam Media.Listen in as host Dennis
Truzzillo and Mount Tam Mediafounder Tami Larson dig up
conversations with artistsbefore and after shows in the
exclusive confines of the greenroom. Okay. So Tami tried to
(00:35):
beat me so quickly that she didit before the recording light
went on, so we're not even sure.
But if it it was actuallyrecording without the light, I
think it'd be a nice amusingstart to this intro of what is
it, Tam?
tami (00:47):
Mother hips. Love mother hips.
Dennis (00:50):
Mother hips. Let's see. Only about 32 years or so of
playing music together. That'sall.
tami (00:56):
Starting back "with back to the Grotto" in 90
Dennis (00:59):
Yeah. Yeah. 92. I mean, so they're out of Chico
originally, and 2 players thathave been there from the
beginning are Tim Bloom and GregLoicano. They're still best
buddies, and they did attributetheir longevity to being able to
get along and then join eachother.
So Yeah. Yeah.
greg (01:18):
It was
tami (01:18):
it was just it was a great interview. Very spontaneous
because we did it at the, TheJunction in Novale and they're
they're, you know, hats off toMichael Nash and
Dennis (01:29):
Yeah. And Craig McArthur, C. Mac.
tami (01:30):
Yeah. They're really bringing in some good music and
well, in 2025, we've heard alittle bit of their
Dennis (01:35):
lineup too. They got some good stuff coming in and
they set us up in our own littlespecial adjacent green room that
was a see
tami (01:42):
through deal. Yeah.
Dennis (01:43):
It was pretty cool. Yeah. So that was a lot of fun.
And why were we there? We werethere because Mother Hips were
this was their, album releaseparty for California Current,
the name of their newest recordrelease.
And did you like it?
tami (01:56):
Oh, absolutely. I mean, the crowd I mean, I I really
loved that that entire set. Itwas I guess they did 2 sets that
Dennis (02:04):
night too. They did 2 sets. Yeah.
tami (02:06):
But I I mean, the crowd was going crazy. It was really
cool. It was just it's soenergetic.
Dennis (02:11):
The place holds 550 people and they had 600 in
there. Yeah. So that'll give yousomething. And, they are, I
think they might have concludedtheir initial tour to promote
this record, but I can tell youthis much. They are back in the
Bay Area at the Great AmericanMusic Hall December 20th to
22nd, 3 nights.
I asked them if that wasambitious and they said, not
(02:32):
really. They've been able tosell that place out over the
years.
tami (02:35):
Yeah. They know what they're doing. I mean, speaking
of that, they they handle a lotof their own producing,
engineering, and and mixing. Andso it was interesting because
they said that sometimes theyforget, you know, what the
changes that they make duringproduction and have to remember
those when they when they'resinging live. He goes into that
a little bit.
Dennis (02:53):
Yeah. There's a whole Instagram post on that. We
actually cover it, in theinterview, and I found that
interesting. And I think, theyenjoyed some of the, you know,
some of the delving in that wedid. And let's not forget to
mention a drummer, Jon Hoefer,who we did not get a chance to
visit with, but he was awesome,and our good friend, friend of
the show, Brian Rashup, on bass.
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And Brian was actually helpfulin making sure this all
happened, and we didn't talk tohim because we've already spoken
with him. But those two guystogether, they were laughing and
smiling and they were a littletense, not intense is probably
not the word, but they werefocused before the show which is
why we end up doing itafterwards, which was great
because this was an importantevening for them. Yeah. So,
(03:36):
let's let's start off with theyone thing they talk about is how
they select a single for albumsand that they selected, we want
what we want. So we're gonnabefore the interview rolls,
we're gonna play a little bit ofthat.
And then what are we gonna endwith, Tammy?
tami (03:50):
I think Transit Wind because that was, the favorite
song that I heard.
Dennis (03:54):
Yeah. And, that comes up too. Alright. Hey, enjoy the
mother hips.
tami (03:58):
Enjoy.
Dennis (04:49):
Perfect. Greg Lacono. Tim Bloom. Welcome back to Tales
from New York.
tim bluhm (04:54):
Nice to be here. Yeah.
Dennis (04:55):
Well, that first time is mother hips. Weird. Yeah.
Weirdly enough because Gregcame, with a stingray. Yep.
Yes. Yeah. At the Terrapin, andUh-huh. We interviewed you.
Where was that?
Sound summit? We broke down inBaker. Ago. Yeah. Yeah.
So, but this is where it allbegan right
greg (05:12):
here. This. Right here
Dennis (05:13):
for you guys. Yeah. And speaking of that, here you are,
Marin County native. Right? Yes.
Doing this show tonight. Howcool is that?
greg (05:21):
It's very cool. Yeah. Love playing hometown shows for sure.
Dennis (05:24):
Beautiful. So let's talk about the crowd a little bit. I
mean, just the love out there,but just the fan base in general
Yeah. For the hips. Wonderful.
Speak to that for a sec. Well,we're
tim bluhm (05:34):
just fortunate to have so many people that like
our music because it's wewouldn't be able to do it
without them. Yeah.
Dennis (05:41):
And for so long.
tim bluhm (05:43):
Yeah. And for so long. Yeah. So we've been super
fortunate that, people havestuck around, and people go
through different phases oftheir lives. And we're all doing
it together sort of like most ofour fans are about our age,
obviously.
Right. Yeah. So everyone has,like, these phases, and you'll
see certain people kind ofdisappear for a couple years.
Dennis (06:02):
Yep. They'll come back.
tim bluhm (06:03):
Young kids or something like that. And then
they come back and then theirkids come back.
greg (06:07):
There's quite a few, kids, teenage kids, and even kids in
their twenties that that arefans now that grew up listening
to music, and they come to theshows. And they'd have shirts,
and they're singing the words,and they talk to us after the
show, and we talk to them. It'swonderful. That makes Boy.
tami (06:23):
No. I'm just gonna say my daughter's 18 and several of her
friends' parents were heretonight. And they used to
listen, I guess, in SantaBarbara.
Speaker 5 (06:31):
One of them
tami (06:32):
was saying Santa Barbara.
tim bluhm (06:33):
Was it Sunziana. Her dad is they live in Santa
Barbara.
tami (06:37):
Oh, is that right? Yeah.
Dennis (06:38):
So there were more than one was more than one person
from Santa Barbara. Yeah. Butthe Santa Barbara stays here
tonight. Yeah. Well, okay.
So this is this was the, can Isay the official record release
show for Yeah?
greg (06:50):
Yeah. Even though the record comes out on Friday.
Yeah. I mean, it's Wednesday forpeople who are listening, it's
not Of
Dennis (06:56):
course. It's later on. It's late.
greg (06:58):
Yeah. And, so we have the the vinyl got here a little
early. So it'll be available onFriday all over, you know,
Dennis (07:05):
all streaming stuff. By the time this comes out, it will
be out. But, we're gonna talkabout, Friday, September 27th.
Right? That's the officialThat's right.
Official release. And I did somea California Current in case we
didn't say that. Right.California Current is the name
of the the record. I think I Imentioned to, Tim beforehand.
I said, I we did a littlehomework. This is album number
(07:28):
18. Yeah.
tim bluhm (07:29):
Is
Dennis (07:29):
that about right? I mean, it's it's live in studios.
tim bluhm (07:33):
Yes and no. Yeah. They're probably altogether, you
know, we probably had, likebecause we had a couple, like,
40 fives, you know, so
greg (07:41):
we Yeah.
Dennis (07:41):
I remember those.
greg (07:42):
And a live there's a live album and a couple of
compilations. So I think maybestudio record, this is, like,
13, something like that.
tami (07:50):
Well, Reed Nafis had a comment too. Right? He came up
and was just like, it's beenamazing. They just keep going.
They just keep
greg (07:56):
going. He's amazing.
Dennis (07:58):
Reed is amazing. And sat with us for a while.
greg (08:00):
I saw him out there.
tim bluhm (08:00):
He was just here.
Dennis (08:01):
Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. A couple of things he said was,
one, he said, who's doing thesound
greg (08:05):
tonight? Michael Wilson?
tami (08:06):
That's right.
Dennis (08:07):
Oh, yeah. Shout out. Yeah. At that point, he said I'm
gonna go say hello to him. He'sa master.
Was amazing. He's he's the soundis fantastic. The best. Yeah. I
mean, so alright.
15, 18 I mean, a a a shit ton ofalbums.
greg (08:19):
Hello? Yeah. Yeah.
Dennis (08:21):
Since 1992. Back to the Grotto? Yeah.
greg (08:24):
Back to the Grotto came out in 1992. In 19.90 2. In 1989
in 1989. In 1989
tim bluhm (08:30):
Yep.
greg (08:31):
And and started playing music together, and then the
band formed sometime in 91. Andthen put a record out. First,
never had been in the studio.
tim bluhm (08:40):
Yeah. I saw a a photograph of someone's cassette
collection, and and I know thisisn't proof, but one of the
tape, it was handwritten thatsaid mother hips, like,
September 70, like, 1990. Youpush it back a
greg (08:57):
year. What?
tim bluhm (08:58):
It's it's it's a little foggy. Greg is definitely
the the, historian amongst the 2of us, but I saw that and
greg (09:05):
I thought, I don't feel enough to tell
Dennis (09:06):
you anymore. With
tim bluhm (09:07):
the wrong date.
Dennis (09:08):
I'm just kidding. And so What? How what's the secret to
the longevity?
greg (09:14):
That's a great question.
Dennis (09:16):
Emmy, you may not know the answer.
tami (09:19):
Yeah. Well,
greg (09:20):
that's me. We like each other a lot. Yeah. They'll so
that's probably the main thing.
tim bluhm (09:24):
Yeah. That is yeah. That's that's the main thing is
that we enjoy playing together.
greg (09:28):
And we like we still like writing music and seeing what we
can create and come up with
tami (09:33):
Yeah.
greg (09:33):
Together and make it sound like our own. That's that's
always been a big part, really.I was just talking with, Michael
Nash and about he was listeningand, he was talking about the in
intricacies when we were talkingabout practicing and and this
these songs have all theselittle custom parts. And if you
don't know them, it's it itwrecks the whole song. And and
(09:55):
that's that's always been a,trademark, I guess you could say
for our music.
We like to customize even evensimple songs will have some
weird little thing that youcan't just naturally Right. You
know, do.
tami (10:10):
And you have you have that all of you have that kind of a
hand in the engineering andproducing
tim bluhm (10:14):
Yeah. Is
tami (10:15):
what we have.
greg (10:15):
Right? Yeah.
tami (10:16):
Yeah. You wanna talk about that elaborate on that one?
Dennis (10:18):
Do you prefer that? I mean, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
tim bluhm (10:21):
For sure. That's just something that we developed
those skills, along with theperforming and songwriting
skills. And, it was always thegoal, but there was a lot of
years where we weren't goodenough to get the results we
wanted to get, but now we are.
Dennis (10:39):
After 32 years, you learn who it's hard. It takes a
it's hard when we've been Yeah.And talk about hard. I mean, and
I mentioned this briefly toGreg, before the show. There was
an Instagram post that came outon your Instagram site, the
mother hip site, that talkedabout, it being kinda hard or
it's not easy.
(11:00):
And and I'm gonna read itbecause I I it really struck me.
Okay. And and for a few reasons.You said I don't know who wrote
this, actually, but it was Ithink I did. You write it.
And it was a great picture ofGreg.
tim bluhm (11:11):
He he
Dennis (11:12):
he actually just a cool picture anyway, but then he's
he's got a mic in one hand andhis iPhone and the Yeah. Pretty
good story.
tim bluhm (11:18):
What is it playing?
tami (11:19):
What is
Dennis (11:19):
it going
greg (11:20):
from the speaker of the iPhone up to the microphone so
the whole band can hear thetracks, and we can relearn these
songs. Okay.
tami (11:26):
Was that the Jackie Green cut when he needed
Dennis (11:28):
to come out? Jackie I'll say what Jackie Green said about
it. Yes. That was it. But thepost said, we're learning to
play the songs from our newrecord, California Current.
During the recording process,parts get added as we go. And
then at this point, we have toremember how we did them and
figure out how to represent themall in a live setting. It's
(11:48):
often not easy. I mean people.Okay.
So, yeah, Jackie Green said Ilove his comment, how the
sausage gets made. That's right.Right? And it's perfect.
tami (11:59):
So Jackie.
Dennis (12:00):
It was it was so perfect. That's right. He had
the emoji where he's shrugginghis shoulders out. He knows
tim bluhm (12:05):
he knows all about that.
Dennis (12:06):
He knows all about it. And so but but speak to that
because first of all, I thinkit's a super cool, if not
vulnerable thing to tell yourfans, tell the public, this
shit's not easy. Yeah. You know?And a lot of times, you know, to
to Jackie's point, oh, that'show the sausage we don't tell
them how hard it is.
You know? But but it is
tim bluhm (12:25):
tell them what's actually in the sausage. Yeah.
Well, there's
greg (12:28):
that. That's
tami (12:28):
right. The rice. Exactly.
Dennis (12:30):
So but but but speak to that post that, capture. What is
elaborate on that.
tim bluhm (12:34):
We were sitting there and and I was weird. I was
sitting in in the chair
greg (12:40):
in my living room where we
tim bluhm (12:41):
practice and, I was using that, like, portrait mode.
So like, the background isblurry. It looked
Dennis (12:48):
really nice. It did.
tim bluhm (12:49):
And I was waiting for Greg to put the the thoughts. I
was like,
Dennis (12:51):
fucking falling
tim bluhm (12:52):
down trying to get a picture here. So I was like,
sitting there writing. And thenas soon as people notice that
you had at least in our band, assoon as people notice that like
this.
Dennis (13:02):
Yeah. Yeah. Everyone starts acting weird. Right.
Right.
Yeah.
tim bluhm (13:06):
And and so, like, I was just like, they're gonna
start acting weird. Yeah. Andthen I he finally did put it
down, and I took quite a fewpictures.
greg (13:15):
And they were terrible.
tim bluhm (13:16):
I woke up the next morning. No. No. They were good.
It's like, I was looking at allof them the next morning laying
in bed, and I I wasn't gonna usethat one because you I don't
like pictures that have phonesin them.
You know, that's Right. Right.Yeah. Because everyone's always
holding a phone. I know it's,like, put your phone down.
greg (13:31):
Let's take a picture. Right.
tim bluhm (13:32):
But then I realized that that was actually the most,
like, sort of telling Yeah.Photo. And so once I decided I
was gonna use it, I just wantedto explain what what the
undergrad was doing.
Dennis (13:44):
Yeah. And that's not easy. Right? I mean, because
especially when you're recordingthe different tracks. Right?
You perfect it separately.
tim bluhm (13:51):
That's what happens is the is what happens is you go
into any we all play live in thestudio, 2 guitars, this like a a
scratch vocal. Like, whoever'sgonna be singing this main part
of the song is singing it, butusually doesn't get kept because
there's drums Yeah. And themicrophone is something like
that.
Dennis (14:06):
Really for
greg (14:07):
cues and stuff. You know?
tim bluhm (14:08):
Right. Scratch vocal. Right. And then we take we do
that in a recording studiosomewhere, and then we take it
all back to my house, and thenwe just, like, cook it.
Basically, we replace stuff thatdidn't didn't sound right or was
we wanted to change.
And then we start adding littleguitar parts and all this, but
you're not doing it all at thesame time. Right. So when you go
(14:29):
back in on, like, those days,like, that we had in the last 2
days, and you have to executeit, oftentimes, the the
counterpoint, the rhythmiccounterpoint is really
challenging. You have to playsome figure on the guitar while
you're singing, and they'redifferent Right. Any different
beats.
tami (14:46):
And it
Dennis (14:46):
can be incredibly
tim bluhm (14:48):
Yeah. Difficult to do. It just you just have to I
just have to step on one littlesection. Right. Yeah.
Five seconds of music, you gottasit there after everyone leaves
and
tami (14:59):
Yeah. Right.
tim bluhm (15:00):
Singing and play this stupid little part. Yeah. And,
Dennis (15:04):
it's not easy.
tami (15:05):
It's not easy.
Dennis (15:06):
It's not easy for for for me. I think it's cool that
you sort of throw that outthere. And that's a little bit
how I think music is these days.At least the relationship with
the the the fans and the theartists themselves is a little
closer probably because ofsocial media.
tim bluhm (15:21):
Yeah. What people expect, to be inside like,
that's what social media is sogood at is Yeah. What's what's
greg (15:29):
how the sausage being real time.
tami (15:31):
How the sausage being so so the later days, the
rerelease?
Dennis (15:34):
Uh-huh.
tami (15:35):
Right? I think it was, country rock and drug free, and
I'm just wondering if you wannaspeak to both of those sort of
genres. Can you elaborate onthat a little bit? Was there a
special reason why yourereleased?
greg (15:48):
Well, in, in, I guess, 2021, all of our records from
the past were rereleased onvinyl. They'd like, later days
had never been on vinyl, all theway from Back to the Grotto
through, Green Hills of Earth,and even the ones, like, that
were on vinyl, like Kiss theCrystal Flake, which came out in
(16:09):
2007. We we had been out ofthose, and those got repressed.
tim bluhm (16:14):
Got it.
greg (16:14):
Blue Rose did a full repressing or first presses of
vinyl for all of those records.
Dennis (16:20):
Yeah. Blue Rose. Okay. So that was your 30 year
greg (16:24):
anniversary. So
tim bluhm (16:25):
That was a huge project.
greg (16:26):
10 records came out on vinyl that year.
Dennis (16:29):
And then streaming too, were they not streaming before?
greg (16:32):
The ones that we did for American recordings were not.
But, again, Blue Rose found away to get them up on streaming
platforms, and then they alsofound a way to get a license to
make vinyl, a small run of vinylof, those Part Time Goes Full,
which was our 2nd album, andShoot Out, which is our 3rd
album. And so those were thereare only so many were made. I
(16:54):
think 500, and those went prettyfast. No.
But yeah. So those those 2albums are still up on
streaming, but we can't really
tim bluhm (17:02):
do any more
greg (17:03):
vinyl of those.
Dennis (17:04):
No. Yeah.
greg (17:04):
And Later Days was one one of those albums that got, that
had its first vinyl, appearance.
tami (17:11):
Okay. Yeah. Thank you.
Dennis (17:12):
Was that the article you were you read about? Yeah. Yeah.
There was an article about thatwhen it was rereleased, talking
about how you're going countryRight. And drug free.
tami (17:21):
Right. Right?
Dennis (17:22):
And, yeah. And we
greg (17:23):
had we got a Jon Hofer join the band then. Got a new
drummer. Drummer who's who's nowYep. Who's been in the band for
27 years.
Dennis (17:31):
Right. He's the guy.
greg (17:32):
He's the second new guy.
tim bluhm (17:34):
Yeah. He's not the new guy anymore.
greg (17:35):
Yeah. And that was that was an interesting record to to
make. It was a wonderful recordto make, actually. Very
different, very, a big turningpoint for us for sure.
tim bluhm (17:46):
We made our first record for very little money.
greg (17:49):
We made
tim bluhm (17:49):
it on our own, you know, in Sacramento, and then we
got signed to a major label andhad, like, pretty sizable
recording budgets for, parttimer is full and shootout at
really nice studios, and, youknow, that was pretty nice.
Dennis (18:05):
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And,
tim bluhm (18:07):
and then we got the label dropped us, and, you know,
that would have been the timewhen we would have just packed
it in.
Dennis (18:15):
Yeah. Right. And
tim bluhm (18:16):
for some reason, we just didn't do it. And we made
later days at a at a friend's,parents' house in Beverly Hills
in a full house.
Dennis (18:25):
Full house. Yeah. Really? Yeah. And
tim bluhm (18:26):
he was a good engineer.
greg (18:28):
Jason Hiller. Jason Hiller
tim bluhm (18:30):
was is his name, and, he just did it as a favor to us.
You know? He didn't charge usany money.
greg (18:36):
Yep. And we were just in that little pool house cranking
out later
Dennis (18:39):
plays that day. The advent of Mother Hips records,
or was that You know? No.Because that's Grotto.
tim bluhm (18:44):
Yeah. That was our first record. Yeah. Before we
got signed, we Okay.
Dennis (18:48):
Yeah.
tami (18:48):
Yeah. So
greg (18:48):
we put that one out on our own, and then American we did a
remix on most of the songs onthat album, and they released
it. The Americans the Americanversion,
tim bluhm (18:59):
they'd wanted to make it sound a little different, so
they hired Malcolm Byrne to comein and remix it. Yep. And,
greg (19:07):
and that one's rare. And I I don't I don't even have a copy
of of that of, like, theAmerican recordings
Dennis (19:13):
mix. 32 years. I mean, how about the business the music
business, how it's changed since
tim bluhm (19:19):
he made
Dennis (19:19):
that first record? Oh, no. I mean, Napster was was I
know. 99,
Speaker 5 (19:24):
I think.
Dennis (19:25):
I would
greg (19:25):
I mean, back to the grotto, I I mean, we did make
CDs of it, but it was mostlybecause we had cassettes. Yeah.
Yeah. Mix
Dennis (19:33):
tapes. Yeah. Yeah. So
greg (19:35):
it's changed a lot for sure.
Dennis (19:37):
Yeah. For sure. So, yeah, the label thing intrigues
me because, we've who are wetalking to the other day? The
California Honey Drops.
tami (19:44):
Oh, you mean the the the iPod?
Dennis (19:46):
Well, we were talking about that too, but just about
they do their own production.They, own label. You know? Mhmm.
Yeah.
They prefer it that way. And, Iknow you guys had the mother
hips records and now blue, BlueRose.
greg (19:59):
Blue Rose. Yeah. And Blue Rose was each of your individual
records. Is that a Blue Rose onthe Blue Rose? Everything.
The hips. Everything. And thenTim Solastaff and My Solastaff.
Dennis (20:09):
And Jason Crosby. Oh, Jason Crosby. Elliot Jack. Was
on there for a year.
greg (20:13):
Okay. Collins Brothers were there.
tim bluhm (20:15):
Brothers were on there
Dennis (20:15):
for a while. Tell me, what's that, like, doing that
versus your own? I mean, whatare the
greg (20:22):
It's been great. Yeah. You know, it's been super inspiring
and, you know, have having theopportunity. I mean, this is the
3rd record in close to 3 years,a little over 3 years, like, 1 a
year. For us, it was more like,you know, we'd be on the road
touring, and we'd go in for 3days somewhere and and get some
song, you know, basic tracksdone, and then tour some more,
(20:43):
make some more money, go backin.
It would take a long time for usto make records. And and
tim bluhm (20:48):
Yeah. Du Blue Rose just Yeah. Joe Paleto, who's the
the founder of the Yeah.
greg (20:53):
What is his name? Joe Paleto. Paleto. Paleto. Yes.
tim bluhm (20:55):
He's just Yes. Very smart guy. He's great great
ears, and, he just he has, like,a vision that, like, you guys
need to record more and recordall the time even if you don't
release all this stuff. He justhe wants us to record a bunch of
stuff, and we're
greg (21:12):
happy to
tim bluhm (21:12):
have it. You know? So he's you know, he really made it
possible for us to just spend alot more
greg (21:20):
time in in recording studios. Yep. Writing,
recording, you
tim bluhm (21:24):
know, because once you book studio time, it's like,
we have to Yeah. Kick it intogear. We have to have material
to record when we show up thefirst morning. So it motivates
us to to
tami (21:36):
Yeah. So
tim bluhm (21:36):
creative, which is really great.
tami (21:38):
So it's exciting. So the tour, let's talk about that a
little bit. Upcoming tour.
greg (21:42):
Okay. Yeah. Yeah. We, next week will be in Salt Lake City
and Denver. And, so we just goout there for the 2 shows.
And then and down into toSouthern California K. We'll be
in San Luis Obispo and Venturaand Solana Beach
Dennis (22:00):
at put the deli up.
tami (22:02):
Yep. And
greg (22:02):
then the next weekend, we'll come back go back to
Chico. Oh, yeah. 2 nights thereat the in the in the big room.
tami (22:08):
At the brewery. Nice.
greg (22:09):
And, and then in Auburn after that. And then we go down
to the Guild Theatre in MenloPark. Awesome. And so that's
kind of the bulk of of whatwe're doing in October. And
then, of course, we play SantaCruz in November, and then, of
course, we do our, the musichall Very American.
tami (22:27):
Yeah. 3 night 3 shows?
greg (22:28):
3 yeah. That's 2 2 nights and 1 acoustic matinee.
tami (22:32):
Oh, nice.
greg (22:33):
Yeah. I look at that. I in this day
Dennis (22:35):
and age, even with all of your successes, that seems
ambitious. 3 days at the, at theGreat American Music Hall sold
out, everyone. Yeah. Every time.The 2 nights are, and the the
matinee is
greg (22:45):
a little more mellow. Lots of young kids are there, and Oh.
We tell stories and, you know,sometimes there's a Santa Claus
that comes up on stage
Speaker 5 (22:53):
or something
tim bluhm (22:53):
like that. You know? It's fun.
Dennis (22:55):
It's What's not him?
greg (22:56):
That was just a Sunday.
tim bluhm (22:58):
No. I am not Santa Claus.
tami (22:59):
I'm not for Santa.
greg (23:00):
That was added in I don't know. It's getting close to
maybe 10 years of doing that, 8years of matinee. Yeah. Doing
that matinee. It used to be the2 nights.
Sometimes we do 3 full nights,you know, but, yeah, that
matinee is really a nice niceaddition. It's the exhaust of
rehearsal, and then we usuallydo some sort of customized show.
Either we play one of ourrecords from head to head to
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tail or or, what do we do lastshow? The, the ultimate set list
shows that we do, we'll havefans send in their dream set
list, and then we pick 1 and weplay it. We learn.
tami (23:34):
Oh, very
Speaker 5 (23:35):
cool. And
greg (23:35):
then usually it's deep deep cuts or Yeah. You know, all
sorts of stuff that we have noidea. Sucks.
Dennis (23:40):
It's always fun. Ambitious from that standpoint.
Right? Yeah. Again, more work.
This is not all fun and games.Yeah. But let's That's
tim bluhm (23:46):
pretty fun, though. Yeah. It is pretty
Dennis (23:47):
Let's face it. Let's let's talk more about the record
so we can get that out there.People get excited about it and
go to these venues that therewere these the towns that you
talked about. Yeah. So,California Current, is there a
was there any particularinspiration behind it besides,
Blue Rose saying just keeprecording?
tim bluhm (24:08):
I mean, we let we just we have song. You know, we
like to write music, and we liketo we really like to record. We
like to spend time in the, youknow, recording studio. So
there's no Yeah. Yeah.
Dennis (24:20):
Just the next one. It's just what
tim bluhm (24:22):
we do. Yeah. We're gonna start the next one pretty
soon too.
Dennis (24:24):
Yeah. Really? Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome.
Reid said let's see.
greg (24:27):
We just did an album, last year. Let's do another one.
tami (24:30):
He said it's every 2 months.
Dennis (24:31):
Yeah. I said. Yeah. Yeah.
tim bluhm (24:32):
Yeah. It's just really enjoyable. We really like
doing it. And
Dennis (24:35):
And, well, while we're on Reid, Clean Me Up. Is that
the name of the song? Clean MeUp?
tami (24:40):
That's his favorite song.
Dennis (24:41):
It's just for the record. That's his favorite
song.
tami (24:43):
Wow. Yeah.
Dennis (24:44):
So it's Case boy. Case Jammer News. Songs.
tami (24:46):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Something new.
Dennis (24:48):
So the alright. So okay. It's just your next or how about
the title of the song,California Current? Give me
something on that. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
I I
tim bluhm (24:56):
mean, this is our first interview, I was like, I
don't know if it's our
Dennis (25:00):
story yet.
tami (25:02):
This is, like,
Dennis (25:03):
a great episode. Workshop is right here.
tim bluhm (25:05):
Yeah. Let's see. What does it mean to you?
Dennis (25:07):
Yeah. Yeah.
greg (25:08):
That's right
Dennis (25:08):
Every song means something different to everybody
That's right
tim bluhm (25:11):
Every The the reason we like that title is because
it's sort of, I mean, kind oflike the name of our band too
It's sort of it's a thing, andthen the California Current is
actually a hydrological, thing.
Dennis (25:26):
It's a thing. I was gonna say it's a thing. Right?
tim bluhm (25:29):
It's a current.
Dennis (25:29):
Is that like air flow down from the No.
tim bluhm (25:33):
No. I mean, yeah, it's that's where I got the idea
was I was just looking at a mapor a chart or something, and it
was California current, like,I've everyone's heard of it.
Like,
Dennis (25:45):
full curve.
tami (25:45):
Yeah. Right. Exactly.
tim bluhm (25:46):
Like, there's a lot of different ones, and there's,
like, the there's eddies. If yougo down to Southern California,
the California current, like,gets to, like, after, point
conception, it does, like, thespace. Right. Right. Goes
around.
Yeah. But, like, the Catalinaeddie that kind of flows the
other way, And I I like lookingat stuff like that and knowing
(26:08):
about it. But it just the itcould mean a couple different
things. Yeah. Currently, towardsthe actual ocean current or is
it, like, an electrical current?
Dennis (26:19):
I mean, all of that to the example and more things
tami (26:21):
than that. Right. Well, I did that. Something you like to
look at, and that's where youcame up with it. I think
tim bluhm (26:25):
that's right. It was literal, but I re I recognize
that it has
Dennis (26:29):
Yeah. It has options.
tami (26:30):
Meaning to it.
Dennis (26:31):
Well, we could edit this if you come up with something
else. Yeah. You know? But if yougave the answer start. It was
and I mean That's the truth.
That's the truth. Alright. Afterthat, we can elaborate. That's
what
tami (26:41):
that's what's been the saucer.
Dennis (26:42):
That's right. Right. More the saucer. Alright. Well,
take it a step further, thesingle.
Right? The single on the album,we want what we want. You played
it tonight. Yep. I love thetitle, first of all.
tim bluhm (26:53):
Thanks.
Dennis (26:54):
Why choose that song? Is there any I mean, there's that
you have to go through a thingto decide what's the single from
the record, and how does itthese days, how does a single
even differ?
greg (27:04):
No clue.
Dennis (27:05):
Yeah. I I guess
tim bluhm (27:06):
I mean, this is a song that's accessible, like,
that we a song that we thinkwould be the most sort of the
easiest way in for people,
Dennis (27:17):
I
tim bluhm (27:17):
guess, but we don't always guess that right. You
don't really know until
Dennis (27:21):
Because I just we talked about 40 fives earlier. Now,
that those were singles. Right?So now you just pick a song off
the record off Spotify or evenoff the vinyl, and that's that's
the you know, that doesn't seemlike there's singles anymore,
but there must be some
tim bluhm (27:36):
I don't really know.
Dennis (27:37):
Me either. Okay. Good. So we had a big one,
greg (27:39):
and that one seemed like it represent was a good
representation of what we cando. I know. It's got
tim bluhm (27:45):
the riffs. It's got a lot of harmonies. Yeah.
greg (27:48):
It's got
tim bluhm (27:48):
a nice melodic bridge that Greg plays a beautiful solo
on. The words are, kind of don'tmean anything again. They're
sort of like they could theycould meet that you It'll it'll
mean a little somethingdifferent to every person. It
doesn't really say I don't Idon't really like songs that,
like, announce what they'reabout. Like, this song is about
(28:10):
Right.
Yeah. Whatever. I don't I don'tI mean, I like to listen to
those songs if they're welldone. I'm I'm not I have nothing
against them, but that's notthat's not that's not the way I
Okay.
tami (28:21):
I have I have a question. I was going crazy. 4th song from
the end. I need your set list soI can
Dennis (28:27):
4th song from the end. Going on. I
greg (28:29):
don't know.
Dennis (28:30):
I don't know.
tami (28:30):
I don't know. I'm like, you don't you don't remember
what song is set
greg (28:32):
for? The
tami (28:34):
4th song? 4th song
greg (28:35):
from the
Dennis (28:35):
end. Not including the long hours.
tami (28:37):
Just jammed at the it was like, thought yeah. I was
tim bluhm (28:52):
talking to you. Transit wind. Was it really
long? It kind of, like, goesthrough a whole journey?
Dennis (28:57):
Yes. Okay.
tim bluhm (28:58):
That was transit wind. That's a really
tami (29:00):
old phone. Makes yeah. Okay. There you go. I see.
There you go.
Dennis (29:02):
Now you pulled a new fan in.
tami (29:04):
Oh, man. I'm like, okay. That's it. That's just yeah. I
was It's
greg (29:08):
a record release party.
Dennis (29:10):
The old song brings them brings
tim bluhm (29:11):
the new
Dennis (29:11):
people anyway. Know. Okay. And then okay. So the
vinyl.
We have the vinyl record inhere. Why I mean, maybe you
don't know this,
tami (29:19):
but this out, by the way.
Dennis (29:20):
Why is that, important to have your record on vinyl
these days? I mean, I think it'sbecause I have a lot my reasons
why I'd want my record on vinyl.
tim bluhm (29:29):
But, again, it's different for different people,
but vinyl is very in vogue rightnow. Mhmm. People like it. I
think a lot of people buy itjust because it looks nice, and
they probably might not evenactually play the record, but
it's big. And so you can see itreally nicely without a
Dennis (29:47):
glass song.
tim bluhm (29:49):
Yeah. And it's something you can look at while
greg (29:52):
you're listening to it and read the liner notes and look at
the art. And it's a whole it's apart of the whole art project.
tim bluhm (29:59):
When you're eating a bowl of cereal, you can look at
it. You read the the back
greg (30:04):
of the box.
Dennis (30:04):
Absolutely. It's the
tim bluhm (30:05):
same thing.
tami (30:05):
Can I remember those days?
Dennis (30:07):
Man, did I ever read that box and turn it around? The
prizes, some games, somepuzzles. Yeah.
tim bluhm (30:13):
Yeah. It's the same thing.
tami (30:13):
Now you're taking me to Cracker Jacks
tim bluhm (30:15):
too.
Dennis (30:16):
About vinyl anyway. Probably because it's in vogue.
One of the reasons why it's invogue, people are starting to
realize the whole procedure oflistening to the record. Right?
Mhmm.
You have
tim bluhm (30:26):
to changes the way you consume it. Yeah. Sure.
Dennis (30:28):
It does. You have to get up. You have to put the needle
in. Right?
greg (30:31):
You listen to an album, not just taking a song Totally.
Going to another band
Dennis (30:35):
after. Yeah. And then when it's over, you're talking
to somebody, you're kindalistening in the background, and
then the steps oops. We gotta go
tim bluhm (30:41):
over there. Yeah. We're gonna
Dennis (30:42):
Yeah.
tim bluhm (30:42):
Flip. And you can't put it in shuffle.
tami (30:45):
Yeah. That's true too.
Dennis (30:46):
So, we answer our own questions.
tami (30:48):
Yeah. That's the
Dennis (30:49):
way you do it. You're doing great. What am I doing?
Ask me. Ask me anything.
It's a US fault.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
I don't think
tim bluhm (30:54):
I'm here.
tami (30:55):
To the
greg (30:55):
US. US.
Dennis (30:56):
But, well, listen, guys.
tami (30:58):
Well, thanks for doing this.
Dennis (30:59):
I'm tired.
tim bluhm (31:00):
Yeah. Taking
tami (31:01):
an ass up there. This is, like, enough.
Dennis (31:02):
We really appreciate you sitting down with us. And
greg (31:04):
Of course.
Dennis (31:05):
We love to sort of archive these moments
tim bluhm (31:09):
Mhmm.
Dennis (31:09):
Like tonight, right after you got off stage. Mhmm.
We don't even have a story yetfor the reason for your album.
tami (31:15):
The fact that
tim bluhm (31:16):
the reminder. That that Yeah.
Dennis (31:18):
That raw. But, admired you for years and, really happy
to have you on again. So, let'sdo a pleasure.
tim bluhm (31:24):
Yeah. Thank you so much.
Dennis (31:26):
See you. Thanks, guys. And keep the vibe going until
the next record, which will bein about 2 minutes.
greg (31:30):
Yeah. That's right. Right. And I'll get working.
tami (31:33):
Alright, guys. Cheers, guys. Yeah.
Dennis (31:34):
Take care. The tour. Alright.
tim bluhm (31:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (31:42):
Mama, I don't think I can come home with you because I
saw a girl who looks like myfriend. Mercy. Have mercy on
Speaker 6 (32:01):
she tonight because she's standing in a transit
Speaker 5 (32:10):
wind. I finally got the nerve up to climb into your
pickup truck off the white dashline on the black wind speed
road. After my departure. Well,it felt too cold for March or
(32:30):
May, and the wind would notleave me alone. Oh, no.
And the wind would not leave mealone.
Dennis (32:55):
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conversations from popular musicvenues around the country
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Truzzillo and Mount Tam Mediafounder Tami Larson dig up
conversations with artistsbefore and after shows in the
exclusive confines of the greenroom. Okay. So Tami tried to
(00:35):
beat me so quickly that she didit before the recording light
went on, so we're not even sure.
But if it it was actuallyrecording without the light, I
think it'd be a nice amusingstart to this intro of what is
it, Tam?
tami (00:47):
Mother hips. Love mother hips.
Dennis (00:50):
Mother hips. Let's see. Only about 32 years or so of
playing music together. That'sall.
tami (00:56):
Starting back "with back to the Grotto" in 90
Dennis (00:59):
Yeah. Yeah. 92. I mean, so they're out of Chico
originally, and 2 players thathave been there from the
beginning are Tim Bloom and GregLoicano. They're still best
buddies, and they did attributetheir longevity to being able to
get along and then join eachother.
So Yeah. Yeah.
greg (01:18):
It was
tami (01:18):
it was just it was a great interview. Very spontaneous
because we did it at the, TheJunction in Novale and they're
they're, you know, hats off toMichael Nash and
Dennis (01:29):
Yeah. And Craig McArthur, C. Mac.
tami (01:30):
Yeah. They're really bringing in some good music and
well, in 2025, we've heard alittle bit of their
Dennis (01:35):
lineup too. They got some good stuff coming in and
they set us up in our own littlespecial adjacent green room that
was a see
tami (01:42):
through deal. Yeah.
Dennis (01:43):
It was pretty cool. Yeah. So that was a lot of fun.
And why were we there? We werethere because Mother Hips were
this was their, album releaseparty for California Current,
the name of their newest recordrelease.
And did you like it?
tami (01:56):
Oh, absolutely. I mean, the crowd I mean, I I really
loved that that entire set. Itwas I guess they did 2 sets that
Dennis (02:04):
night too. They did 2 sets. Yeah.
tami (02:06):
But I I mean, the crowd was going crazy. It was really
cool. It was just it's soenergetic.
Dennis (02:11):
The place holds 550 people and they had 600 in
there. Yeah. So that'll give yousomething. And, they are, I
think they might have concludedtheir initial tour to promote
this record, but I can tell youthis much. They are back in the
Bay Area at the Great AmericanMusic Hall December 20th to
22nd, 3 nights.
I asked them if that wasambitious and they said, not
(02:32):
really. They've been able tosell that place out over the
years.
tami (02:35):
Yeah. They know what they're doing. I mean, speaking
of that, they they handle a lotof their own producing,
engineering, and and mixing. Andso it was interesting because
they said that sometimes theyforget, you know, what the
changes that they make duringproduction and have to remember
those when they when they'resinging live. He goes into that
a little bit.
Dennis (02:53):
Yeah. There's a whole Instagram post on that. We
actually cover it, in theinterview, and I found that
interesting. And I think, theyenjoyed some of the, you know,
some of the delving in that wedid. And let's not forget to
mention a drummer, Jon Hoefer,who we did not get a chance to
visit with, but he was awesome,and our good friend, friend of
the show, Brian Rashup, on bass.
(03:15):
And Brian was actually helpfulin making sure this all
happened, and we didn't talk tohim because we've already spoken
with him. But those two guystogether, they were laughing and
smiling and they were a littletense, not intense is probably
not the word, but they werefocused before the show which is
why we end up doing itafterwards, which was great
because this was an importantevening for them. Yeah. So,
(03:36):
let's let's start off with theyone thing they talk about is how
they select a single for albumsand that they selected, we want
what we want. So we're gonnabefore the interview rolls,
we're gonna play a little bit ofthat.
And then what are we gonna endwith, Tammy?
tami (03:50):
I think Transit Wind because that was, the favorite
song that I heard.
Dennis (03:54):
Yeah. And, that comes up too. Alright. Hey, enjoy the
mother hips.
tami (03:58):
Enjoy.
Dennis (04:49):
Perfect. Greg Lacono. Tim Bloom. Welcome back to Tales
from New York.
tim bluhm (04:54):
Nice to be here. Yeah.
Dennis (04:55):
Well, that first time is mother hips. Weird. Yeah.
Weirdly enough because Gregcame, with a stingray. Yep.
Yes. Yeah. At the Terrapin, andUh-huh. We interviewed you.
Where was that?
Sound summit? We broke down inBaker. Ago. Yeah. Yeah.
So, but this is where it allbegan right
greg (05:12):
here. This. Right here
Dennis (05:13):
for you guys. Yeah. And speaking of that, here you are,
Marin County native. Right? Yes.
Doing this show tonight. Howcool is that?
greg (05:21):
It's very cool. Yeah. Love playing hometown shows for sure.
Dennis (05:24):
Beautiful. So let's talk about the crowd a little bit. I
mean, just the love out there,but just the fan base in general
Yeah. For the hips. Wonderful.
Speak to that for a sec. Well,we're
tim bluhm (05:34):
just fortunate to have so many people that like
our music because it's wewouldn't be able to do it
without them. Yeah.
Dennis (05:41):
And for so long.
tim bluhm (05:43):
Yeah. And for so long. Yeah. So we've been super
fortunate that, people havestuck around, and people go
through different phases oftheir lives. And we're all doing
it together sort of like most ofour fans are about our age,
obviously.
Right. Yeah. So everyone has,like, these phases, and you'll
see certain people kind ofdisappear for a couple years.
Dennis (06:02):
Yep. They'll come back.
tim bluhm (06:03):
Young kids or something like that. And then
they come back and then theirkids come back.
greg (06:07):
There's quite a few, kids, teenage kids, and even kids in
their twenties that that arefans now that grew up listening
to music, and they come to theshows. And they'd have shirts,
and they're singing the words,and they talk to us after the
show, and we talk to them. It'swonderful. That makes Boy.
tami (06:23):
No. I'm just gonna say my daughter's 18 and several of her
friends' parents were heretonight. And they used to
listen, I guess, in SantaBarbara.
Speaker 5 (06:31):
One of them
tami (06:32):
was saying Santa Barbara.
tim bluhm (06:33):
Was it Sunziana. Her dad is they live in Santa
Barbara.
tami (06:37):
Oh, is that right? Yeah.
Dennis (06:38):
So there were more than one was more than one person
from Santa Barbara. Yeah. Butthe Santa Barbara stays here
tonight. Yeah. Well, okay.
So this is this was the, can Isay the official record release
show for Yeah?
greg (06:50):
Yeah. Even though the record comes out on Friday.
Yeah. I mean, it's Wednesday forpeople who are listening, it's
not Of
Dennis (06:56):
course. It's later on. It's late.
greg (06:58):
Yeah. And, so we have the the vinyl got here a little
early. So it'll be available onFriday all over, you know,
Dennis (07:05):
all streaming stuff. By the time this comes out, it will
be out. But, we're gonna talkabout, Friday, September 27th.
Right? That's the officialThat's right.
Official release. And I did somea California Current in case we
didn't say that. Right.California Current is the name
of the the record. I think I Imentioned to, Tim beforehand.
I said, I we did a littlehomework. This is album number
(07:28):
18. Yeah.
tim bluhm (07:29):
Is
Dennis (07:29):
that about right? I mean, it's it's live in studios.
tim bluhm (07:33):
Yes and no. Yeah. They're probably altogether, you
know, we probably had, likebecause we had a couple, like,
40 fives, you know, so
greg (07:41):
we Yeah.
Dennis (07:41):
I remember those.
greg (07:42):
And a live there's a live album and a couple of
compilations. So I think maybestudio record, this is, like,
13, something like that.
tami (07:50):
Well, Reed Nafis had a comment too. Right? He came up
and was just like, it's beenamazing. They just keep going.
They just keep
greg (07:56):
going. He's amazing.
Dennis (07:58):
Reed is amazing. And sat with us for a while.
greg (08:00):
I saw him out there.
tim bluhm (08:00):
He was just here.
Dennis (08:01):
Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. A couple of things he said was,
one, he said, who's doing thesound
greg (08:05):
tonight? Michael Wilson?
tami (08:06):
That's right.
Dennis (08:07):
Oh, yeah. Shout out. Yeah. At that point, he said I'm
gonna go say hello to him. He'sa master.
Was amazing. He's he's the soundis fantastic. The best. Yeah. I
mean, so alright.
15, 18 I mean, a a a shit ton ofalbums.
greg (08:19):
Hello? Yeah. Yeah.
Dennis (08:21):
Since 1992. Back to the Grotto? Yeah.
greg (08:24):
Back to the Grotto came out in 1992. In 19.90 2. In 1989
in 1989. In 1989
tim bluhm (08:30):
Yep.
greg (08:31):
And and started playing music together, and then the
band formed sometime in 91. Andthen put a record out. First,
never had been in the studio.
tim bluhm (08:40):
Yeah. I saw a a photograph of someone's cassette
collection, and and I know thisisn't proof, but one of the
tape, it was handwritten thatsaid mother hips, like,
September 70, like, 1990. Youpush it back a
greg (08:57):
year. What?
tim bluhm (08:58):
It's it's it's a little foggy. Greg is definitely
the the, historian amongst the 2of us, but I saw that and
greg (09:05):
I thought, I don't feel enough to tell
Dennis (09:06):
you anymore. With
tim bluhm (09:07):
the wrong date.
Dennis (09:08):
I'm just kidding. And so What? How what's the secret to
the longevity?
greg (09:14):
That's a great question.
Dennis (09:16):
Emmy, you may not know the answer.
tami (09:19):
Yeah. Well,
greg (09:20):
that's me. We like each other a lot. Yeah. They'll so
that's probably the main thing.
tim bluhm (09:24):
Yeah. That is yeah. That's that's the main thing is
that we enjoy playing together.
greg (09:28):
And we like we still like writing music and seeing what we
can create and come up with
tami (09:33):
Yeah.
greg (09:33):
Together and make it sound like our own. That's that's
always been a big part, really.I was just talking with, Michael
Nash and about he was listeningand, he was talking about the in
intricacies when we were talkingabout practicing and and this
these songs have all theselittle custom parts. And if you
don't know them, it's it itwrecks the whole song. And and
(09:55):
that's that's always been a,trademark, I guess you could say
for our music.
We like to customize even evensimple songs will have some
weird little thing that youcan't just naturally Right. You
know, do.
tami (10:10):
And you have you have that all of you have that kind of a
hand in the engineering andproducing
tim bluhm (10:14):
Yeah. Is
tami (10:15):
what we have.
greg (10:15):
Right? Yeah.
tami (10:16):
Yeah. You wanna talk about that elaborate on that one?
Dennis (10:18):
Do you prefer that? I mean, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
tim bluhm (10:21):
For sure. That's just something that we developed
those skills, along with theperforming and songwriting
skills. And, it was always thegoal, but there was a lot of
years where we weren't goodenough to get the results we
wanted to get, but now we are.
Dennis (10:39):
After 32 years, you learn who it's hard. It takes a
it's hard when we've been Yeah.And talk about hard. I mean, and
I mentioned this briefly toGreg, before the show. There was
an Instagram post that came outon your Instagram site, the
mother hip site, that talkedabout, it being kinda hard or
it's not easy.
(11:00):
And and I'm gonna read itbecause I I it really struck me.
Okay. And and for a few reasons.You said I don't know who wrote
this, actually, but it was Ithink I did. You write it.
And it was a great picture ofGreg.
tim bluhm (11:11):
He he
Dennis (11:12):
he actually just a cool picture anyway, but then he's
he's got a mic in one hand andhis iPhone and the Yeah. Pretty
good story.
tim bluhm (11:18):
What is it playing?
tami (11:19):
What is
Dennis (11:19):
it going
greg (11:20):
from the speaker of the iPhone up to the microphone so
the whole band can hear thetracks, and we can relearn these
songs. Okay.
tami (11:26):
Was that the Jackie Green cut when he needed
Dennis (11:28):
to come out? Jackie I'll say what Jackie Green said about
it. Yes. That was it. But thepost said, we're learning to
play the songs from our newrecord, California Current.
During the recording process,parts get added as we go. And
then at this point, we have toremember how we did them and
figure out how to represent themall in a live setting. It's
(11:48):
often not easy. I mean people.Okay.
So, yeah, Jackie Green said Ilove his comment, how the
sausage gets made. That's right.Right? And it's perfect.
tami (11:59):
So Jackie.
Dennis (12:00):
It was it was so perfect. That's right. He had
the emoji where he's shrugginghis shoulders out. He knows
tim bluhm (12:05):
he knows all about that.
Dennis (12:06):
He knows all about it. And so but but speak to that
because first of all, I thinkit's a super cool, if not
vulnerable thing to tell yourfans, tell the public, this
shit's not easy. Yeah. You know?And a lot of times, you know, to
to Jackie's point, oh, that'show the sausage we don't tell
them how hard it is.
You know? But but it is
tim bluhm (12:25):
tell them what's actually in the sausage. Yeah.
Well, there's
greg (12:28):
that. That's
tami (12:28):
right. The rice. Exactly.
Dennis (12:30):
So but but but speak to that post that, capture. What is
elaborate on that.
tim bluhm (12:34):
We were sitting there and and I was weird. I was
sitting in in the chair
greg (12:40):
in my living room where we
tim bluhm (12:41):
practice and, I was using that, like, portrait mode.
So like, the background isblurry. It looked
Dennis (12:48):
really nice. It did.
tim bluhm (12:49):
And I was waiting for Greg to put the the thoughts. I
was like,
Dennis (12:51):
fucking falling
tim bluhm (12:52):
down trying to get a picture here. So I was like,
sitting there writing. And thenas soon as people notice that
you had at least in our band, assoon as people notice that like
this.
Dennis (13:02):
Yeah. Yeah. Everyone starts acting weird. Right.
Right.
Yeah.
tim bluhm (13:06):
And and so, like, I was just like, they're gonna
start acting weird. Yeah. Andthen I he finally did put it
down, and I took quite a fewpictures.
greg (13:15):
And they were terrible.
tim bluhm (13:16):
I woke up the next morning. No. No. They were good.
It's like, I was looking at allof them the next morning laying
in bed, and I I wasn't gonna usethat one because you I don't
like pictures that have phonesin them.
You know, that's Right. Right.Yeah. Because everyone's always
holding a phone. I know it's,like, put your phone down.
greg (13:31):
Let's take a picture. Right.
tim bluhm (13:32):
But then I realized that that was actually the most,
like, sort of telling Yeah.Photo. And so once I decided I
was gonna use it, I just wantedto explain what what the
undergrad was doing.
Dennis (13:44):
Yeah. And that's not easy. Right? I mean, because
especially when you're recordingthe different tracks. Right?
You perfect it separately.
tim bluhm (13:51):
That's what happens is the is what happens is you go
into any we all play live in thestudio, 2 guitars, this like a a
scratch vocal. Like, whoever'sgonna be singing this main part
of the song is singing it, butusually doesn't get kept because
there's drums Yeah. And themicrophone is something like
that.
Dennis (14:06):
Really for
greg (14:07):
cues and stuff. You know?
tim bluhm (14:08):
Right. Scratch vocal. Right. And then we take we do
that in a recording studiosomewhere, and then we take it
all back to my house, and thenwe just, like, cook it.
Basically, we replace stuff thatdidn't didn't sound right or was
we wanted to change.
And then we start adding littleguitar parts and all this, but
you're not doing it all at thesame time. Right. So when you go
(14:29):
back in on, like, those days,like, that we had in the last 2
days, and you have to executeit, oftentimes, the the
counterpoint, the rhythmiccounterpoint is really
challenging. You have to playsome figure on the guitar while
you're singing, and they'redifferent Right. Any different
beats.
tami (14:46):
And it
Dennis (14:46):
can be incredibly
tim bluhm (14:48):
Yeah. Difficult to do. It just you just have to I
just have to step on one littlesection. Right. Yeah.
Five seconds of music, you gottasit there after everyone leaves
and
tami (14:59):
Yeah. Right.
tim bluhm (15:00):
Singing and play this stupid little part. Yeah. And,
Dennis (15:04):
it's not easy.
tami (15:05):
It's not easy.
Dennis (15:06):
It's not easy for for for me. I think it's cool that
you sort of throw that outthere. And that's a little bit
how I think music is these days.At least the relationship with
the the the fans and the theartists themselves is a little
closer probably because ofsocial media.
tim bluhm (15:21):
Yeah. What people expect, to be inside like,
that's what social media is sogood at is Yeah. What's what's
greg (15:29):
how the sausage being real time.
tami (15:31):
How the sausage being so so the later days, the
rerelease?
Dennis (15:34):
Uh-huh.
tami (15:35):
Right? I think it was, country rock and drug free, and
I'm just wondering if you wannaspeak to both of those sort of
genres. Can you elaborate onthat a little bit? Was there a
special reason why yourereleased?
greg (15:48):
Well, in, in, I guess, 2021, all of our records from
the past were rereleased onvinyl. They'd like, later days
had never been on vinyl, all theway from Back to the Grotto
through, Green Hills of Earth,and even the ones, like, that
were on vinyl, like Kiss theCrystal Flake, which came out in
(16:09):
2007. We we had been out ofthose, and those got repressed.
tim bluhm (16:14):
Got it.
greg (16:14):
Blue Rose did a full repressing or first presses of
vinyl for all of those records.
Dennis (16:20):
Yeah. Blue Rose. Okay. So that was your 30 year
greg (16:24):
anniversary. So
tim bluhm (16:25):
That was a huge project.
greg (16:26):
10 records came out on vinyl that year.
Dennis (16:29):
And then streaming too, were they not streaming before?
greg (16:32):
The ones that we did for American recordings were not.
But, again, Blue Rose found away to get them up on streaming
platforms, and then they alsofound a way to get a license to
make vinyl, a small run of vinylof, those Part Time Goes Full,
which was our 2nd album, andShoot Out, which is our 3rd
album. And so those were thereare only so many were made. I
(16:54):
think 500, and those went prettyfast. No.
But yeah. So those those 2albums are still up on
streaming, but we can't really
tim bluhm (17:02):
do any more
greg (17:03):
vinyl of those.
Dennis (17:04):
No. Yeah.
greg (17:04):
And Later Days was one one of those albums that got, that
had its first vinyl, appearance.
tami (17:11):
Okay. Yeah. Thank you.
Dennis (17:12):
Was that the article you were you read about? Yeah. Yeah.
There was an article about thatwhen it was rereleased, talking
about how you're going countryRight. And drug free.
tami (17:21):
Right. Right?
Dennis (17:22):
And, yeah. And we
greg (17:23):
had we got a Jon Hofer join the band then. Got a new
drummer. Drummer who's who's nowYep. Who's been in the band for
27 years.
Dennis (17:31):
Right. He's the guy.
greg (17:32):
He's the second new guy.
tim bluhm (17:34):
Yeah. He's not the new guy anymore.
greg (17:35):
Yeah. And that was that was an interesting record to to
make. It was a wonderful recordto make, actually. Very
different, very, a big turningpoint for us for sure.
tim bluhm (17:46):
We made our first record for very little money.
greg (17:49):
We made
tim bluhm (17:49):
it on our own, you know, in Sacramento, and then we
got signed to a major label andhad, like, pretty sizable
recording budgets for, parttimer is full and shootout at
really nice studios, and, youknow, that was pretty nice.
Dennis (18:05):
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And,
tim bluhm (18:07):
and then we got the label dropped us, and, you know,
that would have been the timewhen we would have just packed
it in.
Dennis (18:15):
Yeah. Right. And
tim bluhm (18:16):
for some reason, we just didn't do it. And we made
later days at a at a friend's,parents' house in Beverly Hills
in a full house.
Dennis (18:25):
Full house. Yeah. Really? Yeah. And
tim bluhm (18:26):
he was a good engineer.
greg (18:28):
Jason Hiller. Jason Hiller
tim bluhm (18:30):
was is his name, and, he just did it as a favor to us.
You know? He didn't charge usany money.
greg (18:36):
Yep. And we were just in that little pool house cranking
out later
Dennis (18:39):
plays that day. The advent of Mother Hips records,
or was that You know? No.Because that's Grotto.
tim bluhm (18:44):
Yeah. That was our first record. Yeah. Before we
got signed, we Okay.
Dennis (18:48):
Yeah.
tami (18:48):
Yeah. So
greg (18:48):
we put that one out on our own, and then American we did a
remix on most of the songs onthat album, and they released
it. The Americans the Americanversion,
tim bluhm (18:59):
they'd wanted to make it sound a little different, so
they hired Malcolm Byrne to comein and remix it. Yep. And,
greg (19:07):
and that one's rare. And I I don't I don't even have a copy
of of that of, like, theAmerican recordings
Dennis (19:13):
mix. 32 years. I mean, how about the business the music
business, how it's changed since
tim bluhm (19:19):
he made
Dennis (19:19):
that first record? Oh, no. I mean, Napster was was I
know. 99,
Speaker 5 (19:24):
I think.
Dennis (19:25):
I would
greg (19:25):
I mean, back to the grotto, I I mean, we did make
CDs of it, but it was mostlybecause we had cassettes. Yeah.
Yeah. Mix
Dennis (19:33):
tapes. Yeah. Yeah. So
greg (19:35):
it's changed a lot for sure.
Dennis (19:37):
Yeah. For sure. So, yeah, the label thing intrigues
me because, we've who are wetalking to the other day? The
California Honey Drops.
tami (19:44):
Oh, you mean the the the iPod?
Dennis (19:46):
Well, we were talking about that too, but just about
they do their own production.They, own label. You know? Mhmm.
Yeah.
They prefer it that way. And, Iknow you guys had the mother
hips records and now blue, BlueRose.
greg (19:59):
Blue Rose. Yeah. And Blue Rose was each of your individual
records. Is that a Blue Rose onthe Blue Rose? Everything.
The hips. Everything. And thenTim Solastaff and My Solastaff.
Dennis (20:09):
And Jason Crosby. Oh, Jason Crosby. Elliot Jack. Was
on there for a year.
greg (20:13):
Okay. Collins Brothers were there.
tim bluhm (20:15):
Brothers were on there
Dennis (20:15):
for a while. Tell me, what's that, like, doing that
versus your own? I mean, whatare the
greg (20:22):
It's been great. Yeah. You know, it's been super inspiring
and, you know, have having theopportunity. I mean, this is the
3rd record in close to 3 years,a little over 3 years, like, 1 a
year. For us, it was more like,you know, we'd be on the road
touring, and we'd go in for 3days somewhere and and get some
song, you know, basic tracksdone, and then tour some more,
(20:43):
make some more money, go backin.
It would take a long time for usto make records. And and
tim bluhm (20:48):
Yeah. Du Blue Rose just Yeah. Joe Paleto, who's the
the founder of the Yeah.
greg (20:53):
What is his name? Joe Paleto. Paleto. Paleto. Yes.
tim bluhm (20:55):
He's just Yes. Very smart guy. He's great great
ears, and, he just he has, like,a vision that, like, you guys
need to record more and recordall the time even if you don't
release all this stuff. He justhe wants us to record a bunch of
stuff, and we're
greg (21:12):
happy to
tim bluhm (21:12):
have it. You know? So he's you know, he really made it
possible for us to just spend alot more
greg (21:20):
time in in recording studios. Yep. Writing,
recording, you
tim bluhm (21:24):
know, because once you book studio time, it's like,
we have to Yeah. Kick it intogear. We have to have material
to record when we show up thefirst morning. So it motivates
us to to
tami (21:36):
Yeah. So
tim bluhm (21:36):
creative, which is really great.
tami (21:38):
So it's exciting. So the tour, let's talk about that a
little bit. Upcoming tour.
greg (21:42):
Okay. Yeah. Yeah. We, next week will be in Salt Lake City
and Denver. And, so we just goout there for the 2 shows.
And then and down into toSouthern California K. We'll be
in San Luis Obispo and Venturaand Solana Beach
Dennis (22:00):
at put the deli up.
tami (22:02):
Yep. And
greg (22:02):
then the next weekend, we'll come back go back to
Chico. Oh, yeah. 2 nights thereat the in the in the big room.
tami (22:08):
At the brewery. Nice.
greg (22:09):
And, and then in Auburn after that. And then we go down
to the Guild Theatre in MenloPark. Awesome. And so that's
kind of the bulk of of whatwe're doing in October. And
then, of course, we play SantaCruz in November, and then, of
course, we do our, the musichall Very American.
tami (22:27):
Yeah. 3 night 3 shows?
greg (22:28):
3 yeah. That's 2 2 nights and 1 acoustic matinee.
tami (22:32):
Oh, nice.
greg (22:33):
Yeah. I look at that. I in this day
Dennis (22:35):
and age, even with all of your successes, that seems
ambitious. 3 days at the, at theGreat American Music Hall sold
out, everyone. Yeah. Every time.The 2 nights are, and the the
matinee is
greg (22:45):
a little more mellow. Lots of young kids are there, and Oh.
We tell stories and, you know,sometimes there's a Santa Claus
that comes up on stage
Speaker 5 (22:53):
or something
tim bluhm (22:53):
like that. You know? It's fun.
Dennis (22:55):
It's What's not him?
greg (22:56):
That was just a Sunday.
tim bluhm (22:58):
No. I am not Santa Claus.
tami (22:59):
I'm not for Santa.
greg (23:00):
That was added in I don't know. It's getting close to
maybe 10 years of doing that, 8years of matinee. Yeah. Doing
that matinee. It used to be the2 nights.
Sometimes we do 3 full nights,you know, but, yeah, that
matinee is really a nice niceaddition. It's the exhaust of
rehearsal, and then we usuallydo some sort of customized show.
Either we play one of ourrecords from head to head to
(23:22):
tail or or, what do we do lastshow? The, the ultimate set list
shows that we do, we'll havefans send in their dream set
list, and then we pick 1 and weplay it. We learn.
tami (23:34):
Oh, very
Speaker 5 (23:35):
cool. And
greg (23:35):
then usually it's deep deep cuts or Yeah. You know, all
sorts of stuff that we have noidea. Sucks.
Dennis (23:40):
It's always fun. Ambitious from that standpoint.
Right? Yeah. Again, more work.
This is not all fun and games.Yeah. But let's That's
tim bluhm (23:46):
pretty fun, though. Yeah. It is pretty
Dennis (23:47):
Let's face it. Let's let's talk more about the record
so we can get that out there.People get excited about it and
go to these venues that therewere these the towns that you
talked about. Yeah. So,California Current, is there a
was there any particularinspiration behind it besides,
Blue Rose saying just keeprecording?
tim bluhm (24:08):
I mean, we let we just we have song. You know, we
like to write music, and we liketo we really like to record. We
like to spend time in the, youknow, recording studio. So
there's no Yeah. Yeah.
Dennis (24:20):
Just the next one. It's just what
tim bluhm (24:22):
we do. Yeah. We're gonna start the next one pretty
soon too.
Dennis (24:24):
Yeah. Really? Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome.
Reid said let's see.
greg (24:27):
We just did an album, last year. Let's do another one.
tami (24:30):
He said it's every 2 months.
Dennis (24:31):
Yeah. I said. Yeah. Yeah.
tim bluhm (24:32):
Yeah. It's just really enjoyable. We really like
doing it. And
Dennis (24:35):
And, well, while we're on Reid, Clean Me Up. Is that
the name of the song? Clean MeUp?
tami (24:40):
That's his favorite song.
Dennis (24:41):
It's just for the record. That's his favorite
song.
tami (24:43):
Wow. Yeah.
Dennis (24:44):
So it's Case boy. Case Jammer News. Songs.
tami (24:46):
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Something new.
Dennis (24:48):
So the alright. So okay. It's just your next or how about
the title of the song,California Current? Give me
something on that. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
I I
tim bluhm (24:56):
mean, this is our first interview, I was like, I
don't know if it's our
Dennis (25:00):
story yet.
tami (25:02):
This is, like,
Dennis (25:03):
a great episode. Workshop is right here.
tim bluhm (25:05):
Yeah. Let's see. What does it mean to you?
Dennis (25:07):
Yeah. Yeah.
greg (25:08):
That's right
Dennis (25:08):
Every song means something different to everybody
That's right
tim bluhm (25:11):
Every The the reason we like that title is because
it's sort of, I mean, kind oflike the name of our band too
It's sort of it's a thing, andthen the California Current is
actually a hydrological, thing.
Dennis (25:26):
It's a thing. I was gonna say it's a thing. Right?
tim bluhm (25:29):
It's a current.
Dennis (25:29):
Is that like air flow down from the No.
tim bluhm (25:33):
No. I mean, yeah, it's that's where I got the idea
was I was just looking at a mapor a chart or something, and it
was California current, like,I've everyone's heard of it.
Like,
Dennis (25:45):
full curve.
tami (25:45):
Yeah. Right. Exactly.
tim bluhm (25:46):
Like, there's a lot of different ones, and there's,
like, the there's eddies. If yougo down to Southern California,
the California current, like,gets to, like, after, point
conception, it does, like, thespace. Right. Right. Goes
around.
Yeah. But, like, the Catalinaeddie that kind of flows the
other way, And I I like lookingat stuff like that and knowing
(26:08):
about it. But it just the itcould mean a couple different
things. Yeah. Currently, towardsthe actual ocean current or is
it, like, an electrical current?
Dennis (26:19):
I mean, all of that to the example and more things
tami (26:21):
than that. Right. Well, I did that. Something you like to
look at, and that's where youcame up with it. I think
tim bluhm (26:25):
that's right. It was literal, but I re I recognize
that it has
Dennis (26:29):
Yeah. It has options.
tami (26:30):
Meaning to it.
Dennis (26:31):
Well, we could edit this if you come up with something
else. Yeah. You know? But if yougave the answer start. It was
and I mean That's the truth.
That's the truth. Alright. Afterthat, we can elaborate. That's
what
tami (26:41):
that's what's been the saucer.
Dennis (26:42):
That's right. Right. More the saucer. Alright. Well,
take it a step further, thesingle.
Right? The single on the album,we want what we want. You played
it tonight. Yep. I love thetitle, first of all.
tim bluhm (26:53):
Thanks.
Dennis (26:54):
Why choose that song? Is there any I mean, there's that
you have to go through a thingto decide what's the single from
the record, and how does itthese days, how does a single
even differ?
greg (27:04):
No clue.
Dennis (27:05):
Yeah. I I guess
tim bluhm (27:06):
I mean, this is a song that's accessible, like,
that we a song that we thinkwould be the most sort of the
easiest way in for people,
Dennis (27:17):
I
tim bluhm (27:17):
guess, but we don't always guess that right. You
don't really know until
Dennis (27:21):
Because I just we talked about 40 fives earlier. Now,
that those were singles. Right?So now you just pick a song off
the record off Spotify or evenoff the vinyl, and that's that's
the you know, that doesn't seemlike there's singles anymore,
but there must be some
tim bluhm (27:36):
I don't really know.
Dennis (27:37):
Me either. Okay. Good. So we had a big one,
greg (27:39):
and that one seemed like it represent was a good
representation of what we cando. I know. It's got
tim bluhm (27:45):
the riffs. It's got a lot of harmonies. Yeah.
greg (27:48):
It's got
tim bluhm (27:48):
a nice melodic bridge that Greg plays a beautiful solo
on. The words are, kind of don'tmean anything again. They're
sort of like they could theycould meet that you It'll it'll
mean a little somethingdifferent to every person. It
doesn't really say I don't Idon't really like songs that,
like, announce what they'reabout. Like, this song is about
(28:10):
Right.
Yeah. Whatever. I don't I don'tI mean, I like to listen to
those songs if they're welldone. I'm I'm not I have nothing
against them, but that's notthat's not that's not the way I
Okay.
tami (28:21):
I have I have a question. I was going crazy. 4th song from
the end. I need your set list soI can
Dennis (28:27):
4th song from the end. Going on. I
greg (28:29):
don't know.
Dennis (28:30):
I don't know.
tami (28:30):
I don't know. I'm like, you don't you don't remember
what song is set
greg (28:32):
for? The
tami (28:34):
4th song? 4th song
greg (28:35):
from the
Dennis (28:35):
end. Not including the long hours.
tami (28:37):
Just jammed at the it was like, thought yeah. I was
tim bluhm (28:52):
talking to you. Transit wind. Was it really
long? It kind of, like, goesthrough a whole journey?
Dennis (28:57):
Yes. Okay.
tim bluhm (28:58):
That was transit wind. That's a really
tami (29:00):
old phone. Makes yeah. Okay. There you go. I see.
There you go.
Dennis (29:02):
Now you pulled a new fan in.
tami (29:04):
Oh, man. I'm like, okay. That's it. That's just yeah. I
was It's
greg (29:08):
a record release party.
Dennis (29:10):
The old song brings them brings
tim bluhm (29:11):
the new
Dennis (29:11):
people anyway. Know. Okay. And then okay. So the
vinyl.
We have the vinyl record inhere. Why I mean, maybe you
don't know this,
tami (29:19):
but this out, by the way.
Dennis (29:20):
Why is that, important to have your record on vinyl
these days? I mean, I think it'sbecause I have a lot my reasons
why I'd want my record on vinyl.
tim bluhm (29:29):
But, again, it's different for different people,
but vinyl is very in vogue rightnow. Mhmm. People like it. I
think a lot of people buy itjust because it looks nice, and
they probably might not evenactually play the record, but
it's big. And so you can see itreally nicely without a
Dennis (29:47):
glass song.
tim bluhm (29:49):
Yeah. And it's something you can look at while
greg (29:52):
you're listening to it and read the liner notes and look at
the art. And it's a whole it's apart of the whole art project.
tim bluhm (29:59):
When you're eating a bowl of cereal, you can look at
it. You read the the back
greg (30:04):
of the box.
Dennis (30:04):
Absolutely. It's the
tim bluhm (30:05):
same thing.
tami (30:05):
Can I remember those days?
Dennis (30:07):
Man, did I ever read that box and turn it around? The
prizes, some games, somepuzzles. Yeah.
tim bluhm (30:13):
Yeah. It's the same thing.
tami (30:13):
Now you're taking me to Cracker Jacks
tim bluhm (30:15):
too.
Dennis (30:16):
About vinyl anyway. Probably because it's in vogue.
One of the reasons why it's invogue, people are starting to
realize the whole procedure oflistening to the record. Right?
Mhmm.
You have
tim bluhm (30:26):
to changes the way you consume it. Yeah. Sure.
Dennis (30:28):
It does. You have to get up. You have to put the needle
in. Right?
greg (30:31):
You listen to an album, not just taking a song Totally.
Going to another band
Dennis (30:35):
after. Yeah. And then when it's over, you're talking
to somebody, you're kindalistening in the background, and
then the steps oops. We gotta go
tim bluhm (30:41):
over there. Yeah. We're gonna
Dennis (30:42):
Yeah.
tim bluhm (30:42):
Flip. And you can't put it in shuffle.
tami (30:45):
Yeah. That's true too.
Dennis (30:46):
So, we answer our own questions.
tami (30:48):
Yeah. That's the
Dennis (30:49):
way you do it. You're doing great. What am I doing?
Ask me. Ask me anything.
It's a US fault.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
I don't think
tim bluhm (30:54):
I'm here.
tami (30:55):
To the
greg (30:55):
US. US.
Dennis (30:56):
But, well, listen, guys.
tami (30:58):
Well, thanks for doing this.
Dennis (30:59):
I'm tired.
tim bluhm (31:00):
Yeah. Taking
tami (31:01):
an ass up there. This is, like, enough.
Dennis (31:02):
We really appreciate you sitting down with us. And
greg (31:04):
Of course.
Dennis (31:05):
We love to sort of archive these moments
tim bluhm (31:09):
Mhmm.
Dennis (31:09):
Like tonight, right after you got off stage. Mhmm.
We don't even have a story yetfor the reason for your album.
tami (31:15):
The fact that
tim bluhm (31:16):
the reminder. That that Yeah.
Dennis (31:18):
That raw. But, admired you for years and, really happy
to have you on again. So, let'sdo a pleasure.
tim bluhm (31:24):
Yeah. Thank you so much.
Dennis (31:26):
See you. Thanks, guys. And keep the vibe going until
the next record, which will bein about 2 minutes.
greg (31:30):
Yeah. That's right. Right. And I'll get working.
tami (31:33):
Alright, guys. Cheers, guys. Yeah.
Dennis (31:34):
Take care. The tour. Alright.
tim bluhm (31:35):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (31:42):
Mama, I don't think I can come home with you because I
saw a girl who looks like myfriend. Mercy. Have mercy on
Speaker 6 (32:01):
she tonight because she's standing in a transit
Speaker 5 (32:10):
wind. I finally got the nerve up to climb into your
pickup truck off the white dashline on the black wind speed
road. After my departure. Well,it felt too cold for March or
(32:30):
May, and the wind would notleave me alone. Oh, no.
And the wind would not leave mealone.
Dennis (32:55):
Thanks for listening to Tales from the Green Room, a
presentation of Mount Tam Media.You can hear more spontaneous
stories from the secludedconfines of green rooms on our
next episode. To experience allMount Tam Media productions,
including the Woman Are Smarterpodcast, log on to mount
tammedia.com. We'll see you atthe next show.
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