Singled Out: The City Champs
. About two or three weeks before we were scheduled to go into the studio to record our second album, the three of us had already put together most of the tunes. The songs we had prepared were mainly written by Joe Restivo. George Sluppick and I helped some with the melodies and tweaking, but Joe is the main writer in the band. I knew I needed to contribute something to this new record, and was putting a little pressure on myself to write something before we went into the studio. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly how I got the idea for The Set-Up. The band had moved away from the Boogaloo influence of the first album (The Safecracker) to more of a Booker T. and the MGs influence with the material we had so far. So, I tried keeping this tune in that vein. One morning after my wife went to work and our three girls were at school, I sat down at the organ in my living room and came up with the melody for the A section of The Set-Up. I felt like it had a Hang 'em High feel, especially with the call and response between the organ and guitar. After a couple of days of messing with it on my own we got together for a rehearsal and I let the guys hear it to get their opinion. Joe suggested a nice chord substitution for the A section, and George immediately came up with the right groove and we were off. I had the basic idea for the B section ready to go but it still needed some tweaking. Joe and George helped pull it all together. Now that you know the story behind the song learn more about the album - right here! Preview and Purchase City Champs CDs |
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