Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Doug Henthorn from Healing Sixes tells us how Joe Bonamassa Came To Play On "Fine Time" from their brand new album "Blue Jay," which is being released next Tuesday. We now turn it over to Doug for the story:I'd just returned from Malibu where Joe Bonamassa was recording his CD "Slow Gin". He and Kevin Shirley were looking to get me singing on that since "Tea for One" had been fairly well received on his "You and Me" release. It was all very gracious of them both, but I ended up singing the song that became the title track of that CD- "Slow Gin". It didn't make much sense for Joe to have someone else singing the title track- he's a very good and capable singer. I have to say in all honesty that they chose wisely. I was in a very dark headspace at that time and my performance on "Slow Gin" probably reflected a bit of that. So I came home a little down trodden and started working on ideas for the next Healing Sixes album.
"Fine Time" was the first idea that came together, and from the moment that idea fell into place and the lyric evolved into this age old blues theme of 'the girl done me wrong', I knew it would be a great platform for Joe to do his thing. I reached out to see if it was something he might be into and he fired right back with an 'absolutely'.
The band and I tracked the tune in less than a week and sent the beds out to Joe in California where he laid down these burning solos that lit the whole track up- he did a fabulous job.
The best thing about this song for us as a band was that it was done in such a furious and reckless way that when it was finished, it was like hearing it for the first time. Everything about it was off the cuff and without any thought of making it more commercial or palatable to the masses. It's a full five minutes of angst and emotion from everyone performing and it really helped us maintain that mindset for the rest of our CD "Bluejay". Cheers!
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!
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