studio and processed his jangly and punchy
lead tones quite nicely with precision. I feel the
contrast between his lead tones and mine are
refreshing with diversity.
[Rex] Indeed, it was truly transcendent for me.
Somehow, my Dann Huff-meets-Eric Johnson-
hacked
style,
and
his
once-in-a-lifetime
brilliance met and seemed to complement
each other. I wanted to attempt to produce us
like Trevor Rabin (of Yes) would, but with more
vintage inspired guitar tones.
For most of the songs, I played my hotrod
Variax enabled Strat, a Gibson Les Paul, a
Fender Eric Johnson Strat, a 12 string Fender
Strat, my Gibson J200 acoustic and a Guild 12
string acoustic, with a few variations of “color”
instruments (mandolins etc). Amps included
a Marshall JCM800 (old G12-20Ms), Fender
my old songs.
favorite songs and an often-requested song Deluxe, Vox AC30, a newer Orange combo
in concert. (2x10”), blended with Amp Farm tones.
1977 for Ronnette’s singer Nedra Ross. I also As far as guitars and amps used, I used my Effects in included the standard “holy grail” of
recorded it on my Town To Town LP. It was a old Vox AC30 and a few different guitars, my delays, chorus, a Leslie 121, and some cool
strong band song in concert. Gibson Les Paul, Zion and Yamaha SA 2000, plug-ins.
With “Full Circle”, it was originally written in
with some effects such as some overdrive,
On “Time” (originally recorded on my Love
reverb and delay. Rex played his solos at his
[WM] When I was visiting Phil’s studio and you
Broke Thru album in 1976) I changed up a
few words to emphasize the good news of the
Gospel… sending a message of hope. I feel
Rex captured the energy really well and I played
the same Les Paul I did on the 76’ version.
For “Spend My Life With You” (which I originally
wrote this in 1980 soon after my dear wife
Bernadette gave birth to our daughter Alicia)
it took on a deeper meaning… as I initially
thought it would be “a sweet lullaby”, but then
expressed my relationship with my Heavenly
Father. It was on my Ph’lip Side LP before.
On “Let Everything Else Go”, this is a tune that
is special in its own way. I wrote it back in 1980
on the Town To Town LP, then re-recorded it on
Way Back Home in a more acoustic style, then
again on a CD a few years ago called Live From
Kegworth… so this would be version number
four on Illumination. This is one of my all-time
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