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I FIND MYSELF LOOKING AT YOU
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Mellotrons / Bass

ROMEO
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Mellotrons

IN MY NEW BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano / Harmony Vocals
Goran Grini   Bass / Organ / Mellotron

FRIENDS GATHER ROUND
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Bass / Drums / Horn Samples

WOUNDED
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Acoustic Guitar / Bass / Cello Samples
EASTER MORNING
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Pump Organ

HUMMINGBIRD
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Pump Organ

BUY A WHISKEY FOR A FRIEND
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
Goran Grini   Pump Organ / Rhodes Piano / Mellotrons

WHICH WANTS WHAT
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Acoustic Guitar
Goran Grini   Piano / Vibraphone / String Samples / Mellotron

STRAIGHT UP NUMBERS
Chip Taylor   Vocals / Piano
​Goran Grini   Mellotrons / Organ

All songs written by Chip Taylor; Back Road Music Inc (BMI) Administered by Sony Music. Produced by Chip Taylor & Goran Grini.

Songs from the lockdown

On March 25th, 2020 Chip sent me the first song, called ´Wounded´ and in the following days new songs kept coming.

The tracks Chip sent were humble recordings, using a Zoom Handy Recorder, which he would normally use to record his sketches and demos.

Usually Chip would record at his studio in Mamaroneck N.Y. with his engineer and bass player Tony Mercadante. Sometimes I would fly over and join them in New York. Several times we have recorded together in the great Athletic Sound Studio in Halden, Norway. But due to the circumstances neither would be possible this time.

But what could possibly document these songs and these times better than the Zoom Handy recordings?

I am fortunate to have a nice recording studio at home, which of course has been a real blessing these last months. Chip and I have been able to go back and forth very easily despite our self-quarantine situations, both of us being able to record at home, and sending our tracks to a shared Dropbox folder, and discuss via Skype.



To write about the process of working on the songs Chip sends in a few sentences is not easy -

Acknowledging that the song stands on its own is a good starting point. The power of the words, and the emotion Chip puts into his performance is the song. These songs don´t need hooks to catch the ear of the listener.

Having that in mind, I´ll just get lost in the songs, spend some time, preferably late at night, trying out different sounds and arrangements without thinking too much. Most of the time, at some point, sooner or later, the arrangements start to make sense and blend in with the song.

Then, I will listen again the next day to a rough mix I´ve made the night before, now in the role of a listener, just to double check that the producer /arranger (me) from last night didn´t try to be too smart etc. Sometimes that happens.

And then, if something doesn´t feel right, I will adjust a bit more. Often, most times, these adjustments will be about making the arrangements even simpler. Hardly ever the other way around.

Then I send the rough mix to Chip.
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Goran Grini
Skien, Norway July 2020

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      • NY to Norway and Back
      • In Sympathy of a Heartbreak
      • Whiskey Salesman
      • Time Waits For No Little Girls
      • Fix Your Words
      • Last Chance The Warner Bros Years
      • Son Of A Golf Pro
      • A Song I Can Live With
      • Little Brothers
      • I'll Carry For You
      • Sixteen Angels Dancing Cross The Moon
      • The Little Prayers Trilogy
      • Block Out The Sirens Of This Lonely World
      • Golden Kids Rules
      • F**K All The Perfect People
      • Live At McCabes
      • Rock N Roll Joe
      • The James Wesley Days
      • Jesus Christ Don't Let The Cactus Fall
      • Yonkers NY
      • Songs From A Dutch Tour
      • New Songs Of Freedom
      • Unglorious Hallelujah
      • Black and Blue America
      • London Sessions Bootleg
      • Seven Days In May
      • Living Room Tapes
      • Hit Man
      • Human Passing Through
    • Evie Sands Store
    • Carrie Rodriquez Store
    • John Platania Store
    • Chip and Carrie Store
    • Kendel Carson Store