We love Eric Brace and Peter Cooper. And we love them separately, too. We chased each other for days, random snippets of text messages as we poked the soft white underbelly of time for a hook up moment while in Nashville. I think I even said something like, "...if we could only get you on the bus..." which prompted Eric to fire a text back referencing my forwardness and cheekiness, "Well, I never!" But it wasn't meant as that kind of come on, and we were finally able to get the mist clear enough to see our way to do this as we were winding down, on our last night, second to last session, as I recall. There was only one problem. There was no Peter Cooper. We heard he was cooking scallops (we wanted some), then that he had a previous commitment which was not initially time specific, but then became so.  We waited, we drank beer, we kibitzed. And then we said, "What the hell..." and told Eric to do a solo tune. It is a brand new one called Missoula Tonight. 

Not to worry, Peter finally showed up and we got one from the duo, too, coming at you soon.

-Jessie

I've always admired Will Kimbrough's work; first as a player, then as a producer. He's made some beautiful records wearing either hat. Now, put him together with Tommy Womack, and you've got a one-two punch!  In fact, my first introduction to the pairing was with their former band The Bis-quits. Much of the blues feel from that project carries over to DADDY---you can't shake the blues out of these guys.   

I've been around each of them in the studio before, separately, but never together. So, I was sure to pick up some lessons during our time with them on the bus. I didn't realize it would be something simple like the familiar saying you've heard so many times before. But, can you relate? Uh...yeah. Here's "Early to Bed, Early to Rise" from this summer's For a Second Time.

-Aaron