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Necktie most definitely still holds up,. I'm grateful to get these glimpses into the making of it, and especially glad to know the Hampton Inn story. Whenever I stay in a Hampton, I secretly hope I'm given room 306. No luck yet!

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Thanks, James- I've thought the same thing when I've stayed at Hampton Inns over the years. :) Happy to hear you appreciate the glimpses.

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Really liking the Free song! I never get tired of listening to Necktie Second. Beautiful, timeless music. I absolutely love everything that hadn’t made the cut as much as the ones that did make it!

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HI Brain- Cool... nice to hear you are digging "Free." Not sure why we left it off the record. I don't even have a rough mix of it from those sessions. It must be somewhere in a box. If I ever unearth it I'll post it.

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Thanks again for sharing these great tales from back in the day. Had we ever the chance to meet, one of the first things I would have asked would have been about "Hampton Inn Room 306". So cool to hear the story here.

Necktie brought so much joy and is tied to so many good memories for us.

I hope when the time comes, you will share the stories of the "Find A Door" sessions/experience as well.

Keep on "pushing buttons and $hit"!

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Hi Jeff- It's my pleasure sharing this stuff. And it brings me joy to know that the record brings you joy and good memories. Will keep "pushing buttons and shit" for sure. Just wrapped up a killer Hammond B3 session with the amazing Lee Pardini today. Can't wait to let you all hear the new stuff. I'm thrilled with how it's all turning out.

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Pete, thanks for sharing this series! It’s cool to learn all this and fun to relive it all with you. Here I was thinking it was just a bunch of great music…

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HI Brad- Thanks for the note... It's been fun for me to revisit the making of this record... especially enjoyable to dig up the old video footage. Glad you are enjoying it too.

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