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Always loved this song! What a cool story. We all have friends and then we all have a friend that we can count on at any time for any thing. Mr. McCready sounds like both. Thank you both for sharing that bond and memories.

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

Great groove and great story! That McCready is a solid egg. I too opened up for Johnny Cash! First show playing with Beck on tour was in Austin Texas opening for the man in super dark grey....I mean BLACK! Keep the tales coming bud.

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

I’d love to. Thanks for the offer! 🙄

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

That would be worth the airfare. Thanks Pete.

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

There's a film called 'The Battery' that was the first film by writer/director Jeremy Gardner that he made after borrowing $6000 from friends that essentially launched his career. $6000 seems to be the magic number for getting peoples vision out there!

Loved hearing the demo as well, 'So I am over you' has always been one of my favorites on the album. Love hearing how it came together.

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Your recollections are so vivid Pete. This song is such a good demonstration of both how easy and difficult writing a powerful song can be. You’re working in a very tight, very simple harmonic context. And yet, it’s a perfect canvas for a gifted songwriter, such a a yourself, to set a lyrical and melodic mood that allows a listener experience their own emotions. That’s the gift of a great song.

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

Pete thanks for sharing! Love this tune. The vocals have a great presence on this recording. I used to jam to this song on repeat back in the day ---learning those solo bits :)

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

Great tune. I love the bass line too. It can make or break a song if it's not right. Great story Pete. Love the story about the SRV Strat. Next time I out there I'd love to see it. What a great memory. Cheers.

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Great story. 1993 was a crazy pivotal year - must have been something going on in the stars. (It was the year I moved to London - for one year - then moved back for good in 1998.) I also ended up working (briefly) at Bear Creek Studios 1997, joining shortly after they finished recording 'The Color and The Shape'. It was a very cool experience. Loving your posts, Pete!

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

That story should be made into a movie it’s so good! And everyone should have a friend like McCready too

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Mar 8, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

Great version! Looking forward to more of these demos.

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Mar 8, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

Good stuff! Amazing how life rolls along, and does it's thing. There's been way too many great stories start out of the back of someplace like a pizza shop. Some cool gestures went on. Creative activity is wonderful, and part of the joy is all the relationships than come in...help..augment. Those relationships don't play a single note, or write a single lyric. But they seem to weave magic over everything. A guitar lending a special tone. Friend saying, "Keep it!" That's beautiful stuff. To most people Mike McCready is a face in a video, or on an arena stage. But he's been your friend. I think I'm at a point in life where I cherish hearing about the kindness of friendship over creative details, at times. More great stuff, Pete! Be well always!

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Listened to Necktie Second, and particularly So I Am Over You on repeat the summer of my freshman year of college, riding around with my friends, trying to find people to buy us beer. Love the backstory and this demo version. Thanks for all the great music 🌅🌟

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Mar 8, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

Love this- still one of my favorites!

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Now I'm going to have this song (So I Am Over You) stuck in my head all day. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Mar 8, 2023Liked by Pete Droge

I went looking for Beautiful Girl, didn't know it was from a movie, and ended up with Find A Door and basically went nuts over it, despite the absence of "Girl". I got Necktie Seconds a few years later. Great stories, Pete. Thanks.

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