Before casting off for our first national tour, the band and I decided to record a single with producer Joe Solo out in Calabasas.  Joe is a pop producer who had a big hit with Macy Gray’s “Sweet Baby.”  We had a fun time laying down a hot, raw “Restless Sea.” We were really rolling in the studio so we recorded a few other songs. Forward to today when we’d like to listen to these recordings but essentially Joe owns them so we can’t walk out the door with them. We only agreed for one song and not the others. I know he was already in a dispute over rights with a pretty hot band, I’ll refrain from mentioning who, so I’m opting for the path of least resistance today.  It’s fair, so that’s cool.  Alas, no tracks, but Joe did have a sweet pinball machine in his house.  It played ZZ TOP’s “La Grange” in full MIDI glory.