Ship of Fools

Mirrored from the latest entry in Daron's Guitar Chronicles.

Grab hold, don’t let go
Not done with you yet

Lady Fame, she’s an old flame
Don’t let her down yet

It was still an uphill battle to get the song together. By mid-afternoon we knew what most of the pieces were but we still weren’t close to being ready to record it in a single take. There were a lot of transitions to get right. We kept getting them wrong. It was too late to chuck it and start over with a simpler song, though. I wouldn’t even dream of suggesting that.

And then the whole thing nearly derailed.

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