Posted on Wednesday, January 4 2006
Gaskin Ave. - Adam’s Song (Cover)
There was a time when I was part of a pop band. The members lived all over Ohio, but we met, formed and played at an annual summer conference at Kenyon College, which most of us had been attending for many years. We named the band after a street that intersects the main strip of the campus, Gaskin Avenue. We were together making music for a combined total of two weeks, which included a short confab in Cincinnati. In that time we managed to bang out 9 completed songs and a bunch of unfinished dicking-arounds. At the Kenyon conference two years after we formed, there was mad drama between two of the members (the vocalist and the lead guitarist) and we broke up. All but the vocalist reformed as Moon Jumper (named for a pair of pajama pants), a band which never ended up going anywhere.
In the 2 weeks Gaskin Ave. played together, we had an intensely fluid and productive chemistry. I think the songs are really good. That is, if they were performed by real musicians with actual talent, they would be phenomenal. As is they’re kind of crappy, but I still like ‘em. The posted four songs are my favorites of the nine. I didn’t do the bongos on this version of Adam’s Song, ’cause we had to lay the drum track seperate and we were in a rush. My bongoin’ was better than this version though. ;^)
No, I’m not posting the song on which I rap.
Gaskin Ave. credits:
Ben Clemons - Vocals, rhythm guitar
Andy Smith - Lead guitar
Ware Carlton-Ford - Bass
Colin Grover - Percussion, synth
Tracks recorded on a Zoom digi 8-track in Ware’s living room- please excuse the shit quality.
Mexico is soooo dramatic, and Follow Me reminds me a lot of OAR. Hey, they’re from Ohio, too!
I remember these from forever ago. I think you played them for me on the way up to that bullshit happening preperation thing you so graciously agreed to do.