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SPUNK (legacy version)
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Actual band version, digitized from an old rehearsal cassette
archive instrumental
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The band WAS (RIP) guitarist George Barker, bassist Ray Lehner, Mike Gelbke on drums, Joel Pirard keys. Later Scott Pittman, (RIP) Bass.
JOEL PIRARD: I was in a band named ORION that broke up in 1981. George Barker was in a band called Topeka that broke up around the same time. We formed TOMBSTONE. I have adapted the stuff we wrote together and 2 he wrote in a TOPEKA and completed all the songs in a home studio. Some are simple, some are a bit more intense. Many speak to simple love and broken hearts. . So with your kind indulgence, here are songs I was able to re-record from a terrible source tape. In some cases I had to rewrite lyrics from his buried vocals! Warts and all this is ALL ME.
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Charts
Peak #188
Peak in subgenre #14
Author
George Barker & Joel Pirard, w Scott Pittman
Uploaded
July 24, 2024
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.8 MB 320 kbps 2:58
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WAV 32.6 MB
Story behind the song
Here are the actual songs I was able to digitize from a terrible source tape. This IS the band. These do capture the magic and energy. the main reason to post is to let you hear George. This is the last thing we ever wrote together. ironically we had just gotten a new bassist, Scott Pittman, who had played with me in a cover band called Anthem. This lineup produced this tune in about 2 days. But by then there were too many cracks in the foundation, so to speak. The recorded quality of this is not really good, even compared to the rest of the legacy stuff, but here is is anyway!
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