Huey Lewis
A big nod on this record goes to Johnny Colla. Johnny did a lot of work on this record. I don't enjoy using Pro Tools. But Johnny loves it and he's really good at it. He's got great ears, he's a great arranger, and he’s meticulous.
Johnny Colla
Seven tracks. Six years in the making. We're not the speediest bunch of songwriters, eh?
One reason why our ‘creative clock’ moves slowly is because we’re a democracy… everyone has a voice as it were. We're not a bunch of young, hungry kids sitting around in the studio all day trying to come up with “the next big thing”… okay, not any more. We have wives, families, and hobbies, and I think at this point in our career that's a good thing.
Sean Hopper
Once it was all finished, I was sort of amazed at how well it cohered together. It’s a strong record. I worried whether it would be. When we were knocked out of commission, we had just the seven songs done, but looking at it as a totality, it’s good stuff. And it definitely sounds like it’s us in our element, as wide an area as that is.
Bill Gibson
What sticks out in my mind is how long it took to cobble up all these songs. One of the songs was written over 20 years ago. We recorded it several different ways and it never made the cut on any of the other records. Finally, we got a version that worked.
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