Mike Keneally Sessions

I toured with Mike Keneally and Beer for Dolphins from April through September of 1996. Most people know Mike from his tours and recordings with Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, UK or Joe Satriani. It was an important experience for me and I learned a lot. I am proud I was picked for this tour despite the gig not being in my wheelhouse.

Potato was recorded in one take. “Briggs’ charts flew away in a tornado” lyric is about a concert at the University of Maine where my charts got blown off my music stand by a heavy wind just before a tune that had a different meter every bar. There was no way to fake it so I sat it out.

“Looking for Nina” was recorded at my studio. I got a writing credit for coming up with the ‘verse’ changes and soundscape. The drums are played by me, and sampled. I then mapped the grooves and fills across a keyboard and Mike played/put them where he wanted.

It was also nice to get singled out in a Modern Drummer Magazine’s 5 star review of the album.