Creeperweed

"In 1995 we made CREEPERWEED, which wound up being one of my favorite recording experiences. I knew two things going in: One, I wanted to make a record that was more spontaneous and less 'polished'...something a little closer to the band's original heart. Two, I wanted the record to be made entirely with 'acoustic' instruments. I use the quotes because some of the acoustic instruments were variously equipped with electronic pickups and plugged into amplifiers, or otherwise affected during the recording process. But I wanted the flavor of those basic instruments: acoustic guitars, dobro, acoustic bass, drums, harmonica, fiddle. ... "We went into Doug Stanley's house on Pulaski Street in Athens, and started recording some stuff on his 8-track machine, reel to reel...It was a big old house that Doug was in the middle of remodeling, so the walls were splashed with half-finished paint jobs, and bats flew in and out the glassless rear windows. Somehow it was a great place to be; we were all having a good time. After we got the first few rhythm tracks down, Todd told me, 'Man, this is my favorite recorded drum sound I've ever gotten!' That was when Eric and I pretty much decided, fuck the demos, this is the real record we're making here! ... "There's just some spirit, or whatever you'd call it, that rattles around on CREEPERWEED. It was a high water mark of some sort..." ... -Daniel Hutchens, from THE BLOODKIN STORY