Musicians
- Lincoln Kroll - Vocals, Guitar, Keys
- Mike Sherman, Mark Bonney - Guitar
- Frank Lazzaro - Percussion
- Ben Moore, Dave Chesavage - Keys
- Bob Rosencrans - Bass
- Bill Ray - Drums
- Calvin Fan - Cello
- Stellita Harris, Andie Mahn, Lisa Sanders and Kate Cowden - Backing vocals
Released 1997
I met Lincoln Kroll in 1995 along the way; a bassist I worked with back then Bob Rosencrans was playing in his band and they needed a drummer so I stepped in and was introduced to this ball of unadulterated creative energy known as Lincoln.
When you came up to Lincoln's recording/rehearsal facility in Carlsbad, CA. it was "total Rock & Roll". There was a full-size tour bus parked along the side of the house and once you walked that length his backyard was a garden of sorts dedicated to his band. You see, he had taken plaster casts of their faces and planted them into the yard so it was a very strange sight to behold!
One of the things he did that I found brilliant was create a plastic shell-mold of his own face, fill it with swag such as a CD, stickers, keychains, even candy. Can you imagine the look on some A & R person's face when they open his box and see a face staring back at them?
We recorded this album in the old Golden Tracks studio across from Guitar Center on El Cajon Blvd in about 1997. It was the last time I tracked to 2" tape I'm certain, because digital was beginning to make it's great debut. (For the record, I miss the warmth and sound that 2" brings).
Back in the time period of this project I was freshly hitched (as in Married) and was a bit out of balance on trying to make a living playing drums -vs- maintaining a foothold in the original music scene and as a result my position was absconded with. As I've come to realize that money is not the prime factor in being an artist, but it certainly quiets the nerves! If ever I've wanted a "do-over" this band was one of those wants.
I still keep in touch with Lincoln; he's currently residing somewhere in Southeast Asia and the photos he sends back are outstanding. He looks happy and that's what life is/should be about, right?
