Bill has this photo on his Facebook album. It is labeled thusly:
The Decembrists ca. 1985. Littleton Town Hall Basement.
In this photo:
Bill Anthes, Brian Murphy, Steve Evans, Aims McGuinness
Hop'd. This was one of a couple of tunes written by Patrick lyrics by me. I wish he would have written more. I also wish I could figure out the chords to some of these things. Oh well- I'll just have to wait for the reunion tour.
Hop'd. Recorded at Kyle's house studio. Bill wrote the music and 2 of the 3 verses. Some really nice turns of the phrase on the Bill parts. I was pretty happy with the way my verse fit into the feel of the tune. This was always a big hit with the ladies.
Minus Bill. This was recorded, in part in my living room when I lived with B Mitchell in the Concord on the east side of campus in Boulder. I can't remember the street name it was on. The rest was recorded in Mark's dorm room. We released this with some other unreleased and re-released Minus Bill material. It turned out to be our last cassette.
Another Fletcher tune from the second recording session, whenever that was. This was alwasy referred to as the ska song on song lists. Whatever. THe solo is Giant Steps by John Coltrane. Hah.
