My mellow disposition has its limits, and the energy I release when my calm reaches its boundary can be explosive. Its Influence is about how quickly calm can dissolve into chaos and the consequences of not realizing that it's happening.
I was listening to a lot of Manu Chao and Xavier Rudd when I wrote the song and I suppose their syncopated rhythmic tendency found its way into the tune. Jesse Nichols, the legend who engineered and mixed the record, lent Peters his Echoplex (a hand operated tape delay) to bring some unexpected flavor to his lead acoustic lap steel part. You can get crazy with the Echoplex, but Peters kept it subtle, bending occasional notes and punctuating his solos.
Everything but the tape delay, Bill Bell's hammond organ and Kelly McFarling's harmony were recorded live in Fantasy's studio A. We recorded Kelly's part in the studio I built in my garage, and Little Billy Tickles overdubbed his organ in studio B (check the video).
-Owen
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