Owsley's Tribute to Paul McCartney

Owsley recently landed the #1 track on the Paul McCartney Tribute CD. Here is what Owsley had to say about the music legend:

OWSLEY "BAND ON THE RUN"
"My earliest recollections of music were the sounds of the Beatle records my mother would play, in the late 60's in our home in Anniston, Alabama. By the time I was old enough to know what was going on, the Beatles had broken up. And I, like other kids, listened to pop-radio, and heard all of the bands that The Fab Four had influenced, like Badfinger, ELO, Rundgren and well, everyone. During the summer of '74, I remember running around the local swimming pool while a sunbather had her AM radio blasting "Band on the Run." It totally blew me away. Time stood still. And I think it was at that moment, that I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. It marked me the deepest. After all of these years, to find out that Paul and Wings were under considerable duress while recording this masterpiece, truly shows that great things can come from hard times and sacrifice. Learning this has made it an even bigger influence on me. From that point on, I studied all of Paul's work.

When I was asked to be a part of this tribute, I immediately thought that I wanted to record "Band on the Run," but assumed it would have been taken by another artist. Thankfully it had not!

We recorded and mixed it in 22 hours straight. It was absolutely the most fun! I initially wavered on the production between making it my own, or paying homage. I went with the latter. It¹s really hard to mess with perfection." ‹ Owsley

Guitars and Vocals Owsley Drums and Percussion Chris McHugh Bass Doli Stepniewski Synthesizer Jonathon Hamby Trombone, Trumpet , Flugel Horn, Tympani and Orchestra Chime John Painter Backing Vocals Rebecca Walker Produced by Owsley Engineered and Mixed by JR McNeely 2nd Engineer Todd Gunnerson Digital Editing Fred Paragano Recorded at The Sound Kitchen, Cool Springs, TN