make a zillion dollars writing and recording beautiful
material.
We had to make it without Beth, but it wasn't easy and eventually we added Kelvin
Holly
to the group
again. But for now Bill Hinds stepped up nicely to the singing parts and we were surprised
at how well
it turned out. On 'Thief In Babylon' (track 1) he added a strong voice to the high part and
now it is
my favorite version. Bill was an excellent guitar player who could play anything he could
hear in his
head, I think. He would pick out piano parts when they were too complicated, chordwise, for
me to hear.
He would put down his guitar, come to the piano, show me exactly what to play, and go back
to play the
guitar parts perfectly. Blew my mind more than once. Tommy Beavers had a good ear, too.
There were many
times I remember, in the different personnel configurations that we were a part of, that
he would hear
something wrong that one of us were doing and stop us at rehearsal to find the problem.
And he would be right.
What a talent - no joke. Sometimes, as I listened to these tapes of our bands, I would
marvel at what
Beavers was playing that I didn't even hear at the time. I still don't think I hear all
the stuff he does.
He is way ahead of me, in my opinion, but I'm thankful he never acted like it.
This was a good group to show off Jimbo's talent. He sounded great singing this kind
of song.
I love Jimbo.
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