John Czajkowski
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Steve’s Stunt Double Download and Score:
Steve's Stunt Double download
Steve's Stunt Double Score
In celebration of the SMB/Dregs Tour, NAMM, etc., here is my musical tribute to Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs with some notes off the Hectic Watermelon band website in the members area.
This is the oldest tune that we decided to put on our new album as most of the material was written somewhere between 2005 and 2006. This is an oldie but goodie, written in 1996 shortly after I moved back into mild-mannered civilian life from the furious world of a US Navy SEAL Team operator. Steve’s Stunt Double was also influenced by all the fun I was having with my new guitar, the Ernie Ball Steve Morse model, which would quickly become my main axe! During this time, the Steve Morse Band was cranking out some killer albums, and then the Dregs released both a live album and new album with Jerry Goodman, which had me transcribing for days! Learning all that music was super inspirational for me. This tune came from all that good energy. Recently, it was fun to include a good old straight up instrumental rock tune like this amidst all the more “hectic” music of Hectic Watermelon. No matter how much esoteric stuff you learn in an MM composition program, it is still good to be a rocker at heart. We had two versions of it for the album, a very slick and polished one, and the rawer and gutsier version that I ultimately chose as track number 9. It was also the first tune that Jerry laid down violin for us in the studio—which was very exciting! Ultimately, I have always admired how Steve is such a complete musician and tremendous role model for players of all ages, so here’s to Steve and the Dregs!
Steve's Stunt Double download
Steve's Stunt Double Score
In celebration of the SMB/Dregs Tour, NAMM, etc., here is my musical tribute to Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs with some notes off the Hectic Watermelon band website in the members area.
This is the oldest tune that we decided to put on our new album as most of the material was written somewhere between 2005 and 2006. This is an oldie but goodie, written in 1996 shortly after I moved back into mild-mannered civilian life from the furious world of a US Navy SEAL Team operator. Steve’s Stunt Double was also influenced by all the fun I was having with my new guitar, the Ernie Ball Steve Morse model, which would quickly become my main axe! During this time, the Steve Morse Band was cranking out some killer albums, and then the Dregs released both a live album and new album with Jerry Goodman, which had me transcribing for days! Learning all that music was super inspirational for me. This tune came from all that good energy. Recently, it was fun to include a good old straight up instrumental rock tune like this amidst all the more “hectic” music of Hectic Watermelon. No matter how much esoteric stuff you learn in an MM composition program, it is still good to be a rocker at heart. We had two versions of it for the album, a very slick and polished one, and the rawer and gutsier version that I ultimately chose as track number 9. It was also the first tune that Jerry laid down violin for us in the studio—which was very exciting! Ultimately, I have always admired how Steve is such a complete musician and tremendous role model for players of all ages, so here’s to Steve and the Dregs!
