GARY DEAN SMITH
Gary is placing two of his original songs with Offbeat Entertainment for inclusion in the Rockband Video Game library. Gary's original "Diana Don't Slow Down" will appear in Rockband Country library and the soulful, funkified "Fair Weather Friend' has been accepted in the Rockband Blues library. The songs were recorded over the recent Memorial Day weekend at BackBone Studio in Loveland Colorado. They will be available for Rockband gamers in the Summer of 2011. The songs will be available for download on iTunes in mid June.
The Backbone sessions were great fun and produced some killer music. Producer Jason Larson did a wonderful job handling the tunes. Veteran musicians featured on the recordings include bassist Kim Stone, drummer Brian McCrae, Bobby Cole on piano and keys. Doug Livingston layed down a fine pedal steel performance on "Diana Don't Slow Down". Gary and Jason each played guitar parts on both songs while Brent Bond and Matthew Spencer layed down soulful horn lines on "Fair Weather Friend". But the most fun and spine tingling sounds came from the performances of The BlackSwan Singers, Coco Brown, Shelly Lindsey and Carl Carwell. It was a work filled weekend and it came off like a dream. Take a look at the pictures from the sessions on the "Photos" page here.
The Backbone sessions were great fun and produced some killer music. Producer Jason Larson did a wonderful job handling the tunes. Veteran musicians featured on the recordings include bassist Kim Stone, drummer Brian McCrae, Bobby Cole on piano and keys. Doug Livingston layed down a fine pedal steel performance on "Diana Don't Slow Down". Gary and Jason each played guitar parts on both songs while Brent Bond and Matthew Spencer layed down soulful horn lines on "Fair Weather Friend". But the most fun and spine tingling sounds came from the performances of The BlackSwan Singers, Coco Brown, Shelly Lindsey and Carl Carwell. It was a work filled weekend and it came off like a dream. Take a look at the pictures from the sessions on the "Photos" page here.
