Vault: Can I Still Rock?

Disasterpeace — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:30:57 +0000

In the month of February in 2006 in New York, I joined friends Tim and Dan (aka Disasterock) a handful of times for epic jam sessions into the late hours (until the neighbors would knock on the door and complain). I vividly remember lots of snow, Pizza, and it being frigid in Dan’s house, having to play guitar for about an hour to get the cold out of my fingers. Nonetheless as a collective experience it’s one of the best I’ve had, not to mention musically.

This jam came out of a session a week earlier and we played it a couple of times afterwards incorporating new ideas and refining it. Still, it’s a jam. We originally called it “Can I Still Rock While I Get My B.A.”. This version is lovingly called, “Can I Still Rock and Hang with the Bachelor’s Associates”.

At this point I’d only been playing guitar a few years, and writing even fewer. Pretty much everything I’m playing is by ear and memory of positions.

Nonetheless, I think this is a cool little number that has some potential. Kind’ve has a Tortoise/Slint/Assorted Post-Rock vibe to it.

MP3: Can I Still Rock and Hang With the Bachelor’s Associates

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Vault: Can I Still Rock?