Still Resting From High School
At the end of the Fires Across the Canyon project in late 2013 Jeff started writing the songs for Still Resting From High School. The band began recording in 2014. They spent two years tracking the album with Jeff engineering each session. And Jeff spent months arranging the material. Jeff and Dave Lee then began mixing the record over a period of six months in 2016 while adding the final tracks.
Listen to We The People
http://www.marthalidd.com/mp3/we-the-people.mp3
What started out as a simple 12 song project ended up as over one hundred minutes of recorded music—24 songs in all. And a total of 11 musicians performed on the record.
Once completed , the record was then turned over to Grammy award winning producer and engineer Fab Dupont who spent days directing some mix recalls, and then mastering the project at his Flux Studios in NYC.
Artwork and web site design was supplied by Dave Meredith of Meredith Web Design.
The record is best characterized by the exceptional vocal work of Dan White, Kat Lee and Alicia Maxwell. No one could have predicted the special blend and texture of these vocals. The vocal harmony work and arrangements(by Jeff and Lindsay Lee) are extraordinary. Not to mention the variety of lead vocals and instrumentation which resulted in an endlessly changing sound from one song to the next. Add to that the stellar instrumental lead guitar solos of Tommy Alderson, the unique violin leads of David Poland, the ever creative piano and keyboard solos of Lindsay Lee, the Celtic harp performances of Janet Witman and trumpet and sax parts of Blayne Salerni and Andrew Bedell and you have the double CD Still Resting From High School.
So now about the songs. Still Resting From High School comprises two CD’s. Side One is named “Eating Celery on the Corner of The Block” and Side Two is named “I’m Not Smokin Anymore”. The music and lyrics to all 24 songs were written and arranged by Jeff. Here’s a brief description of the music.
Side 1—“Eating Celery On the Corner of the Block”
Song 1-You Put A Spell on Me
This is Kat Lee’s first track on the record. An upbeat pop song.
Song 2—“Eating Celery on the Corner of the Block”
Dan White makes his debut with the Jeff Bove Project on this song, a song about a day in the life of a southern California concert goer on the LA freeways. The song also features Tommy Alderson on lead guitar.
Song 3—“Somedays”
Alicia Maxwell makes her lead vocal debut on this tune.
Song 4 —“Wrong Way Home”
Another stellar Kat Lee vocal performance on this pop tune, again featuring Tom Alderson on lead guitar.
Song 5—“Thunder”
This is a driving rock tune that Dan White sings.”Its just some mixed up people in their fancy suits saying some things that do not compute”.
Song 6 –“Smooth Groove”
This is a funk song sang by Lindsay Lee, with background vocals by Kat and Alicia. Blayne and Andrew make their debut with the Jeff Bove Project on trumpet and sax. The song has a great synth solo by Lindsay.
Song 7—“Refuge”
Dan White carries the lead vocal on this folk rock/country tune featuring harmonies by Kat and Alicia.
Song 8—“Dance All Night”
This is an upbeat rockabilly/honky tonk song with a piano solo by Lindsay and fiddle solo by David Poland.
Song 9—“Precious”
This is a wonderful ballad sang by Kat. Her performance on this song is amazing.
Song 10—“Still Resting From High School”
This is the title song for the record sang by Dan White. It is hard to describe this tune other than as a boogie. It features a great piano solo by Lindsay and well-arranged background vocals and horns.
Song 11—“Some Things You Never Forget”
This is a ballad sang by Dan with harmonies by Alicia and Kat.
Song 12-“Summer Love”
This is an early 60’s beach song sang by Kat which closes out this side.
Side Two –“I’m Not Smokin Anymore”
Song 13—“The Fourteenth”
This is a song about some of the problems that our country faces sang by Dan. It has a driving solo by Tommy.
Song 14—“Carousel”
This is an upbeat pop song song by Alicia and featuring Janet Witman on harp.
Song 15—“You Drive me Craze”
This is a blues/rock song sang by Dan. It features a trumpet solo by Blayne Salerni and wild echo background vocals by Alicia and Lindsay.
Song 16—“You are My Sunshine”
This is a ballad sang by Kat.
Song 17—“Constant Sorrow”
This is a ballad sang by Alicia.
Song 18—I’m Not Smokin anymore”
This is the title song to side 2 and features a duet by Kat and Dan with background vocals by Lindsay and Alicia.Davey plays a sweet violin solo.
Song 19—“Windows”
This is a pop/folk song with blues overtones. The textures of Janet”s harp and Blayne’s trumpet are unique. Davey’s violin solo is exceptional.
Song 20—“Crashed Upon The Shore”
This is a wonderful ballad sang by Kat.
Song 21—“Comfort Zone”
This song features Alicia on lead vocal and Janet Witman on harp. It is hard to characterize. Some have described it as a Celtic nursery rhyme.
Song 22—“Outside Looking in”
This is a ballad sang by Dan White and featuring Janet Witman on harp.
Song 23—“Circling”
This is a rock song featuring Alicia on lead vocals. The lead guitar solo by Tommy is over the top.
Song 24-“We The People”
This is an rock anthem to America sang by Dan.
We hope you enjoy our record as much as we did making it.