Sunday April 6th: Ryan Andersen the assistant engineer & fellow musician takes the band into a scenic little town for a 9am Sunday breakfast at The Longhorn Coffee Shop. The view of this area on the drive to town includes Vineyards, horse farms and stunning winding road views. Somebody at lunch yesterday mentioned David Crosby from Crosby Still & Nash lives around here but we saw no David sightings on the drive in. We had the best breakfast burrito in the world and tried to explain the Richmond music scene to Ryan over coffee. Sessions resumed around 10am and feel a lot lighter and calm with less people in on the sessions. We tracked lead & back-up vocals but then discovered the music tempo (126 BPM) is a bit too fast by comparing it to the original demo (120 BPM) Some computer finagling is done and we are back in business. Ryan sings a much needed harmony back-up and runs the board while I'm doing some crazy falsettos on a few parts. We are on a roll but there is no way we will be done by 6pm so a taxi service is hired for midnight so we can get back to Los Angeles via Santa Barbara to catch our flight out on Monday. Guitar overdubs are next up until 10:30PM. The studio's guitars i played for dubs included an Airline electric with P-90s, a G & L Tele and a rare 1950's Silvertone hollow body guitar thru a vintage Silvertone amp head. Kristin Tyng arrives in the studio with packed sandwiches for the ride to LA and has a listen to the playback of "Just Give Me Your Good Times" Our work is done but Chris & Ryan will finish some overdubs and mixing on other days. We pack our bags and say goodbye to the Tyngs (many thanks!) and make the ride back to Santa Barbara with Ryan. We meet the friendly couple from the car service at a Starbucks, say thanks & goodbye to Ryan and then head out on the highway to LAX in a huge roomy van a few minutes after midnight.