I never attended a “swingers” party, as we in the rock and roll business call that “gigging.” I have heard of putting your car keys in a pile and you pull out a set and get that guy’s wife/girlfriend.  Rather sexist if you ask me.  I ended up with our lead guitarist’s left overs most weekends.  What is it with girls and lead guitarists?  Didn’t matter, I just enjoyed myself.  The drummer got what was left over from me, so he had that going for him. 😉

Drawing a spit-take is not all that easy… having never done one before that is.  Then the damn lines get covered up by Lorraine.  I wanted to leave her out, but hey, it’s Lorraine…  Getting Jeff’s cheeks puffed up while maintaining “his look” was a bit of a challenge too.  Then I went all out and showed his eyes.  Hard to show him “wide-eyed” most of the time with those golden locks in his face.  And he spilled his beer, which turned out rather “thick” too…

Today’s title is pulled from Boston’s second effort “Don’t Look Back” from 1978.  Most of the songs on side 2 of the vinyl release (records for you  youngsters) were put there by guitarist and group leader Tom Scholz as he was not pleased with them.  Boston had been put under a lot of pressure to release a second album as their first album is to date still the best selling debut album of all time.  So, naturally the record company wanted a follow-up.  Scholz is infamous for being a perfectionist and apparently a grand pain in the ass.  He got pressure from fellow band mates to get the album done and so he pushed the songs he didn’t like to side 2.  By the time Boston released their third album in 1986, Scholz had gotten rid of most of the group save lead singer Brad Delp.  I bought Boston’s fourth album in 1994 (I guess 8 years is what it takes for Scholz to produce an album) and gave up on them after that as the “magic” was gone.

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