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Cigar Box Nation's Blog – March 2014 Archive (6)
Shane Speal Recording Blog - Day 5
Shane Speal Recording Blog
Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band - upcoming album on C. B. Gitty Records
Equinox Music and Arts Recording Studio, Dallastown PA
Songs worked on:
- Swing the Hammer/Big Leg Woman
- Judy Gotta Booty,
- Simulated…
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Shane Speal Recording Blog - Day 4
Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band - recording an album for C. B. Gitty Records
Day four of recording
Equinox Music and Arts, Dallastown PA
Prison Chants and the Blues
Song worked on today: Big Leg Woman/Swing the Hammer (written by Shane Speal)
Instruments:…
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Shane Speal Recording Blog - Day 3
A belated recording blog...
Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band - recording an album for C. B. Gitty Records
Day three of recording
Equinox Music and Arts, Dallastown PA
The video above was shot in the control room of Equinox as we were listening to the first few overdubs of Strung Out Drunk and Busted, one of my originals written for this…
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Shane Speal Recording Blog - Day 2
Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band - recording an album for C. B. Gitty Records
Day two of recording
Equinox Music and Arts, Dallastown PA
Day Two - "We're Going Live"
Pictured: Boz Bostwick's 5-string cigar box guitar. I used it on When She Gets Drunk, She Gets Horny. I have a feeling Boz would…
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Shane Speal Recording Blog - Day 1
Shane Speal is blogging about each day of the Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band recording sessions. The album will be released on C. B. Gitty Records in May 2014.
Day One - Load in and tracking How Long Will You Make Me Suffer and Strung Out Drunk and Busted
Equinox Music and Arts, Dallastown PA…
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Shane Speal signs landmark record deal with newly formed C. B. Gitty Records
"King of the Cigar Box Guitar" signs landmark record deal with newly formed C. B. Gitty Records
plan the upcoming Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band album.
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