30-Minute Music Hour

It's the 30 Minute Music Hour! I'm Andy Moore. All the way from Bloomington, Illinois, the one and only Backyard Tire Fire! HERE'S A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHAT'CHA GONNA DO WITH YOUR STUFF WHEN YOU'RE GONE 'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH AND YOUR TIME HAS COME AND YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD YOUR FUN ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE JUST A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHAT'CHA GONNA DO WITH YOUR DUDS WHEN YOU'RE DONE 'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH AND YOUR TIME HAS COME AND YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD YOUR FUN ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU'VE DONE 'CAUSE ALL OF YOUR THINGS DON'T MATTER AT ALL DON'T MATTER AT ALL THEY DON'T MATTER AT ALL ALL OF YOUR GREEN DON'T MATTER AT ALL DON'T MATTER AT ALL IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL MATTER AT ALL IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL MATTER AT ALL AT ALL 'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH AND YOUR TIME HAS COME AND WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE HAD YOUR FUN ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU'VE DONE 'CAUSE ALL OF YOUR THINGS DON'T MATTER AT ALL DON'T MATTER AT ALL THEY DON'T MATTER AT ALL ALL OF YOUR GREEN DON'T MATTER AT ALL DON'T MATTER AT ALL IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL ALL OF YOUR THINGS DON'T MATTER AT ALL DON'T MATTER AT ALL THEY DON'T MATTER AT ALL ALL OF THAT GREEN DON'T MATTER AT ALL DON'T MATTER AT ALL IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL AT ALL That was a new one! That was a new one. Another new one. We're going? We're rolling? Here's a little number called "Brady." You guys ready? HE'S WOUND UP HE'S GONNA POP HE'S SIXTEEN IT DOESN'T STOP HE'S ON HIS OWN FOR THE DAY HE'S GOT SOME CASH HE HOPPED A TRAIN HE'S ROLLING DOWN TO WHERE THE RED LIGHTS GLOW HE'S GONNA LEARN SOME THINGS THAT HE'S NEVER KNOWN ANY MINUTE SHE'LL BE PULLING DOWN THE SHADE HIS HANDS ARE SHAKING AND HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW ANY MINUTE SHE'LL BE PULLING DOWN THE SHADE HIS HEART'S A BEATING AND HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY OH-OH-OH HE WORKED ALL WEEK TO MAKE THE DOUGH BAGGING GROCERIES SHOVELING SNOW HE'S ALMOST THERE JUST TWO MORE STOPS HE PAID HIS FARE JUST ONE MORE DROP HE'S ROLLING DOWN TO WHERE THE RED LIGHTS GLOW HE'S GONNA LEARN SOME THINGS THAT HE'S NEVER KNOWN ANY MINUTE SHE'LL BE PULLING DOWN THE SHADE HIS HANDS ARE SHAKING AND HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW ANY MINUTE SHE'LL BE PULLING DOWN THE SHADE HIS HEART'S A BEATING AND HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY OH-OH-OH HE WAS A LITTLE TOO NERVOUS SHE WAS A LITTLE TOO TIRED SO THEY LAID THERE IN SILENCE PAID NO ATTENTION TO THE FIRE HE'S ROLLING DOWN TO WHERE THE RED LIGHTS GLOW HE'S GONNA LEARN SOME THINGS THAT HE'S NEVER KNOWN ANY MINUTE SHE'LL BE PULLING DOWN THE SHADE HIS HANDS ARE SHAKING AND HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW BRADY GOT A LADY DOWN IN AMSTERDAM, OH-OH-OH WELL, HE SAW HER IN THE WINDOW ANY MINUTE SHE'LL BE PULLING UP THE SHADE HIS HEART'S A SHAKING AND HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY OH-OH-OH OH-OH-OH OH-OH-OH All right, so this next number-- Those were new songs that are on the new record that we just finished. This next one is a song that's actually on an album that we have out. The name of the record is "The Places We Lived." This number is called "One Wrong Turn." Ready? YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN LISTENIN' YOU SHOULD'VE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT WHAT YOUR MOMMA WAS SAYIN' WHEN SHE GAVE ADVICE WORDS NEVER CAME EASY AND NOW YOU FIND YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN ALONE HER WORDS OF WISDOM WERE WORK HARD AND BE NICE STICK TO THE MIDDLE AND STAY CLEAR OF THE ICE WORDS NEVER CAME EASY AND NOW YOU FIND YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN ALONE EVERY DAY'S THE SAME DAMN DAY IN HERE THERE AIN'T NO NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS FOR ONE WRONG TURN AND NOW I SING THE BLUES WELL, HERE YOU LIE HELPLESS IN A ROOM BY YOURSELF YOUR PRIDE AND YOUR FREEDOM SIT IN A JAR ON A SHELF WORDS NEVER CAME EASY AND NOW YOU FIND YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN ALONE EVERY DAY'S THE SAME DAMN DAY IN HERE THERE AIN'T NO NEWS FIFTEEN YEARS FOR ONE WRONG TURN AND NOW I SING THE BLUES YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN LISTENIN' YOU SHOULD'VE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT WHAT YOUR MOMMA WAS SAYIN' WHEN SHE GAVE ADVICE WORDS NEVER CAME EASY AND NOW YOU FIND YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN ALONE WHOA! I'm glad you didn't make one wrong turn on the way to Madison. We got caught in a little bit of traffic, but we made it. That's right, all in one piece. Thanks, guys. It sounds great. That's from the new record, as Ed said, "The Places We Lived." Isn't that the Hyena label? - It is. "The Places We Live." That's "One Wrong Turn." Did I read somewhere-- Is that the tune where you sang through a metal pipe? Yeah, that's it. I was thinking about it. Well, the song's kind of written about someone making a bad decision and ending up in prison. And I guess I was kind of thinking about isolation, trying to get some kind of an isolated sound for the vocals. So I kind of sang through this long metal tube, several feet away from the microphone. It had kind of a cool tone. - And I could hear it. But how would you describe how it turns out here, the sound of it. Well, I'm hoping it sounds like someone that's maybe thinking from an isolated point of view. You know, that's kind of where we were heading with it. You guys do all-analog recording. Jon Duxbury, could you get a shot right here, of this beat-up case here? You got a shot of that? Yeah. Nothing sounds like tape. And you guys mean it, don't you? Yeah, I mean, we were lucky enough on the last one to get to do it on tape, as well. The newest one that we just finished a few weeks ago. It's just kind of more, I don't know, we just like the sound of it better. It's more warm and real. Does it add time to the process? I think a little bit. But I don't know, it's worth it. And not everyone engineers on analog anymore, either. So you're choosing that kind of co-worker, as well, when you do that, aren't you? - It's kind of a dying breed. I know that when we worked Steve Berlin and Jeff Saltzman, they're both old analog guys, and stuff. They were commenting on how they enjoyed working on tape again. It's not something that happens as much as it used to. Do you think you'll ever do digital? I mean, sure. - It's cheap. Never say never. - Absolutely. I mean, before we actually finished this whole deal where we ended up going out to Portland and making this record, the original deal was that we were going to work in the studio. And the only way we were going to be able to afford it was if we were going to do it digital. Or you can work with Steven Berlin and make a digital record, or you cannot work with him and make it analog. And I was like, well, let's just work digital and see what happens, and work with Steve. It ended up, the studio wasn't heated, and it was cold. Neither was the one we ended up working in anyway. But we ended up getting to work on analog, and I was really pleased with it. And it's an unnamed project for the new one. And it will be out some time this summer. Well, we don't know about that, actually. It's kind of being looked around. And we'll see when it comes out. Well you just added to the excitement. Yeah, exactly. - We don't know yet. But we do know that in July, I think it's July 17, isn't that right, Nick? Where's Nick? I think it's July 17-- July 24, that's why I asked. July 24, the 10,000 Lake Festival. That's in Minnesota. Detroit Lake, Minnesota. People watching this, forgive me if I botched that. July 24, the 10,000 Lakes. You're watching them on the 30 Minute Music Hour, now. We're going to hear a couple more from the new record. But please introduce everybody. Sure, I'd be honored. This is my brother, Matt Anderson, on bass and vocals. And our good friend Tim Kramp, back there on drums. Mr. Scott Tipping on guitar and vocals. My name's Ed Anderson. - Backyard Tire Fire. This is another number off the new one, called "Good to Be." IT'S A MINOR INCONVENIENCE MY FINGERS CRACK AND THEN THEY BLEED SOMETIMES IT HURTS IN A GOOD WAY SOMETIMES IT'S JUST WHAT I NEED IT'S A MINOR INCONVENIENCE YOU KNOW WE'RE WAY IN THE HOLE AIN'T NEVER CARED ABOUT MONEY AIN'T NEVER BEEN MUCH FOR GOALS HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO BE IT'S A MINOR INCONVENIENCE YOU KNOW WE'RE WAY IN THE HOLE I STILL LIVE LIKE A GYPSY RUNNING FROM TOWN TO TOWN IT'S A MINOR INCONVENIENCE YOU KNOW MY CAR'S IN THE SHOP I BROUGHT IT BACK FROM THE DEAD I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP WHOA! HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO BE IT'S A MINOR INCONVENIENCE MY FINGERS CRACK AND THEN THEY BLEED SOMETIMES IT HURTS IN A GOOD WAY SOMETIMES IT'S JUST WHAT I NEED HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HEY, IT'S OKAY IT'S ALL RIGHT I'M ALIVE AND IT'S GOOD TO BE YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO BE OH, IT'S GOOD TO BE FEBRUARY FIRST 1968 EL CAMINO CUTTIN' THROUGH THE NIGHT BACK ROADS RUNNING LATE WELL, JIMMY AND BOB AND JACK BEEN FRIENDS SINCE THEY WAS FIVE YEARS OLD ALWAYS RAISIN' HELL AND NEVER DOIN' WHAT THEY'RE TOLD WELL, JIM WORKED AT A LIQUOR STORE AND JACK, HE HAD A PLAN GONNA LEAVE THE BACK DOOR OPEN HIT THE SAFE AND OFF THEY'D SCRAM NEVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN ALL BUY BRAND NEW CARS BUYING ALL THE LADIES DRINKS IN ALL THE LOCAL BARS BOB WAS FEELIN' ANXIOUS HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS SO JIMMY REASSURED HIM WAS NO WAY THEY COULD GET CAUGHT HE SAID HE LEFT THE BACK DOOR OPEN AND NO ONE WOULD BE AROUND BOB LIT UP A CIGARETTE AND HERE'S HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN JIMMY TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS AND PULLED SLOWLY ROUND TO THE BACK THEY SLIPPED IN THROUGH THE UNLOCKED DOOR HEADED TO THE SAFE WITH JACK BOB STAYED AS LOOKOUT JIMMY RAN DOWN THE HALL TO A SMALL CELL-SHAPED OFFICE NO MORE THAN SIX FEET TALL JIMMY DROPPED DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND IT CAME AS QUITE A SHOCK THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD CHANGED THE COMBINATION TO THE LOCK JACK PULLED OUT THE.38 HE STOLE IT FROM HIS DAD HE SHOT IT AT THE SAFE BUT THE BULLETS THEY BOUNCED BACK ONE CAUGHT JIMMY IN THE SHOULDER AND ANOTHER ONE IN THE ASS JACK SAT THERE ASTOUNDED IT HAD ALL GONE DOWN SO FAST WELL, BOB RAN TO THE ROOM AND SAW THE BLOOD UPON THE FLOOR GRABBED JIMMY WOKE UP JACK AND HE HEADED FOR DOOR JACK PUT JIMMY IN THE MIDDLE THEY SAT THREE ACROSS THE SEAT BOB STARTED THE EL CAMINO SAW THE CHERRIES DOWN THE STREET SEEMS SOMEONE HEARD THE SHOTS JACK FIRED AND CALLED THE LOCAL COPS BOB RACED OFF INTO THE NIGHT ROLLIN' THROUGH EVERY STOP THE HEAT WAS BARRELING DOWN ON BOB AND JIMMY WAS LOSING BLOOD JACK ROCKED BACK AND FORTH AND CRIED HE'S HOLDING HIS DADDY'S GUN JUST THEN BOB HIT A POTHOLE BLEW OUT A TIRE AND WENT OFF THE ROAD RAN DOWN A HILL THROUGH SOMEONE'S YARD ROLLED ONCE AND HIT A POLE JACK WAS SHAKEN UP REAL BAD BUT HE HOPPED OUT TO MAKE A RUN INTO THE WOODS BEHIND THE HOUSE HE WAS LIMPIN' WITH HIS DADDY'S GUN THE COPS, THEY OPENED FIRE SHOT HIM IN THE BACK THAT'S THE STORY OF HOW IT ALL WENT WRONG FOR JIMMY AND BOB AND JACK All right, so we're going to do one more here. This is another number off our record, "The Places We Lived." This is a song about moving away from someplace, and saying you're not going back and moving back to that place. This one's called "How in the Hell Did You Get Back Here?" I REMEMBER WHEN YOUR BAGS WERE PACKED SAID YOU WEREN'T COMIN' BACK SAID YOU HAD ENOUGH AND I CALLED YOUR BLUFF AS A MATTER OF FACT GONE IN A FLASH AWAY FROM THE PAST A NEW INNOCENCE STARTIN' ANEW IN A CITY OF BLUE WELL, YOU SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER THEN I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH NOW SO WHEN I SAW YOU OUT LAST NIGHT I WAS WONDERIN' HOW I WAS WONDERIN' HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? I REMEMBER WHEN YOUR BAGS WERE PACKED AND YOU SAID YOU NEARLY SPENT YOUR STASH AND RAN OUT OF CASH GONE IN A FLASH AWAY FROM THE PAST A NEW INNOCENCE STARTIN' ANEW IN A CITY OF BLUE WELL YOU SAID IT DIDN'T MATTER THEN I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH NOW WHEN I SAW YOU OUT LAST NIGHT I WAS WONDERIN' HOW I WAS WONDERIN' HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HEY! WHEN I SAW YOU OUT LAST NIGHT I WAS WONDERIN' HOW I WAS WONDERIN' HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET BACK HERE? WHOA!