The music recordings of an enthusiastic hobbiest! Here you'll find songs written, played and recorded in the old fashion style of your forefathers. My talented, interesting and fun friends come over and I shove musical instruments and microphones in front of them. What we end up with at the end of a night or two finds it's way here for the tens of folks - like you! - to consume at your leisure. No IP tracking, no personal information siphoned off of your smart phone, no ads or agendas. Expect more in the coming months!

VEINS bw SOMETHING I CAN SLEEP THROUGH

Veins and Something I Can Sleep Through were written within a week of each other in preparation for what I thought was going to be another "Cobirds Unite" record. Barb Hunter, Johnny Sangster and Rebecca Young all play on these songs giving it the lush Cobirds treatment, but I think there is a haunting quality here that didn't make it onto the last record. That's good.

© Copyright 2012, Rusty Willoughby, Fatbald, Bug Music

COODER bw CROSSING

Cooder and Crossing were done in one short session back in 2008. Basically recording Lisa playing dobro, 6 string and banjo straight into a 610 preamp. I later added miscellania and mixed it down while making coffee. Both turned out great! Lisa King is one of my musical heroes. Her bass playing is epic and gargantuan, while her approach to acoustic instruments is subtle and deep. Lisa is tethered to the Center of The Earth. Listen to it!

© Copyright 2008, Lisa King, Lisa's Music

I'LL PUT YOU DOWN bw MISHAPED

I'll Put You Down is a God damn bonafide hit if you ask me. Alessandra comes over to our house and nonchalantly plays us this song of epic proprotions. I was so floored at what I was hearing that I sort of poorly engineered the session. This was the first time I felt like my recording skills were inadequate. But holy shit, you get to listen to this beautiful song. Alessandra sings all vocals (the lead done live while she played the piano part!) and I play bass, mellotron and drums. The B side - Mishaped is every bit as catchy, but only lasts about a minute and it evaporates. Al plays acoustic guitar and sings while I chip in with mellotron, bass and guitar.

© Copyright 2012, Alessandra Rose, Alessandra's Music

LIGHT IN THE WINDOW bw ALL YOUR GAME

Two more incredible songs from Seattle's own Scott Sutherland. Scott's been cranking out the good stuff since the mid 80s with bands like Chemistry Set, Model Rockets and The Doll Test and he hasn't quit yet. Light in The Window is a haunting classic with lyrics that kill. JT provides the lonesome sounding harmonica and between the three of us, we managed to spit out this number as well as All Your Game, another classic Sutherland melody.

© Copyright 2012, Scott Sutherland, Scott's Music

CHICKLING DOWNS bw CRUSTACEAN BLUES

Chickling Downs was recorded in West Seattle the week of January 5, 2012 with Billy Stover on Piano and me playing everything else. This was a song originally written and performed during the heady Martin Luther Nixon sessions back in the Summer of 2009. The B-side Crustacean Blues, is a song written about the discontentment of being a crab at low tide. Recorded and mixed by me and mastered by Johnny Sangster.

© Copyright 2012, Rusty Willoughby, Fatbald, Bug Music

BACK IN SCHOOL bw WHAT YOU GIVE

Back in School was written on my old rented console piano and this recording was the first time playing the song through. The performance is spirited, if nothing else, so I left it as is. What You Give is one of the last songs written in my Cobirds Unite phase, and Cobirds have a few live recordings of this song floating around. This version lacks the musicality of the Cobirds, but makes up for it in Bouncy piano. Recorded and mixed by me and mastered by Johnny Sangster.

© Copyright 2012, Rusty Willoughby, Fatbald, Bug Music