AVAILABLE NOW!

ABOUT THE SONG…
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2021, EVENTUALLY I WAS LAID OFF AND WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY FIND NEW WORK IN MY INDUSTRY, I DECIDED TO LAUNCH A FEW CREATIVE PROJECTS AND CHARITABLE FUNDRAISERS. ONE OF THESE PROJECTS WAS AN ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION (SAN DIEGO/IMPERIAL CHAPTER) FUNDRAISER AT KAREN WILDER’S HOUSE FEATURING GREG DOUGLASS THAT WAS A BIG SUCCESS AND ALSO YIELDED WONDERFUL VIDEO… THAT WILL NOW BE USED TO SUPPORT THEIR UPCOMING GALA!

AFTER THAT EFFORT, AND MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF WORKING WITH GREG DOUGLASS… MY FRIEND CONSENTED TO SPENDING AN AFTERNOON LISTENING TO THE DEMOS FOR MY NEW (LONG GESTATING) PROJECT "SOME ANTICS". I’VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE RELEASING MY DEBUT "MELLOW DRAMATIC" IN 2006 AND I HOPED HE WOULD CONSIDER HELPING ME GET IT COMPLETED. AFTER LISTENING TO A BATCH OF MY MATERIAL, AND PICKING A FEW TRACKS TO WORK ON, GREG SAID THAT HE ENJOYED MY LYRICS AND WAS WONDERING IF I’D CONSIDER PUTTING WORDS TO A DEMO HE HAD CREATED MANY, MANY YEARS EARLIER.

AFTER LISTENING TO THE DEMO, I AGREED.

DRIVING HOME, I LANDED ON THE PHRASE “I CAN RELATE” AND WROTE THOSE LYRICS… DICTATING THEM INTO MY PHONE. WHEN I ARRIVED, AND LISTENED AGAIN, I DECIDED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH… THIS TIME WRITING THE LYRICS FOR GREG… MORE LIKE BERNIE TAUPIN MIGHT FOR ELTON JOHN. I WROTE THE NEW LYRICS IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND USED GARAGEBAND TO CREATE A NEW DEMO WITH VOCALS. WHEN GREG HEARD IT, HE DECLARED "YOU CRACKED THE CODE!"



“TICHO SHOOTS, HE SCORES! BRILLIANT LYRICS FOR A SONG THAT WAS LOST IN SPACE FOR YEARS: "I CAN'T WRITE LYRICS TO THIS!" WAS THE CHORUS TO MY DEMO FOR AGES (WORKING TITLE "BRAINSTORM") AND...YOU...YOU RASCAL! YOU PENNED WORDS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE WHEN THOSE FIRST CHUCK BERRY LICKS CAME BOOMING OUT OF YOUR PARENTS' GIANT WOODEN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM ("WHAT IS THAT NOISE, RICHARD?"). AND...IT'S BIOGRAPHICAL! SOMEONE WROTE A SONG ABOUT ME...WELL, US: THE WHOLE GENERATION. SUCH A PLEASURE HAVING CREATED A MASTERPIECE WITH A GOOD FRIEND. I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU...OK, US!"
- GREG DOUGLASS


ON JANUARY 12TH, 2022… GREG, JAMES EAST, PAUL KIMBAROW AND MYSELF JOINED MIKE KAMOO AT HIS STUDIO TO RECORD THE FIRST EVER DOUGLASS/TICHO COMPOSITION… NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK! AFTER HEARING OUR FIRST MIX, MUSIC (STAGE, TELEVISION AND FILM) INDUSTRY LEGEND, TOM “BONES” MALONE OFFERED TO LEND HIS HORN ARRANGEMENT TO THE TRACK!

THE SINGLE IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE AT NEVER2OLD2ROCK.COM AND ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS.

AFTER HEARING THIS VERSION, GREG DECLARED ME A “GENIUS” AND DECIDED TO SHARE IT WITH HIS PAL STEVE MILLER… WHO COMPLIMENTED GREG AND TOM’S EFFORTS. ALSO, I HAD A DREAM THAT PAT BENATAR AND NEIL GIRALDO HEARD THE TRACK AND DECIDED TO RECORD IT WITH GREG… SO WHILE I KEEP MY EXPECTATIONS REALISTIC, I CLEARLY HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THIS SONG. REALLY... I'M HOPING EVERYONE ENJOYS THE NEW MUSIC… AND MOSTLY JUST THRILLED TO HAVE WRITTEN/PRODUCED THIS SONG WITH GREG DOUGLASS AND THIS AWESOME BAND! THANK YOU... RICHARD

ABOUT THE BAND...

GREG DOUGLASS
GUITARS

WITH FOUR PLATINUM RECORDS; 15 MILLION UNITS SOLD AND 50+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS... ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME GUITARIST GREG DOUGLASS PLAYED WITH THE STEVE MILLER BAND, HOT TUNA, VAN MORRISON, GREG KIHN BAND AND MANY MORE. HE IS IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME AS A MEMBER OF THE STEVE MILLER BAND AND THE WRITER OF MANY SINGLES INCLUDING THE GLOBAL SMASH HIT JUNGLE LOVE.

TOM “BONES” MALONE, TROMBONIST, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, ARRANGER & PRODUCER IS AMONG THE MOST EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS IN THE BUSINESS.

TOM IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH THE BLUES BROTHERS, DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

TOM HAS PLAYED ON 4,400+ TELEVISION SHOWS, 3,000+ RADIO & TELEVISION COMMERCIALS, OVER 1,500 RECORDINGS AND THOUSANDS OF LIVE PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. TOM HAS DONE 2,700 ARRANGEMENTS FOR TELEVISION.

TOM HAS PERFORMED, RECORDED AND/OR ARRANGED FOR:
RAY CHARLES, JAMES BROWN, STEVIE WONDER, PAUL MCCARTNEY, DAVID BOWIE, STEELY DAN, PINK FLOYD, AEROSMITH, YES, STING, ELTON JOHN, JAMES TAYLOR, TOM PETTY, ERIC CLAPTON, VAN MORRISON, BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS, THE BAND, PHIL COLLINS, JOE COCKER, BILLY JOEL, LOU REED, ROBERT PLANT, JEFF BECK, JIMMY PAGE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, WILSON PICKETT, SAM & DAVE, BON JOVI, CHUCK BERRY, BB KING, JOHN MAYER, STEVE WINWOOD, BONNIE RAITT, LITTLE RICHARD, MEATLOAF, PAUL SIMON, TINA TURNER, DAVID BYRNE, RINGO STARR, LADY GAGA, THE EURYTHMICS, DEBBY HARRY, JOHN MELLENCAMP AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.

JAMES EAST IS A MULTI-GRAMMY AWARD WINNING BASSIST THAT HAS RECORDED, PERFORMED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS ERIC CLAPTON, ELTON JOHN, MICHAEL JACKSON, BABYFACE, QUINCY JONES, SERGIO MENDEZ AND AL JARREAU JUST TO NAME A FEW… AND HIS UNIQUE STYLE HAS MADE HIM A CORNERSTONE OF THE “SULLY BAND!”

HIS FIRST INFLUENCES INCLUDE A LONG LIST OF TALENTED MUSICIANS… WES MONTGOMERY, QUINCY JONES, HERBIE HANCOCK, WAYNE SHORTER, CANONBALL ADDERLEY, GEORGE BENSON, BOB JAMES, HARVEY MASON, LEE RITENOUR, JIMI HENDRIX, SANTANA.

TOP SAN DIEGO DRUMMER PAUL KIMBAROW HAS PLAYED WITH SUCH MUSICALLY VARIED ARTISTS AS ASHFORD & SIMPSON, ANGELA BOFILL, SHA NA NA, A.J. CROCE, THE PLATTERS, JAZZ SAX GREAT HANK CRAWFORD, SALSA PIONEER WILLIE COLÓN, MARVIN HAMLISCH, MELBA MOORE, THE MIGHTY PENGUINS, ELLA RUTH PIGGEE, BLUES STALWART LARRY “ARKANSAS” DAVIS AND MORE, INCLUDING KEITH RICHARDS’ SISTER-IN-LAW, SPIRITUAL HYMNS SINGER MARSHA HANSEN.

PAM GALLO IS A NATIVE SAN DIEGAN WHO GREW UP LISTENING, ENJOYING AND SINGING ALONG TO A MYRIAD OF MUSICAL GENRES. SHE PERFORMS REGULARLY WITH FULL STRENGTH, WINNER OF BEST COVER BAND FOR 2020 AND 2021 IN THE SAN DIEGO READER POLL, AND DRIVIN’ THE BUS, SAN DIEGO’S PREMIERE ALL STAR JAM BAND. WITH A BUTTERY SMOOTH VOICE WITH RICH TONE, PAM WILL TRANSPORT YOU WHETHER SHE IS SINGING STEVIE WONDER OR LED ZEPPLIN. PAM’S GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BRING JOY THROUGH SONG, AND THIS TRACK IS PERFECT AS SHE LOVES TO ROCK!