This song was recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle by legendary engineer, Kearney Barton (who recorded The Kingsmen “Jolly Green Giant” of “Louie, Louie” fame, The Sonics “Psycho”, The Frantics “Werewolf”, and many others.) It was an 8 track analog studio, recorded onto 1 inch reel tape. This song was recorded, along with 13 other songs, in a 12 hour session. It was the first session where I met Kearney Barton. I wanted to do this since I knew The Beatles recorded some of their best sounding stuff this way. To this day, I like the fast pace of music since it seems more lively to me. By taking too long on a song and second guessing yourself, you tend to bog down the creative process. I'd rather have a few rough areas and even mistakes in songs rather than spending months on a perfect recording that stifles creativity. This song features Wayde Brown (me) on guitar and vocals; my dad Clinton Brown on bass, and Bill Fletcher on drums. I believe a friend of Bill's named Sam Haylor came to the sessions to provide some backing vocal parts to help save time. I think he helped on this song (and maybe a few others like “She's A Girl” and “What To Do” and so on, but I can't remember every song he provided backing vocal overdubs.) I remember after the session was over, Kearney said he was very impressed at what we accomplished, especially since we never met before and had barely talked about a game plan. We kind of just went in and did it. The 12 hours included a quick, rough mix down as well. I only overdubbed the lead guitar and my backing vocal along with Sam's.
I did take the Audacity program and slowed the song down to a tempo I thought was more correct than what we originally performed it. It deserves to be a slow song, even slower than the current version I have now. (But one can't slow a song too far down, digitally, or else you'll start hearing things that doesn’t belong in there, where the program is forcing the song to do what it wasn't meant to do.)
To finish off this particular mix, I had to convert it from a cassette format onto the Audacity program on my computer with a JVC TD-W254 Double Cassette Deck 3 motor Silent Mechanism.
This is song # 181 on the list of songs I've written. This song has one of the most personal meanings for me, more so than any other song I've written at the time. My father and mother were talking about separation and divorce due to certain circumstances. The agreement was for my father to leave and not come back. My dad told me that he had to leave since he didn't feel like he was part of the family anymore and that my mother wanted him gone. He told me that after he took a shower and got dressed, that he would be gone from our lives. This was a man who I adored as a father and I loved very much and was a major part of my life, especially in music. Of course, I didn't want to see him go. So, while he was getting ready to leave, I wrote this song within 10 minutes or so. When he was dressed and ready to walk out the door, I asked him if I could play this song that I wrote for him. After I played it on acoustic guitar, we both broke down and he said he couldn't leave, and he asked me to play it again. It was this song that stopped my family from breaking apart. I was 16 or 17 years old at the time. I always imagined a female singing this song since the flow and words to the song would go better with a woman's voice. Perhaps one day, I'll get a chance to hear a woman singing it. John Lennon’s song, “Mother” was also in my mind when I wrote it.
Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA.
lyrics
Daddy, Please Don't Go 'Cause I'll Miss You So
Inside, A Pain I Can't Hide.
Daddy, Please Stay, Don't Go Away
Or I Think I Might Die.
When I Think Of Broken Hearts, I Hope You'll See,
Love Has Broken Your Tender Heart.
But You'll Always Have Me.
Daddy, Don't Cry, 'Cause I
Need You. Yes I Love You.
(Solo)
I Am Yours As You Are Mine. You Know I'll Be
Loving You All Of The Time,
And You'll Always Have Me. And You'll Always Have Me.
Daddy, Don't Leave, And I Believe
You'll Be With Mommy And Me.
Daddy, Please Stay, Don't Go Away!
I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I
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