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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 very much like this. To this day, I like the fast pace of recording 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, Bill Fletcher on drums, and Sam Haylor on backing vocals. 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 overdubbed some extra backing vocals with the Audacity program in my home studio.)
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 the 94th song I wrote. It was the first actual country song I wrote since my father wanted to see if I could also do this genre, specifically one that sounded it could have come from the 40's or 50's. This was a challenge that I totally enjoyed. I felt one of the best country writers of all time was Hank Williams, Sr., so this song was modeled after him and his style. It was fairly easy to write, though I am, by no means, a country singer. I was also influenced by some of Elvis Presley’s country songs.

Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA. and MINE music Studio in Auburn, WA.

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I Wish That We Could Be Just Friends,
Holding Hands And Loving Again.
To Love You Now Is What I Intend,
Because Now I Know, I Love You Again.

I've Been Crying For Days On End.
I Wrote You Letters I Hoped To Send,
But Now You're Gone, My Heartaches Won't Mend,
Because Now I Know, I Love You Again.

I Had A Dream Of You And Me.
I Feel So Sad And Lonely As Can Be.
I'm Thinking Of The Things That Could Have Been.
I Want You Near For I Love You Again.

I Wonder When These Lonely Nights Will End.
I Loved You Since God Knows When,
But If You Think That We Could Be Friends,
Oh, Just Come On Back If You Love Me Again.

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from SLEEPING IN DREAMS redux (2024 Remaster), released May 6, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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