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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.
When I wrote this song, I was in the process of starting another band, eventually to be called CRIME SCENE, but at this particular time, I had no band. The Santairs had technically disbanded and I was ready to form a new group, but this song came about, sometime in the early 90's. I knew all the parts that I wanted, but I was a very poor drummer, just learning how to hit the skins, so I opted to program a synthesizer to play the drum parts. Once done, I overdubbed the bass, the guitars, the vocals, maracas, and an odd percussive instrument I played at the beginning of the song which I still don't know what it's called to this day. I sang through a megaphone during the second verse, sounding much like the second verse of Susie-Q. There are 3 versions of this song. Version one is the longest of the bunch to equal the version CCR did for their long version of Susie-Q. The second version is the shorter version, which is the first half of the song. And version 3 is the second half of the long version, which was the solo/instrumental part. This particular take is version 1; the long, entire version of the song.
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.
424th song on the list, (Part one is 423rd while Part two is 447th) is a complete homage or tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival's version of Susie-Q and Green River. I combined the two main riffs of those songs and inverted them and changed them around a little bit. The chord progression is a bit different but the arrangement is very similar to Susie-Q. I also used a girl's name to complete the homage. The words weren't meant to be anything except to describe the person. I had no one to write about until I actually saw a woman named Katrina in an auto parts store with that name tag. So, I looked at her closely and wrote exactly what I saw. So, basically, the song is a true story in that aspect.

Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA.

lyrics

Oh Katrina, Oh Katrina,
You’re A Sight To See, So Far From My Reach.
Dark Hair, Perfumed Air.
Five Foot Nine, Tight, Compact, And So Fine!
(Solo)
Oh Katrina, My Katrina,
Skin So Soft And Rare, Smooth And Pure And Light As The Air.
What Lies In Your Mystery Eyes?
My Heart Belongs To You. Tell Me What I Should Do?
(Solo)
Oh Katrina, My Only Trina,
Let Me Speak My Words. Don’t Let Me Go Unheard!
I Love You. My Words Are True.
Can We Be Together? How Can I Ask To Stay Forever? Wow!
(Solo)

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from The Santairs Presents: FIRST OFFENSE​-​-​REIMAGINED (2024 Remaster), released May 18, 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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