Price-Parafin

Posted on June 26, 2011 by jviehweg

Around 1981 I believe…

Lance Keltner

Posted on June 14, 2011 by jviehweg

I played in Lance’s band in the Backroom heyday of the late 80s. A few years later he had a song he wanted to demo so I engineered a quick recording at David Barrow’s house ( I believe this was ’95).

River Of Sin

I got Lance to run through one of the old songs as well, this was one of my early favorites of his: I’d Be Crying

Lance Keltner: Guitar, Lead Vocals
John Viehweg: Guitar, backing Vocals
Tommy Taylor: Drums
Kira Small added a backing vocal on “River”
I honestly can’t remember who played bass…

One more from the ’80s, a quick demo recorded at Studio D:ASHES

Lance Keltner: Guitar, Lead Vocals
John Viehweg: Guitar, backing Vocals
Alex Espinosa: Bass
Jeff Howard: Drums

One even older, a rough cassette transfer from the early ’80s:

Blind Date/Catch 22

Posted on June 11, 2011 by jviehweg

Blind Date
I believe this is from around ’89 or so; recorded at Wink Tyler’s Austin Recording. This is a 2nd generation safety copy, wish I had something better.
She’s Walking

J.B. Slimp – Guitar
Mark Ellis – Guitar
Buster Grant – Lead Vocals
Darren Keeling – Bass
Chris Didear – Drums

Catch 22
With a couple of member changes the band became Catch 22. This is from around ’92 or so; recorded at Jay Hudson’s Hit Shack and dubbed/mixed at Wink Tyler’s Austin Recording.

Do What You Do
End Of The World

J.B. Slimp – Guitar
Louie Beltran – Guitar
Mark Tracy – Lead Vocals
Darren Keeling – Bass
Chris Didear – Drums

Doctors’ Mob

Posted on June 9, 2011 by jviehweg

Recorded at Peter Butcher’s “Europa Sound Centre” around 1985 this ranks among my favorite projects that I recorded. Thanks to Chris Gates (producer) for helping keep it raw.
Time’s Up
Somewhere Else

Steve Collier – guitar, lead vocals
Don Lamb – guitar
Jimmy Doluisio – bass
Glen Benavides – drums

The Yes Men

Posted on June 8, 2011 by jviehweg

The Yes Men is our version of poker night, we get together on Tuesday nights to have a few laughs (and a few beverages) and occasionally play some vintage prog rock from Yes.

Live from Brian’s garage! Rehearsal recordings from The Yes Men:
Heart of the Sunrise
Starship Trooper
Khatru12-5-11

The Yes Men are:

Brian Harmer: Guitar
Chris Vreeland: Bass
John Viehweg: Vocals
Mickey McGee: Drums
Patrick McFarland: Keyboards

Here are some photos of The Yes Men in action at our state of the art high tech recording facility (Brian’s garage). Click on any photo to see the full size image:

Amps and recording gear: