Clay Henry's Last Call

Once upon a time in Atlanta, in 1994, I was part of band called ‘Clay Henry’. In 1994, riding a bit of momentum, we recorded a debut album comprised of about 20 hastily recorded songs I wrote over the preceeding 4 years.

Not being particularly smart or seasoned, the band recorded all of these songs in a couple of weeks in our guitarist’s parents house and threw them all on a compact disc to sell at shows.

While the CD gave the band something to sell at shows, and gave the major radio station in Atlanta - 99x - something to play on their Locals Only show - it just wasn’t something I was particularly proud of.

Half the songs were just plain shit. The other half that ranged from decent to good weren’t recorded particularly well. Most were recorded on an 8 track TASCAM recorder and mixed quickly. Peformances were raw and not particularly tight. All told, the CD served a purpose, but I long wished I had given the songs (the ones that were worthy, at least) a better birthing.

So, after years of learning to get decent recordings at home, I embarked on taking the 10 best songs from NTFT and reworking them in to a newly recorded album.

Personnel

Warren Van Wyck played drums on three tracks - ‘Tengo Un Secreto’, ‘Three Cheers’, and ‘Undone’.

Thomas Van Deven played slide guitar on ‘Helping Hands’ and ‘Invisible’.

Dima Faustov added horns to ‘Tengo Un Secreto’ and ‘Clay Henry’s Last Call’.

Ted’s daughter Zoe contributed vocals to ‘Skanking ‘Round the Christmas Tree’.

Edmund Lowe contriuted backgroud vocals to ‘Big Brother’.

All other instruments - guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals - were performed by me.