SHITSVILLE USA SESSIONS
One of my goals for 2022 is to finish some of the things I started while quarantined in 2020. Here is one such project: The Shitsville USA Sessions. Shitsville USA is my recording studio and, at one point, was based in Charleston, South Carolina. These days, Shitsville USA is less of a physical space and more of a bag of recording gear that I tote with me wherever I go so that I can continue to record, wherever it is that I may be.
DANCING IN THE DARK
Dancing in the Dark is a song that I have known all my life. I've heard it and seen the video countless times, but while in quarantine I came across a version of the song featuring Bruce on just an acoustic guitar and it hit different. It felt more desperate, more real. Don't get me wrong, the version of Born in The USA is great, but I never really "heard" it, until hearing it done solo, acoustic.
Nobody does it better than The Boss (obviously), but I wanted to celebrate my love for the song and the Born in The USA record...So I got together with my friends in The Key Problems (Brendangerous on bass and SeAnarchist on keys) and we recorded a version of the song while in quarantine. I'll be continuing to work on the next record and hope to see/meet you out at a show sometime soon...
'til then, enjoy,
Matt
