This Time We Got It Right
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"Grab my guitar, I say goodbye, I'm leavin' town again"
I wrote this song a couple of years ago. It's about how everything comes together when you're on the road. We're pulling an early reggae influence on this one.
Tim Timebomb -Vocals and Guitar
Jesse Bivona -Drums
J Bonner -Bass
Kevin Bivona -B3, Piano, Vocals
Aimee Allen -BG, Vocals
Bevin Hamilton- BG Vocals
Ooh La La
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Originally released in 1973, this song was written by Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood for the Faces’ third album, also called ‘Ooh La La.’ As soon as Travis Barker heard my demo for this song, he wanted to play on it, we recorded at his studio the next day and made the video the day after. I have a long working relationship with both Travis and J Bonner. J is my favorite reggae bass player that I’ve played with and worked with me on Poet’s Life and the Jimmy Cliff album. Travis is in the Transplants with me. I’m so fortunate to get to play with these guys. In the video, there’s a shot of me standing on a garbage can on the corner of Durant and Telegraph, in the distance, you can see the church where my parents were married in 1958. This song is dedicated to my dad Don Armstrong 1931-2012
Tim Timebomb – Guitars and Vocals
Travis Barker – Drums
J Bonner – Bass
Kevin Bivona – Keys
I'm Movin' On
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My dad grew up listening to Cowboy Songs on a farm in El Centro California, which is in the Imperial Valley. So, we listened to a lot of Country Western as well. I must have heard this song a million times growing up and always liked it.
Tim Timebomb – Guitar and Vocals
Ryan Foltz –Bass
Dave McKean – Drums
Doug McKean – Guitar
Justin Gorski – Keys
Chris Yohn – Fiddle
Kevin Bivona – Percussion
Austin “Walking Cane” Charanghat -Dobro
American Without Tears
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This song was on Elvis Costello’s masterpiece ‘King Of America’ album which came out in 1986. On this record Elvis Costello used musicians Ron Tutt (drums) Jerry Scheff (bass) and James Burton (guitar). All three also played in Elvis Presley’s live band from 1970-1977. James Burton, the man with the Pink Paisley Telecaster guitar, was also a member of ‘The Hot Band’- – who not only backed up Elvis Presley live, and in the studio, beginning in 1969, but he also backed up Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris and Merle Haggard. Elvis Costello recorded this at a live session at the Sound Factory in Hollywood. Jimmy Cliff and the ‘Engine Room’ recorded in the same studio for Jimmy’s ‘Rebirth’ album. When I was producing the Jimmy Cliff record last year, I couldn’t help but think about ‘King Of America’, and how T Bone Burnett had all those guys play live in the studio, and how all those “engine room” tracks we did, were done live in that same fantastic old room.
“On tv they prosecute anyone who’s exciting” is one of the strongest Elvis Costello lyrics ever.
Tim Timebomb – Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Bivona – Mandolin, Melodica, B3, Rhodes, Acoustic Bass, Percussion
Mark Switzer – Banjo