CENTER OF GRAVITY -Great Ridin' Weather is here!!
I was recording Tommy Shannon with Doyle Bramhall Jr. at my home studio in 1986 (Doyle was only 17) and Tommy was grooving on a bass line he picked up from his friend Willie Weeks (Legendary session bassist- the bass player on David Lee Roth's "Just A Jigolo" One of the greatest Bass shuffle lines ever recorded in A&R Rock -yeah, that bad boy.) Doyle Jr., his dad Doyle senior, Tommy with Albert Collins' band members jamming to it was a rocking afternoon, for sure.. Doyle Jr.'s a big star now.. Anyways, I saw Tommy years later and reminded him of that lick and told him I'd written a song around that bass line and could I please record it? He responded, "Yeah, let's get in the studio and do it!" So I got together with him and Barry "Frosty" Smith, and we recorded it. That bass solo part that whips like a giant python in the jungle and then where all the other band parts follow in, is what I'm talking about, heh heh...Riley Osbourne on the keys, the great Paul Orta on harp. Me on guitar & slide. I love Motorcycles and the lyrics came easily from being a rider all my life, so that's the story of "Center Of Gravity" If you're not playing it really loud, you're missing a lot!! LOL!
