Original Song Project: Morgan Young -- Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

So there I was at a lovely little Christmas party as our hostess spoke humorously about her friend in NY who had received nothing but sex toys from Santa. The subject of our story was apparently quite abuzz at the thought of her cache. My thoughts quickly turned, as most young men's naturally do in this situation, to...Cormac McCarthy. Specifically to a throw away line he has in his book No Country For Old Men in which Lewellyn Moss returns home to his broken down trailer and his lonely wife. The wife starts peppering Llewelyn with questions as to his whereabouts and Llewelyn's off-the-cuff retort (and the general scene in the trailer) fill out the rest of the musical image.

So, with those dual images of sad little trailers in west Texas and Santa bringing a bag of sex toys rattling around my head, I quickly wrote and recorded this little rockabilly song and called it Buzz, Buzz, Buzz. The instruments are a Gibson SJ200 acoustic, Gibson EB2D bass, and a Fender Telecaster equipped with a Bigsby.

I hope you enjoy.

The Flip-Side Original Song Project: "Death Ray Explosion Bomb, Are Go!" -- Morgan Young

Here is a 1:43 second ditty entitled Death Ray Explosion Bomb, Are Go! which I recorded a few months back while the kids were in school. Believe it or not, the inspiration for the song was John Lee Hooker's slow, brooding Gin House Blues. It would be pretty difficult to hear that reference now as this has a much more upbeat country feel to it.

The rhythm and lead guitar parts were recorded using a modified Telecaster. The slide was played on a 1950's Kay made Silvertone. The bass part was played on a 1966 Gibson EB2d and the drums were played on my daughter's toy bongos.