Hi Folks, 

Day Two, amazing, Moonlight Tango, Everything About You and Weight of the World.  I got in the studio in time to hear the end of Weight of the World and then on to Moonlight Tango.  Truly a joy. 

Today Linwood “Woody” Thompson arrived.  Friend, Fan Extraordinaire, and instrumental in the opportunity to make this record.  He shows up during Moonlight Tango, solo, having flown in from Dallas.  His wife and son are driving in from their home in Atlanta and will arrive shortly now.  Having met them at Work Play in Birmingham, I was delighted to reconnect. 

Woody was telling the story of one of the times he had dinner with Monte, in Boca Raton, and after about 45 minutes he asks Monte “Can I pay you a compliment?”  Monte says “Man, it’s been 45 minutes I’ve been waiting”  Woody replies “You are the second best quad, I’ve ever heard”  Monte says “Quad?  What the hell is that?”  Woody says “You know, “The Quad”…  Singer, Songwriter, Guitar Player, Front Man…Monte says “Yeah, who’s the first?”. Woody -  “I’d have to give that to Paul McCartney”  Monte replies, “Well that’s about the only guy you could name that wouldn’t piss me off” 

I’m going to turn this blog over to Woody as he is bursting with the energy that only being in the same room with Monte brings………………….. 

So I walk into this studio in Nashville to watch Monte perform his magic… the studio is large but amazingly intimate and very cool. I try to blend in but cannot keep the grin off my face when I see Monte and David Piggott in the studio playing Moonlight Tango… and then I realize that Phil Bass is behind the kit… and then the smile grows as I anticipate this reunion. 

One thought that sticks out is how laid back the man behind the soundboard seems… just bobbing his head in tempo and tweaking an occasional dial… I watch this for some time and then at the end of one of the final takes of Moonlight Tango… I hear him say, “The kick drum on the fifth beat of the section after the chorus was late… we need to redo that… And then I realize I am surrounded by pros… wait a minute… was this guy who seemed to just be bobbing his head just say, The kick drum on the fifth beat after the chorus was a bit late”?  These guys are pros. 

Monty Hitchcock:  It’s great to see Woody and his lovely wife Tammy along with their “cool as all get out” son Trent.  There’s a nice air in the studio today.  Sort of an inspired feeling.  Everyone is sworn to secrecy at this point but I can say this; something extraordinary happened in the studio tonight.  That’s all I can say, but I’ll say it again.  Something extraordinary.  Get ready.