The Caucasian Boys
Big Hair
Recorded 1989 at the Church Of Abundant Life, Carthage, TX

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Truly the Caucasian Manifesto. The best album the Caucasian Boys even attempted. Notable for its early attempt at multi-tracking and instrumental experimentation.

In summer of 1989, the Caucasian Boys, buoyed by the success of their first album, once again gathered at the Church of Abundant Life to record. The equipment available at the church was again used, with one major difference in sound. Rudimentary multi-track editing was accomplished by recording all the instruments in one pass, then replaying the take on Tim's Denon Tape Deck and adding vocals and solos over it on the second pass.

Through this technique, the band was able to avoid the recording problems that plagued their early sessions. Songs like "Wild Thing/Walking On Sunshine" and "When Love Comes To Town" would not have been possible without the Denon.

The Caucasian Boys also began to stretch out musically on this album, penning instrumentals like "Red Sky: Night," and their "MVIII Trilogy." This is a trilogy of songs written as background music for the "Miami Vice" TV show. Sadly, the show had already been cancelled when this idea came up. Still, the three-song suite serves as feature pieces for Kerr, Evatt, and Roberson respectively.

This album began the band's near-unhealthy relationship with U2. Three U2 songs are covered here, starting a trend that would continue with every album.

In an interesting note, two of the major pieces of equipment used on this album, Tim's Denon tape deck and reid's Applause Guitar, were both purchased with leftover Pell Grant money.