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The "Dodgin' The Draft" album comes from a strange time for the Caucasian Boys. The band had split up to attend college, and get-togethers were becoming scarce. Most sessions took place either over holidays or summer. For the most part, these sessions took place at Todd Schweikhardt's house. Schweikhardt, the "Fifth Caucasian Boy," was a full-fledged member of the band at this time. Todd had purchased a four-track, which the band used to record songs like "Wish You Were Here" and "Homecoming Blues," a tune improvised by Pool in protest of an exorbitant flower bill. The first day working with the four-track, the band cleared out most of Tim's parents house on Adams street in Carthage, and recorded three tracks. The first was "Homecoming Blues," an improvised tune to test the recording capabilities. The second was "Wish You Were Here," a cover of Pink Floyd. The third was the masterpiece "Keystone," with lyrics written by Pool in ten minutes after Kerr told him to "write about something he loved." The album was originally produced and mastered by the band. The title, "Dodgin' The Draft" is a reference to the band's love of beer and fear of being drafted during the first Gulf War. In 1989, someone had the less-than-brilliant idea to record a Christmas album. It could have been Kerr, but he ain't admitting it. The session were recorded on video, which is quite hilarious. However, the music, which features all of the band (except Evatt) and guests Jill Kerr and Katrina Asher singing along to a single guitar playing Christmas carols, is pretty awful. Those songs are included here as tracks #9-16. Tracks #17-23 are all leftover songs from after the DTD sessions. Members of the band continued to record at Schweikhardt's house on various occasions, and these tracks were filled out within the next year. |