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Brown Carpet & Full Moon
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1full moon picnic1988203Brown Carpet & Full MoonE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-bcsfms.jpg
2feel this way1995.08.02207spontaneous combustionE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAlogo.jpg
3a witness to a crime / I like a melody1995.10.21Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums762squares and circlesE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
4just surviving1980201VoyagerE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/voyager.jpg
5ends and begins1996.06.14Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass, bvox Jon: drums PeBo: congas, percussion758all your limbs [+PeBo]E.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
6roadster1996.06.14Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass, bvox Jon: drums PeBo: electric guitar758all your limbs [+PeBo]E.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
7Gravity Is Getting Me Down1988Recorded at Full Moon Studios, Ithaca, NY on 14 June 1988. Andy: electric guitar and vocals, Tim: bass and bvox, Jon: drums.772transitionsE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBA-transitions.jpg
8satellites1991.10.05206spreading more jamE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-smj.jpg
9live it up1980201VoyagerE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/voyager.jpg
10spit up1995.08.02Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums764tangerine cowbellsE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
11she's an angel1980201VoyagerE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/voyager.jpg
12dream vacation1996.06.14Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass, bvox Jon: drums PeBo: congas, percussion758all your limbs [+PeBo]E.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
13strange in ordinary ways1986203Brown Carpet & Full MoonE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-bcsfms.jpg
14Fire [WRS]1988Recorded at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY in April 1988. Andy: electric guitar and vocals, Tim: bass and bvox, Jon: drums.772transitionsE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBA-transitions.jpg
15see it all1987Jon: drums Tim: bass Andy: guitars, vocals Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY. 204see it allE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Monkey Run 1987.jpg
16walking Ziggy1995.08.02Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums764tangerine cowbellsE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
17rain woman falling1988203Brown Carpet & Full MoonE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-bcsfms.jpg
18zoo1995.10.21Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums762squares and circlesE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
19a box in my basement / no control of the weather1995.10.21Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums762squares and circlesE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
20drive me home1995.10.21Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums762squares and circlesE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
21small world1988203Brown Carpet & Full MoonE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-bcsfms.jpg
22freestyle animal1995.09.13Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums763chimichangaE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
23crazy baby1983202The RaidE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/theRaid.jpg
24eggsalad on toast1995.08.02Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums764tangerine cowbellsE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
25falling down1995.09.13Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums763chimichangaE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
26gravity is getting me down1991.10.05206spreading more jamE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-smj.jpg
27tangerine cowbells in my lawn1995.08.02Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums764tangerine cowbellsE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
28running water1996.06.14Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass, bvox Jon: drums PeBo: congas, percussion758all your limbs [+PeBo]E.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
29last words1986203Brown Carpet & Full MoonE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-bcsfms.jpg
30things in the shadows1995.09.13Andy: vocals, electric guitar Tim: bass Jon: drums763chimichangaE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/EBAimprov.jpg
31oasis1980201VoyagerE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/voyager.jpg
32back to bed1991.10.05206spreading more jamE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/eba-smj.jpg
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Album: Brown Carpet & Full Moon

This song was the Pick of the Week on 2014.06.08. Here's the story:
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This song is one of my favorites from the Everything But Anchovies days. It was written in 1988. As was pretty typical, Tim wrote the lyrics, I came up with the initial musical idea, then we finished writing the music as a band --fleshing out all the parts for guitar, bass, and drums together during practice. Everything But Anchovies I think it's a prime example of the reggae-flavored rock we played.

This was recorded in early 1989 in Full Moon Studios --really the basement jamming space of the house where we all lived from Spring 1988 to Spring 1989. That was the year after Jon finished college, when we had a manager and played quite a lot of gigs around Ithaca. The house was in the Eastern Heights neighborhood of Ithaca, which is referenced in the lyrics. This song was one of our most popular songs, and it was always a blast to play live.

The recording was made on my Teac 4-track reel-to-reel tape recorder with a rented mixing board. We recorded a base track live with maybe just four mics on drums, bass, and electric guitar mixed to stereo. We then used the remaining two tracks to overdub acoustic guitar and vocals --with both vocals recorded and mixed to one track.

Everything But Anchovies

This ended up on an album called "Brown Carpet & Full Moon". There are some band photos here.

The moon is currently waxing towards a full moon on the 12th. Pack a picnic!

-Andy

Full Moon Picnic

on the full moon
pack a picnic
we'll take a walk 
out to the eastern heights
and soon
when we've eaten 
we'll talk until 
the sun lights up your eyes

    I have heard
    you can't be seen 
    by daylight
    but tonight you share
    the bread you bake
    with me

roll on
the horizon
you look as though 
you're much larger than life
am I wrong
or do the clouds
veil your face
like that of a new wife

  on the full moon
  I want to meet you down by the water
  on the full moon 
  I'll fill your glass under the willows
  on the full moon
  I want to show you all the secret places
  on the full moon
  I look up into your face
  on the full moon

often
you deceive me
with open arms 
I try to coax you
out from
hiding places
that you find
walking through the world today


Tim Odell -- 7 March 1988 except
iv by Andy Wyatt -- 25 September 1988
©1988 Everything But Anchovies

Info for artist: E.B.A.
Everything But Anchovies
Members: 
Jon Morse - drums
Tim Odell - bass, vocals
Andy Wyatt - vocals, guitars

Years of Activity:
1978-1995

Overview:
Started as Voyager in 1979. Briefly included Pete Downes as rhythm guitarist. Changed name to The Raid in 1981, and to Everything But Anchovies in 1986. Played about 85 gigs around Ithaca, NY and a few nearby towns between 1980-1989. Most were at The Nines (16), second-most at Oliver's (11), third-most at the Hidden Valley 4H camp (11), and fourth-most at T.J. Tuesday's (8). After the last gig, a live TV broadcast in November 1989, we didn't play again until 1991, when we got together for a reunion jam at Andy's new house (see Spreading More Jam). We did likewise at Jon's new house in 1993 for the first Voyager reunion, then in 1995 we started getting together for EBA improv sessions. This evolved into Killer Whirlpool by 1996.
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