HEartbreak Hotel

DATE: June to October 2011

LOCATION: Chalet Studios Claremont ON, Slip One Studio Newmarket

MUSICIANS:

Drums … Jim Casson
Bass … Dennis Pendrith
Piano … Bob Burrows
Guitar … Larry Leishman
Mouth Organ … Larry Leishman
Pedal Steel Guitar … Al Brisco
Flugelhorn … David Ivany
Tenor Horn … Meagan Smith
Baritone Horn … Jeremy Smith
Vocals … Bob Burrows

HORN ARRANGEMENT: Duncan Hopkins

SONGWRITER: Tommy Durdon, Mae Boren Axton, Elvis Presley

RECORDING PERSONNEL:

Recording Engineers: Theo Postumous / David Chester
Mixing Engineer: Sam Reid
Producer: Sam Reid / Bob Burrows

GRAPHIC ARTIST: Stuart Blower

NOTES:
The recording of this song came out of my father’s funeral, where a traditional Salvation Army Band with their traditional horns played … reminded me of my youth and the first organized music I ever heard … Salvation Army Bands. As we worked on the song the idea of supporting the homeless evolved … mostly because of the connection to the Salvation Army which is often associated with that issue. So we also made a video to accompany the song … after wandering the streets of downtown Toronto for several nights. Our intention was to present the video and the recording to Fred Victor Mission to support their comprehensive work in that area and to raise funds for them and The River St. Café (soup kitchen for the homeless) run by The Sally Anne. While we did get the mechanical rights to record the song we could not obtain the synchronization rights for the video from the lawyers of the songwriters for love nor money … they wouldn’t even talk to us! … so we were unable to complete the project as we had hoped. However, the musical adventure and the experience we went through were well worth the time and effort.