Duckhead Recording Studio

01/31/2022

Working on JR Clark’s live tracks for an upcoming cd.

04/03/2021

Jenna Mammina and Karl Hess cover Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush". I recorded this at Czar's 505 in Saint Joseph Michigan on Saturday March 27th 2021.

From Wikipedia~ Young has said that he doesn't recall what the song is about. Dolly Parton (who was in the process of recording a cover of the song along with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt) has said, "When we were doing the Trio album, I asked Linda and Emmy what (the song) meant, and they didn't know. So we called Neil Young, and he didn't know. We asked him, flat out, what it meant, and he said, 'Hell, I don't know. I just wrote it. It just depends on what I was taking at the time. I guess every verse has something different I'd taken.'"[1] However, in his 2012 biography Young reportedly gave a different explanation of the song's origin and meaning, describing the inspiration provided by a screenplay of the same name (never produced), which apocalyptically described the last days of California in a catastrophic flood. The screenplay and song's title referred to what happened in California, a place that took shape due to the Gold Rush. Young eventually concluded that “After The Gold Rush is an environmental song... I recognize in it now this thread that goes through a lotta my songs that’s this time-travel thing... When I look out the window, the first thing that comes to my mind is the way this place looked a hundred years ago.” "After the Gold Rush" consists of three verses which move forward in time from the past (a medieval celebration), to the present (the singer lying in a burned out basement), and, finally, to the end of humanity's time on Earth (the ascension process in which the "chosen ones" are evacuated from Earth in silver spaceships). On the original recording, in addition to Young's vocals, two instruments are utilized: a piano and a french horn. In the decades since the song was first released, the french horn solo in the song has typically been replaced by a harmonica solo by Young in live performances. The line "Look at Mother Nature on the run / In the 1970s" has been amended by Young in concert over the decades and is currently sung as "Look at Mother Nature on the run / in the 21st century."

03/12/2021

Last May I asked a few very talented friends of mine if they would be interested in recording a cover song during Covid basically for something to keep us all a little engaged musically and to have some fun. The only direction we had was to do this at everyone’s leisure so as not to be tied to a schedule and that each player would be recorded separately with only me and each musician at the sessions to keep us all as safe as possible and each musician play the song any way their hearts desired. We recorded at Czar's 505 and at Duckhead Recording Studio (aka my basement lol) The drummer started tracking to the original track manipulated to time align to a click track. Each player there after would have the rough mix to practice with from the sessions before them and to play the song any way each musician pleased. Please enjoy their take on The Beatles classic “Dear Prudence”
The Players
Darren Lee Tyler/Vocals. Mark Pitcher/Guitars. Karl Hess/guitars. Rich Pollard/Bass Guitar. Jeff Harris/Piano/Organ. Joe MacMillan/Drum Kit.

Recorded July 2020-March 2021 in Saint Joseph Michigan.Darren Lee Tyler - VocalsMark Pitcher - GuitarsKarl Hess - GuitarsRich Pollard - Bass GuitarJeff "Crai...

04/08/2017

A Duckhead Recording Studio cut from Jimmy Colford's 50th birthday bash at Czar's 505
https://youtu.be/7Fp_Ao8u0jQ

The band Butterface covers School of Fish at Czar's 505 in Saint Joseph, Mi. 03 18 2017. Jimmy Colford's 50th birthday Bash

01/28/2017

bass guitars for The Unlucky Stars today. Mr. Rob McNiel

01/25/2017

https://youtu.be/xNrzYfqyOVI

Jeffrey Bline tracking drums @ DuckHead recording studio offering a sneak peek of the track "Scars" by The Unlucky Stars. Look for their new EP to be release...

08/22/2015

It's getting loud up in here

03/25/2015

05/17/2014

DuckHead Welcomes Blindspt to the studio tracking drums.

12/10/2013

Look for Duckhead Recording Studio's Annual Christmas Recording coming soon. This years it's The Fusion band covering "Back Door Santa" by Clarence Carter

04/27/2013

Duckhead Recording Studio welcomes That Family Band into the studio!
https://www.facebook.com/ThatFamilyBand

Second Chance is an acoustic-electric group from Southwest Michigan. With tight harmonies and an ever-expanding repertoire of music, they bring a new and exciting twist across genres ranging from rock, blues, folk, R&B and country past and present.