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		It’s No Act Ten years in the making. Three months in recording. One month in manufacturing. I’m very proud to have this new recording to help usher in another level of shameless self-promotion. Recorded here in Jo Ann-land Studio, which is our garage, we have once again distilled a somewhat technical process into a homemade product. Thanks to my ext end ed family of friends, we were able to record, mix and master this collection of songs. Duplication and printing was done by Disc Makers. The album title came from a conversation I had at an art show. An art show participant invited me to the party after the show. He said, ” You can come and do your act” I responded, “It’s No Act”. Another conversation somewhere else, I was bemoaning the fact that so many of my friends sing and play so much better than I. This person said, ”But you can play the guitar and the harp and sing all at the same time”. I responded,” Oh yeah, I’m a real dog and pony show”. So that’s what we’ve got, a real dog and pony show, that’s no act. All the songs in this collection are written out on connected pages with lyrics and chord changes. My system for notating music has been named Tray-lature. This system is based on the real music notation and Microsoft Word. It goes like this……… Anything in between [ ] is generally 4 beats [ E ] means 1 bar of E [ % ] means repeat the bar before [ E ]%] means 2 bars of E [ E ] x8 means 8 bars of E [[: :]] means play anything in between these marks twice and move on. // can mean stop…….. some other notation will probably come up It really helps if you kinda know the song, so just play along with the CD. Who did What Tray Eppes vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion, congas and drums Pat Lawrence acoustic bass and bowed acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums, congas, and B3 organ Bill Gurley violin and mandolin and harmony vocal Jo Ann Eppes percussion Al Franklin harmony vocals Sid and Cassie Hagan harmony vocals Garden Song 3:10 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar, harmonica, cabasa Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums and congas Koolrider 3:11 Tray Eppes vocal and guitar Pat Lawrence acoustic bass and bowed acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums Cookin With Fat 3:40 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar, harmonica and cabasa Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Sid and Cassie Hagan harmony vocal Old Folks and Automobiles 4:26 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar and drums Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Bill Gurley violin and harmony vocal Bamba Shack 2:53 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar, harmonica and congas Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums Sid and Cassie Hagan harmony vocals Can’t Keep Up 4:14 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar, harmonica, congas, and cabasa Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums Al Franklin harmony vocal I Know Love 4:22 Tray Eppes vocal and guitar Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums and B3 organ Mirror 2:49 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar, congas and bass drum Pat Lawrence acoustic bass and bowed acoustic bass Bill Gurley violin Jo Ann Eppes percussion Rocket Scientist 2:56 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar, harmonica, congas and cabasa Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Sid and Cassie Hagan harmony vocals Al Franklin harmony vocal Hell Toupee 2:56 Tray Eppes vocal, guitar and harmonica, Pat Lawrence acoustic bass and bowed acoustic bass Gordon Smith drums Al Franklin harmony vocal Suntans and Cigarettes 2:20 Tray Eppes vocal and guitar Pat Lawrence acoustic bass Bill Gurley mandolin All songs written and arranged by Tray Eppes Cowpalace Publishing BMI