Side Man, by Michael Harold Doty

Side Man

by Michael Harold Doty

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1.	That Old Guitar 03:29	buy track
2.	Brimmy Beguine 03:35	buy track
3.	My Mission (Win Your Love) 03:03	buy track
4.	Side Man 02:47	buy track
5.	Hold On, Cha Cha 03:22	buy track
6.	Foxtrot Four 03:10	buy track
7.	Cheater's Bar 03:37	buy track
8.	Strangers Forever 04:06	buy track
9.	Plot Holes 03:02	buy track
10.	Always In My Heart 02:47	buy track
11.	Once the One (Foxtrot Two) 03:45	buy track

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This is a concept album of sorts. My friend, Andy, saved an old tube powered Wurlitzer drum machine from being thrown in the trash. This drum machine was designed to sit next to a Wurlitzer organ and provide drum beats to accompany the organist's playing. This machine is called a "Side Man." From the first moment Andy and I tested this glorious machine, I was infatuated. I wrote a song with a beat from the machine and released it back in 2020, "Dream(Seemed So Real)". For the longest time I wanted to do an album with nothing but this as the drum beats. I finally had Andy record each of the drum beats at randomly chosen tempos. My idea was to write songs around the drum beats, using the first ideas that came to mind. This album has been a lot of fun to work on, and when I got to the last song I wished that I had more drum beats. I hope that you enjoy the songs that I wrote and recorded that were inspired by this lovely drum machine.

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released February 21, 2023

Produced, mixed, and engineered by Michael Harold Doty

Additional engineering to record the Side Man drum beats by Andy Peck at Dirty White Couch

The majority of the album was recorded at The Dotyboy Lounge.

All instrumentation and vocals by Michael Harold Doty, except where noted below

Additional vocals and guitar leads on "That Old Guitar," by Joshua Wayne Hensley

Mastered by Andy Peck at Dirty White Couch

All songs written by Michael Harold Doty

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