This is all I have available to share at the moment. This was one of the first songs I ever wrote and finished from beginning to end. It’s from 2009 when I was playing drums with the Mike Wagoner Band.
The music was inspired by my friend Thom Shepard and a song he wrote called “Cheaper to Keep Her.” I think “Best Damn Woman” could actually serve as a prequel to “Cheaper to Keep Her.” The lyrics are based on a joke I’d heard about a guy whose wife voluntarily mows their yard because he was… well, you’ll just have to listen to find out what made him special.
Production Note: I recorded the full song on my porch, unedited. Then I recorded the drums. I had one video camera (old, but at least digital) and had no way to record drums with a play-back of the guitar and vocal I had just recorded. So, I imagined the song in my head as I recorded myself playing the drums. When I went to mix the audio it actually synced up for about the first 20 seconds. But then I had to cut and splice the drum audio to fit the full song recording. I mixed all the audio in Garage Band (when it was a real tool and not just a toy app) and brought it together with the video in iMovie where I added the occasional shot of the drums.