Hi everyone, Jason here. I wanted to share a little background on this song and how it came back to life.
After finishing Triumphant Hearts in 2018, I got really sick. For five years, all of my attention was on staying alive. I felt sad because I had no inspiration for new music.
My friends Dave Lopez and Reto Peter asked for my old demos to work on, so I gave them all of my demo recordings. Some were just MP3s I had in iTunes, but many were the separated tracks that my producer friend Dan Alvarez had put into Logic for me.
Dave’s favorite was Crip Tone Night (working title: Hen Tricks). I had five versions of it. The last one was the best.
Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind) took it and added bass. When I originally recorded it, I didn’t have a bass, so I put down the clean guitar part instead. Arion arranged the song so that the clean guitar was soloed in the beginning and middle of the song. We loved it, and I was excited about music again.
After that, Grammy Award–winning Green Day producer Chris Dugan played drums and mixed it.
Description:
Written by and all guitars recorded in 1990 by Jason Becker.
Bass and arrangement by Arion Salazar (2022).
Drums and mixing by Chris Dugan (2023).
Produced by Jason Becker, Arion Salazar, and Dave Lopez.
AI created video by Navin Dorai – OD Studios.
Introduction video of Jason by Tenoch Gonzalez
From the album The Strawberry Jams.
Starring Gary Becker's paintings and Jason's cat, Rose.
It is so fun to see my dad's paintings come to life.
Rose and Gypsy are my 14 year old cats. Everyone loves Gypsy, but Rose is my buddy. She always sleeps and snuggles with me, and always tries to take care of me when I am sick.
To support Jason and Team Becker with the overwhelming cost of living with ALS, you can donate directly to his Special Needs Trust here:
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All donations go directly to Jason to support his ongoing care and provide the resources needed for him to continue creating music and inspiring others.
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