The Way You Are

“I dedicate this song to my wife. In October 2021 I took ill and found myself in rehab for three weeks. I asked the doctor if it was OK to bring my guitar in to the clinic. He was very enthusiastic and even offered to let me do a live gig in one of the rooms but I declined the kind offer. Still I had my Lakewood acoustic guitar brought in and used some of my free time to write this number. As it was for my wife I tried to write it country style because she likes country music. And although it doesn’t quite sound like what I had in my head, I still love the way the song came out.

The way the recording developed was quite interesting. Jörg was ill at the time so when I entered the studio I had in my mind to finish off some vocals for the previous song we had recorded. Siggi’s girls were hanging around the studio at the time and I suspected they were itching to have a go at a song. Siggi said they were quite capable so we gave them a shot. Alena put down a keyboard and a bass track, Natascha put down the piano and I did a guide vocal. When Jörg was fit again we finished it off. He added some acoustic guitar, Siggi some E-guitar and I rounded it up with a proper vocal at the end. I was well impressed with Alena and Natascha. Two amazingly talented young girls, outwardly shy, but full of self-confidence and modesty. Listen out for them, they will do more things in music you can be sure.”

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