Powderfinger

The control room in Studio Two at Sunset Sound was pulsing to the sound of a new song called I Don't Remember. Benmont Tench (keyboard player extraordinaire from Tom Petty's band The Heartbreakers) sat next to me tapping his pen in time on a foolscap pad, whilst studiously jotting down chords and structural notes as the song progressed. It was his first listen to the song, which had been written in a hotel room and the studio only a couple of days before. As the last chord rang out he turned to a couple of us and smiled. 'I like that...,' he said. As I followed him out into the room where the organ and piano were set up he said, 'It reminds me of Buffalo Springfield.' 'Well that's a bit...

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