Three Rusty Nails

Three Rusty Nails

I recorded this in October of 1995, at the time to be included on my "A Cut Above" cd. It was brought to the session by one of the co-writers, Terry Campbell, who played bass and performed vocals on some of the tracks. There was some discussion at the time with Ronnie Bowman (the main writer of the song) to record it with us, but Ronnie ultimately decided to record it himself for his own upcoming project and release it first, as we all agreed he should. So I left my recording of it off the cd, and until recently the master tapes from that session were thought to be lost. I decided to release it on this new project for a number of reasons. This was the last thing I recorded with my friend Randy Howard, as well as Mike Auldridge. Those unfamiliar with the song should be sure to look up the original release of it. Those that are familiar with it will notice a line in this recording that differs from the original. As Terry Campbell stated, at some point between the time of this recording and Ronnie's recording, the song had evolved somewhat and the line had changed. There was definitely a chemistry in that session that I didn't want to risk losing, so I left it as it was recorded 19 years ago. I consider this a tribute to Randy Howard and Mike Auldridge.