JASON BECKER Shares New Song 'Crip Tone Night' From Upcoming 'The Strawberry Jams' Collection
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Legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease) for 35 years, has released the official music video for "Crip Tone Night", a new song from Jason's upcoming effort "The Strawberry Jams".
Regarding how "Crip Tone Night" came together, Jason said in a statement: "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."
The "Crip Tone Night" A.I. video was created by Navin Dorai of OD Studios.
Next week, all of the music from "The Strawberry Jams" — described as "a collection of songs, demos, and musical ideas straight from the man himself" — will be made available on Bandcamp for free downloads.
When "Crip Tone Night" was first announced earlier this month, Becker's team explained via social media: "We're sharing it this way as a heartfelt thank-you, out of deep gratitude for the incredible love, kindness, and generosity you've shown Jason and all of us at Team Becker over the years. Every one of you has made a difference, and we are truly grateful.
"If you feel moved to support Jason, you can donate directly to his medical trust fund [here via PayPal]. Everything goes directly to Jason to help with his ongoing care and to give him the resources he needs to continue living his best life, creating music, and inspiring others.
"Thank you for being part of this journey with us and for standing by Jason all these years.
"We can't wait for you to hear what's coming."
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
