Eighteen Down Credits

CD:	2000	Razor & Tie CD# 7 - 93018 -2851 - 2	UPC# 7 - 93018 - 28512 - 4

	2014	LineLevel Music CD # LL 215		 UPC # 6 - 11723 - 99895 - 0




01. No Love Songs (MS)

02. I Rest My Case (MS & B. Goodwin)

03. Eleanor Rigby (Cover)

04. Tremolo Parkway (MS)

05. I Can Get This By Myself (MS & B. Goodwin)

06. Endgame (MS)

07. Any Other Fool (MS & BP)

08. Downstream (Cover)

09. Borderline (MS)

10. The Devil Came To Fremont Street (MS)

11. Factory Man (MS & MLS)

12. High Time (MS)

13. I'll Kill Your Soul (and Dare Your Spirit to Move) (Cover)

H. Life's Railway To Heaven (Cover)





(Page 1)
Here we go again..

lt's hard for me to believe, but it's been thirty-five years, two daughters,
countless gigs, two marriages, eighteen albums, one granddaughter,
ten cats, five dogs, and one heart attack since being in
a rock 'n' roll band first seemed like a good idea...Anyway, here
are some random thoughts on all of this...

NO LOVE SONGS: One of the first tunes that I wrote for
this outing. It features a truly casual, bathrobed lead vocal
and clings desperately to the three-chords-and-a-cloud-of-dust
theory advocated by either Woody Hayes or Question Mark, I
can't remember which.

I REST MY CASE: I would imagine the legal references in this
one were burned into my subconscious while being mesmerized
nightly by the never-ending Orenthal debacle. I didn't actually
start out to do a track with drum loops, Dobros and mandolin:
but sometimes (actually quite often) you just hang on and let the
song go where it wants to. And, what the hell, it works for me
Special thanks to Buzz Goodwin for his usual cool changes

ELEANOR RIGBY: Now, sure I realize we're on sacred
ground here, but what's it gonna do? Ruin my career
Special kudos to Jennifer Lee for throwing herself into
the psychotic Enya vibe I was looking for and taking
this one (as she usually does) to a higher level.

TREMOLO PARKWAY: Those first days of
being in a band were definitely heady times
Times when it all seemed totally unreasonable
but, somehow, still all quite possible
And, for me, none of what followed would
probably have occurred without the goading
and enthusiasm of my oldest friend and
original partner in musical crime, Bill Lucas.
So, Willie, my friend, thanks for
the shove and for holding on ever since
This one's for you, Terry, Chuck, Chris
Scott, Ann, and the good old days. And
dude, you should never have sold that Strat.

(Page 2)

I CAN GET THIS BY MYSELF: Another Stanley/Goodwin
outing, and an open letter to the self-absorbed.

ENDGAME: Starting is easy. Finishing is another thing all together.

ANY OTHER FOOL: This was originally written a while
back with the idea that Jennifer would do it but obviously
there were a lot of shoe sales or something of that nature
going on and, well, you can't fight fashion. One of my
favorite things that Bob and I have written together.

DOWNSTREAM: A cool tune by a group called The
Rainmakers who were, I believe, from somewhere in Missouri
and led by a very twisted (that's a compliment) songwriter,
Rob Walkenhorst. Hey, you just gotta love a tune that's
about America's first power trio: Mark Twain, Harry Truman
and Chuck Berry.

BORDERLINE: The anti-Buffet tune... a bad night in Juarez
(then again, it's sometimes pretty hard to tell a bad night
from a good night in Juarez).

THE DEVIL CAME TO FREMONT ST.: You just have to
tip your hat to a city that can relieve you of all your money
and still make you smile. This is just a take on how it might
have all got started, Thanks to Ed Caner, the "special one"
for coming down from the mountain to do the violin. He is
and always will be, "The Dude" (apologies to Jeff Bridges)!

FACTORY MAN: I first met Marc Lee Shannon when I was
looking for someone to put some "greasy" guitar on a song fou
the Coming Up For Air album. His playing knocked me out
and, soon after that, he joined the band. Lucky for all of us,
he not only brought his expertise on just about any stringed
instrument you could imagine but also a true love and respect
for making music that has become infectious and inspirational.
This is the first of what I hope will be many more
tunes I get to write with the "sauce" king.

HIGH TIME: This was the first track I recorded after the last
album, a two-CD acoustic set called Live In Tangiers. Perhaps
you can empathize with the fact that after 30 acoustic tunes I
felt a desperate need to test the boundaries of my amplifier's
manhood. This is not exactly a love song...more a lust song.
Danny Powers put some inspired Hendrix-meets-James
Brown guitar on this bad boy and looked good doing it. Upon
completion this track has been referred to as the "Holy Hell"
mix, the "Throbbing Gristle" mix, and the "That's What Im
Talking About, Baby!" mix. I think it will work really well in
strip clubs. Turn it up, discuss amongst yourselves, and don't
take it all too seriously.

I'LL KILL YOUR SOUL AND DARE YOUR SPIRIT TO MOVE:
OK, I'm in a CD store looking for a disc by the legendary
Tampa Red. So I find one turn it over and this is the
first tune on the album. Bam! Lightning! If this isn't the most
evil song title I've ever heard then I don't know what is! So I
buy it, run to my car, stick it in the CD player and get pre-
pared for the ultimate in evil blues experiences. Then, out of
the speakers comes this bouncy little ditty that should have
flappers dancing to it..and then, major bummer number two:
a freakin' kazoo solo! Now I realize that irony may have actually
been at the bottom of all this but, still, something had to
be done to try and rectify the situation. This is my attempt at
restoring some of the inherent evil


So there you have it, how I spent my summer vacation. I
want to thank all the players and singers who lent their time
and talents to this project. There's nothing like making music
with folks you really dig! See you next time



Cleveland, March 2000

(Page 7)

Produced by Michael Stanley for MSG Productions Inc.
Mixed by Bill Szymczyk at Audio Recording, Cleveland, Ohio

Recorded at The Keeping Room and Rancho Pelando, Cleveland, Ohio
Engineered by Michael Stanley
All microphones courtesy of Audio-Technica
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Graphic Design: David Richman
Photography: Janet Macoska

Special Thanks to: Mary Colleen, Amy Dawson, Mike Belkin, Tommy Stazzone for always being ready,
Mallory May for the smiles, Mia (the studio dog) for being at every session,
Tom Anderson for "limited" assistance, Ken Reichel and everyone at Audio-Technica, David Yost,
Lisi, Michael and Daniel for letting Crispy go to camp, Buzz Goodwin and the folks at Lexicon,
Jon Hill & Hill Guitars, Bruce Gigax & Reed Wheeler at Audio Recording,
Dana and the good folks at Guitar Center, Ken Lesko at Rainbow Instrument Repair,
Terry Kelleman for the "paisley" inspiration, Shea Ryan for her talent and work on the website,
Janet Macoska, Eric Cramer for rounding up the crowd, A. B. & The Bear,
Max, Syd, Petey, Wendell, Maggie and Fred for keeping me company...

Very special thanks to Bill Szymczyk and David Spero for their friendship, talent and for continuing the joumey!

Visit the Michael Stanley/MSB website at:
www.michaelstanley.com

Go to the Razor & Tie website for more Michael Stanley/MSB titles:
www.razorandtie.com

(Back Cover)

For Martha and Stan
who made the whole ride possible.



(List of musicians is listed
at the bottom of each lyric page)