Foxy Little Farmland Lady
Seduced at an early age by Lady Rock-n-Roll, and having witnessed the impact of male singers on swooning adolescents on
the television stages of The Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand, I wondered how a rurally isolated teenybopper
might perceive the testosterone-driven gyrations of a Big City Rocker.

With tongue-firmly-in-cheek, and double-entendres thoroughly intended, I wrote and performed this little ditty. After most
of the tracks were completed, Tom brought in a female singer to add some rather humorous vocal reactions to the lyrics.

We all had great fun with this song. I can clearly remember watching and listening in awe as the piano player worked his
magic on the ivories of an old upright in the recording studio. The piano went on before the horns.

Tom had been producing some demo for the piano player who also sang and wrote songs. I think he also played on "Look At
That Bottom" and "She Came". He would lightly play along to a few run downs while Tom got the piano sound and the
headphones right. He got up, and suddenly this quiet guy was was pumping himself up like a weight lifter getting ready for
his biggest lift. He was huffing, and puffing, and I began to worry. Tom came out, stoped next to me for a second, saw I
was concerned and whispered, "its cool, it how he is", then said, "Ready. The piano player almost yelled, "I'm there", and
sat down as Tom went back into the control room and told the studengt behind the board to record. It was amazing. The
piano shook, and the guy did it in one take.

The horn chart was written by Bruce Garnitz for eight saxes, and I think we triple tracked the baritone sax.

The background girls were very cool. They were a couple of singers that had been in the studio earlier in the day and said
they would stick around to sing on one song, so Tom lets them choose which one. They started having fun with Foxy Little
Farmland Lady from the first moment they heard it.
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