When writing the new record, this song was the first one to be written, and we felt it was something that HAD to be written.
Holed up in a small 10x15 practice shed in the middle of winter, with only a cheap space heater keeping us warm, we wrote and recorded the demo of what would become "East or West."
While writing, both Jayna and I felt like there were really great bands coming out of this town, but when they broke up it was such a letdown to their fans who saw such potential in them.
"East or West" then, is a song about two directions that a band (or person) can take. Ultimately, when you are at a fork in the road with your band, you can choose to stop altogether and let a lot of people down. Some, though, press on and never stop making music, and in turn they find that their fans never stopped listening either.
Cerebral palsy curbed his ability to play guitar the conventional way, so Nagoda learned double slide, this is his debut LP.
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