I composed and recorded this piece circa 1982 onstage at Sam & Shine’s Restaurant &
Lounge in Gulf Shores, Alabama early on a busy Saturday afternoon. All of the band’s
instruments were setup…I came with a multi-track recorder and a pair of headphones,
everything I needed for a bit astral travel. The bar was packed, but nobody had a clue
what I was up to. And even though I was physically in the same room as the bar crowd,
my ultimate destination lay elsewhere, in another world. I slipped on the headphones,
picked up my guitar, hit ‘record’ and started to improvise. Then I added some bass and
pedal steel, some keyboard parts, cranked up the drum machine and a few hours later
my astral journey was complete. And though it was 5PM Central Time in Gulf Shores,
in my space/time zone it was Midnight In Nirvana!
Midnight In Nirvana © 2024 - Joey Arata