Hai Kuneally from The Mistakes by The Mistakes: Mike Keneally, Henry Kaiser, Prairie Prince, Andy West

(music – Kaiser, Keneally, Prince; lyrics – Keneally)
Another Henry/Prairie six-string bass/drum improv, heavily overdubbed upon by me. The music which plays from 0:13 to 0:27 was something I scribbled down in a hotel on the East Coast during a Z tour. The car driving away in this section is a recording Jeff Forrest made, it’s the car of a very angry woman leaving after an argument in the suite next door to Double Time studios. Jeff was trying to record the argument but got the mic set up too late and only got the car onto DAT. Dave Clements (I misspelled his name in the booklet) is “Pops”, Z’s guitar tech, a legendary creature. Although this piece features the same three ending synth chords as the other spoken word pieces, the rhythm of the chords is broken up, and instead of ending the piece they’re followed by a brief HK guitar coda.

HK – six-string bass, guitar at end
MK – spoken word, guitars, Wurlitzer, synth almost at end
PP – drums
The woman next door – car

Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.

Learn more at keneally.com