White Rabbit by Tricia Pilkington with Wayne Tweed

Some month in 2012 I had decided to put my spin on my favorite classic rock songs and do some original covers. Wayne Tweed (yes, the same Motown bass player you would have heard on Smokey Robinson's Quiet Storm record, or with him on tour for 13 years) came into my room and asked what was "on my console?".... to which I replied... "My edgy version of White Rabbit." He asked to listen -- I was nervous, it's soooo not finished...so raw, sloppy, and "honest". -- but at his interest I asked if he wanted to take a track and return the vulnerability -- because, in truth, I had no bass guitar laid yet. Caught up in the vibe, and willing to stray from his usual over-preparedness, he said "Sure! Why not!"... and he went through the track once to rehearse on a friend's 6-string Alembic I was babysitting, and then he laid it in one take. He was always what he said of talent, "a consummate professional." The irony of the metaphor here is that *this* version of White Rabbit is so laid back it couldn't possibly be "late." Right. on. time. for a very important date. This moment. This sound. Be Here Now. The Matrix shifts. Follow the White Rabbit.

A child of the 70's, Tricia's influences were Heart, Zeppelin, Renaissance, funk, and Motown.
She was vocally trained in chamber music, opera, and jazz, soul, and rock, and she has composed and recorded music for short film and radio; managed talent; and been equally comfortable both behind the scenes in production and in the spotlight.

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