For those of you who don't get the cover / title reference, the John Lyons Sessions is a take-off on the John Peel Sessions. Anyone with an ounce of sense who wanted to get a good recording of their stuff at a decent price went to John Lyons.
When I was trying to figure out what to do for the cover, the thought came to me that many people ask me, "What does DWAB mean?" I decided to use this question as the basis for the cover, and with the help of some friends, came up with an (incomplete) list of DWAB acronyms. The cover lists the following:
| dutifully working against bullies | don't wander away bastard | determining why anger blooms |
| dumb whites annoy barney | drunk women aren't beautiful | drunk women are belligerent |
| daniel webster's amazing book | don't wait around bathrooms | donna wins another boyfriend |
| dinosaurs with albino babies | drummer whirling a baton | during war anger brews |
| dreamy wonderlands! amazing beasts | don't worship anything bad | drafting was always boring |
| drowning witches and brooms | distortion was a band | daring whales ambush boats |
| dirty white animals bathing | dazzling women adore baboons | ducks went after bulls |
| dining wombats ate beef | drugged weasels assault babies | discovering why asses brey |
| dead worms are beneficial | dancing with a bovine | desert was after breakfast |
| demand water and bread | danish women are beautiful | dog with a bone |
| dumb white anglo bastards | davies water advisory board | desire warrants animalistic behavior |
| dainty watches always break | darlin', whistle another ballad | disappearing warships at bermuda |
| dumb willing and blond | dante's world accommodates beasts | dinner with a bullet |
| darin was annoyingly boisterous | ditsy women are bubbly | dog welfare adoption bureau |
| david was a bisexual | don't wear animal bodies | brian avery was dyslexic |
| dark women are beautiful | demons working against bibles | drunk with a beer |
| dishes washed and broken | devotion weakens a bond? | describe without adjectives: brown |
| demons, witches, and brujas | down wit a brutha | defeated when arrows break |
| down where aborigines blow didgeridoos while acting blissfully | dopers without any bud | devil worship at breakfast |
| daring willie ate beetles | digging wells around bayous | doing well after boyhood |
| do weirdos always beckon? | devil with a beard | dating women at bars |
| depraved wizard attempts brainwashing | dudes winking at babes | doing without any bee-gees |
| dancing wild adventurous boars | diphtheria was a bummer | democrats with alternative business |
As you can tell, a lot of them are silly. There are a few inside jokes, such as "Dinner with a bullet" is in response to another local band, "Picnic with a Gun." Also, within this list lies the original acronym for DWAB.
Anyway, more about the CD... The John Lyons Sessions were exclusively acoustic, and originally instrumental. The songs were originally recorded in 1996, and a long time later, I decided to try recording vocals over most of them.
This is the print version of: