By: Boston Spaceships
Appears on: Let It Beard
“The Ballad Of Bad Whiskey” from the final Boston Spaceships album Let It Beard sounds like The Beatles’ “Sexy Sadie” stumbled across an old saloon and stayed for too long, getting boozed up and slurred. This, according to Boston Spaceships member Christopher Slurarenko, was exactly the intention. He took Robert Pollard’s boombox demo (which can be heard on the Let It Beard Boombox Demos album that was offered as a free digital download) and went “full-on White Album” with it, as he described it. If you have a chance to listen to the boombox demo version, you’ll really be able to hear the chords clearly, as it’s just Bob strumming on an acoustic. As I’ve mentioned on this site before, having a demo from Bob is one of the best ways to figure out the quirky, non-traditional chords he’s playing.
