The Hottest Record of the Year, by John Thayer

The Hottest Record of the Year

by John Thayer

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1.	The Hottest Record of the Year 05:20	info	buy track
2.	I Couldn't Find it in the Dark 02:55	info	buy track
3.	Colors 02:46	info	buy track
4.	I Write the Songs the Whole World Ignores 06:24	info	buy track
5.	Same Old Story 03:19	info	buy track
6.	I've Seen it All 03:57	info	buy track
7.	Radioactive Rodeo 03:51	info	buy track
8.	Hearts Heal Slow 03:53	info	buy track
9.	Super Blood Moon 05:03	info	buy track
10.	Why do Dogs Hate the Mailman? 03:56	info	buy track
11.	Sometimes it all Gets So Turned Around 03:32	info	buy track
12.	I'm All Out of Songs 04:16	info	buy track

about

This album is all about collaboration. It is the largest collaboration that I have done so far. Half the songs have co-writers and all the songs have collaborators other than my band that span 4 states and all kinds of other boundaries. The cover art is a collaboration with my 9 year old son, some former students of mine collaborate with me as well as some mentors and some other people that I met through doing the project. It's not perfect, nothing is. It's not permanent either for the same reason. It was a way for me to cope and connect and build community when all of that was impossible. There are sad songs, funny songs, and weird ones. I hope you listen and it makes you smile and feel connected to something, anything. We are all adrift right now so lets make a bigger raft.

credits

released June 22, 2022

There are more specific credits with each song title but there are two categories of people here. Co-writers, and then musicians who actually made it sound bigger than life. Here they are:

Fellow songwriters:
Tara Shupe, Alise Bradford, Dave Haberman, Patrick Noel Russ, Dane Stark, and Kevin Snyder.

Fellow musicians:
Brian Surano (drums on every song), Brian Guidry (bass on almost every song), Mark Clarin (virtuoso lead electric guitar), Tara Shupe (Piano, mandoline, upright, vocals), Matthew Hart (banjo), Leanne Phillips (vocals), Paul Schimmelman (Bass), Patrick Noel Russ (Electric guitar, vocals, synth), Pat Martinez (Pedal steel guitar), Nicholas Russ (trumpet), Kami Hendrix (vocals, piano), Kevin Snyder (vocals, guitar, bass), and Rob Allen (Keyboards, hammond organ).

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John Thayer and Monkey Lizards California

John Thayer is a Bay Area singer-songwriter, teacher, dad, and frontman for the band Monkey Lizards.

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