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Double Stroke #1 (Doublestroke)
Bio/other credits
Drummer j.d. hanes has been genre-hopping around the Bay Area music scene for decades, with stops at new wave (Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, Romeo Void), industrial (Chrome), psychedelic blues-rock (Jorma Kaukonen, Ronnie Montrose, Freddy Roulette), experimental (Henry Kaiser), jazz (Barbara Morrison), movie soundtracks (Grizzly Man), and opera (Oakland Opera Theater, many productions).
Along with David James’s GPS and Russian Telegraph, he currently spends most of his music time with John Schott’s Actual Trio, Myles Boisen’s Past/Present/Future, and world groove jam band Doublestroke.
Per song credits
- Drums on “Saint Lucifer”
- Drums on “Carnegie Hill”
- Drums on “Dirty Ol’ Sunshine”
- Drums on “Some Other Time”
Notes
We knew we need drums for Saint Lucifer and my idea for double-time verses vs. a single-time hook was hard for my producer and engineer to make sense of, but David asked j.d. to give a listen to what I was going for and he came in with a concept that “tied the whole [song] together.”
His drums helped dial in the AOR sound we were going for on “Carnegie Hill” and the hardcore punk slam of “Some Other Time.” The drums on “Dirty Ol’ Sunshine” made me want to second-line around the studio. I’m not sure we needed a second take on any of these!
