Rick Williams- Going Crazy

(1998/2003)

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TRACK LISTING/ CREDITS:

1) Back Porch Blues (1:56)
written & recorded Chicago 1998
an instrumental number I improvised in the middle
of a June 1998 recording session
Rick- guitars

2) Going Crazy (3:23)
written in the Philippines 1997; recorded Chicago 1998
this is different from the original 1998 mix
where the percussion track "disappears" for about 10 seconds!
Rick- vocals, guitars, bass, hi-hat, cymbals, kick drum

i walked on down the street
to see what i could find
there wasn't nothing there
it made me think i'd lost my mind
i'm going crazy
ain't nothing i can do
going crazy, yeah
i need some help from you

all i can say
it happened the other day
i looked the other way and my mind
it ran away

3) King Size Zero (3:06)
written & recorded Chicago 1998
yeah, so it sounds a little like another song. Don't they all?
written in the studio and recorded five minutes later.
Rick- vocals, guitars, bass, hi-hat, cymbals, kick drum

king size zero, don't you know
king size zero, don't it show
what you gonna do
if i talk to you
you can't make me feel
worse than i do

walk all over me
try to set me free
or you can just
let me be, yeah...

4) Good Life (2:59)
written & recorded Chicago 1995
I tried to bring Brian's buzzing amp up as much as possible,
but it was in the same channel as the slide guitar. Oh well...
"I really like the sufferin'/Bufferin rhyme!" -Steve Taylor
Rick- vocals, guitar, slide
Brian Kruse- amp noise
thanks to Tim Abraham for loan of his guitar

we live the good life
got no trouble
got no strife
everybody just trying to get along

got no pain
got no sufferin'
no need to take
extra strength Bufferin
everybody doing really fine

livin' the good life
got a obedient dog
and a faithful wife
my career is made
bills are paid
isn't this what life's about
anyways?

if you don't understand this song
then maybe you'd better listen and sing along
and if you still don't understand
maybe you'd better ring a gong
because it's all coming down pretty soon
no i didn't rip this off bob dylan
all i'm trying to do is state my feelings
and the same thing can happen to you

5) Check It Chief (3:08)
written Chicago 1988; recorded Chicago 1995
originally written for former Cornerstone editor and
one-time punk singer (I have tapes!)Chris Ramsey. The CTA
conductor was recorded live in the Chicago subway, early 1995.
Rick- vocals, guitars

i was walking
through the door
i forgot about the
gun i had in my pocket
they found it on the metal
detector and said,

check it chief (3 X)
at the door...

i was pretty bummed at this
i said what am i gonna use
they said i don't know
so i started to sing the blues
when they said...

6) Jesus (2:20)
written Chicago 1986; recorded Chicago 1995
not the Lou Reed song... this and "Check It Chief" were recorded
using Brian's left-handed guitar (I'm right handed).
Rick- vocals, guitars

Jesus our heavenly lord
Jesus you are the one we adore
heavenly father
we praise your holy name

oh, heavenly father
we praise your holy name
the name of Jesus
shall forever more be praised
yes it will

7) Road One (2:44)
written Manila 1998; recorded Chicago 1998
my wife Janet went to the store and I told her when she
returned I'd have a song written. It was written on the roof of a building
overlooking the dual skylines of Makati and Quezon City.
Especially beautiful at night!
Rick- vocals, guitar
Scott Massey- programming

trying to remember
what happened last december
and what do you think i wanna be
do you want to take me
and do you want to make me
something that isn't part of me
ooooh, what is it going to be

sitting on the rooftop
waiting for the rain to stop
and for the sun to set me free
reading in the paper
about a midnight caper
going with my wife to Jollibee
ooooh, what is it going to be

8) On My Mind (3:24)
9) Don't Nobody... (1:35)
written & recorded Chicago 1998
Rick- vocals, guitar

10) Back Porch Blues (demo) (1:17)
11) Going Crazy (demo) (3:13)
12) Don't Nobody... (demo) (5:02)
written & recorded Malaybalay, Philippines 1997
Rick- vocals, guitar, harmonica

13) Rubber Shoes Blues# (3:10)
written and recorded Chicago 1995
an extended jam session, previously unheard.
Rick- piano, vocals
Brian Kruse- guitar

saw you walking down the street
you had rubber shoes on
and bells on your feet
i tried to catch your eye
but you wouldn't look my way
what am i gonna do
or what are you gonna say
oh yeah... play it brian!

so anyways as i was sayin baby;
saw you walkin' down the Alley
you bought some nirvana t-shirts
and some sonic youth t-shirts too
and you bought some green hair dye
for your spiked up hair
i said boy she looks trendy!
..and that's all i gotta say about that

All songs by Rick Williams (c)1999 Jive Music except:
# by Rick Williams/ Brian Kruse (c)1995 Jive Music
Produced, recorded and mixed by Rick Williams
original mastering by Rick with Byron Dumas, Chicago 1998
partially re-mixed in Chicago, 1999
re-mastered at KSAI Radio in Saipan, 2002
additional engineering: Brian Kruse (4-6, 13); Scott Massey (7)
photos by Rick & Janet Vaughn
design by rixgraphix

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P.O. Box 505508
Saipan MP 96950
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e-mail Rick at:
rick@aaughrecords.com