Feist

A few months back, Leslie told me a story about a day, a day or two, moments which rolled into an unplanned loopy adventure, loopy like rolling tape. Every minute earned its own portrait, a fantastic memory, and I can only think that time must have felt a bit slower, if time were even a thing at all.



Beck, the Californian one-and-only, began a Record Club awhile back. His website says, in part:



Record Club is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day...Nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. As you will hear, some of the songs are rough renditions, often first takes that document what happened over the course of a day as opposed to a polished rendering...



You can read the rest on his website.



Below is a video of Beck, Feist, Wilco, Brian Lebarton and Jamie Lidell recording Skip Spence's song Little Hands from the album Oar. Feist says you also catch a glimpse of the photographer Autumn de Wilde.



But read no more until you have stopped to read about Skip Spence. Here. He led a troubled and colourful life. I didn't know he was Canadian? He was a member of Jefferson Airplane. He had a hand in The Doobie Brothers. And if ever you're going to break free from a mental institution, follow his lead. I hope his middle name started with a U, and then he would be S.U.Spence.

Record Club: Skip Spence "Little Hands" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.