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Shelly Bottorff - Superficial Nice

from we're all out here because we're not all there by Erick Hovey & Friends

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One day I opened an email from drummer Denny Carlson. He was trying to sell a drum machine and had sent a 30 second clip of what it could do to a bunch of his friends who might be interested in purchasing it. I didn’t buy it but the sample was grooving so hard that I had to import it into pro tools and loop it up to song length. Added guitars and bass and then sat down with Shelly Bottorff and came up with some words and melody. I wouldn’t normally build a track from an mp3 but the great feel of this beat sent me down that path.
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I’ve been burning time, crawling my way back to you
I’ve been burning time, crawling my way back to you
The bane of chords are crashing in
To the scaly, fleshy place I’ve been

Hollow shells move like Ice
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I’m all sugar I’m all spice superficial nice
Getting back to me, not who you tried to make me be
Oh getting back to me, not who you tried to make me be
Fool me once fool me twice
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Fool me once fool me twice
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Oh fool me once fool me twice
Oh superficial nice
I’m all sugar, I’m all spice
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from we're all out here because we're not all there, released September 10, 2021
Written by Shelly Bottorff, Denny Carlson, and Erick Hovey
Recorded by Erick Hovey at The Barn. Drum programing recorded by Denny Carlson in Bellmore, NY. Mastered by Tom Scheponik at The SoundLab
Vocal: Shelly Bottorff
Percussion and drums: Denny Carlson
Bass: Bill Hoft
Guitar: Erick Hovey
Backing vocal: Hannah Mosqueda

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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa

Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more

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