Scenic Routes Explained

Scenic Routes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lost Dogs
Cover:	ScenicRoutes.jpg
Released:	1992
Studio:	The Mixing Lab 'B', Huntington Beach, California
Genre:	Roots music
Label:	BAI
Next Title:	Little Red Riding Hood
Next Year:	1993

Scenic Routes is an album by roots music band Lost Dogs, released on BAI Records in 1992.

The album began as a one time recording effort from the frontmen of four creative rock bands; Gene Eugene, from the funk/rock band, Adam Again; Terry Scott Taylor, from the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies; Mike Roe, from the rock band The 77s; and Derri Daugherty, from the atmospheric rock band The Choir.

Track listing

1. "Scenic Routes" (Words by Taylor, Music by Daugherty) (2:28)
2. "You Gotta Move" (Traditional, Arranged by Roe) (3:53)
3. "Built For Glory, Made To Last" (Taylor) (5:28)
4. "Bullet Train" (Taylor) (5:23)
5. "The Fortunate Sons" (Words by Eugene/Taylor, Music by Eugene) (4:36)
6. "The New Physics" (Roe/Mascoli) (4:05)
7. "I Am A Pilgrim" (Traditional, Arranged by The Lost Dogs) (3:40)
8. "Lord Protect My Child" (Bob Dylan, Arranged by the Lost Dogs) (4:53)
9. "Amber Waves Goodbye" (Taylor) (3:53)
10. "Bush League" (Words by Eugene/Taylor, Music by Eugene) (1:53)
11. "Old And Lonesome" (Roe, Adapted from Jimmy Reed's "Cold and Lonesome") (4:53)
12. "I Can't Say Goodbye" (Eugene) (5:00)
13. "Why Is The Devil Red?" (The Lost Dogs) (2:51)
14. "Smokescreen" (Roe) (2:27)
15. "The Last Testament of Angus Shane" (Words by Taylor, Music by Eugene) (4:09)
16. "Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster, Arranged by The Lost Dogs) (2:13)
17. "Breathe Deep" (Taylor) (3:33)

The band

• Derri Daugherty — guitars and vocals
• Gene Eugene — guitars, piano and vocals
• Mike Roe — guitars and vocals
• Terry Scott Taylor — guitars and vocals

Additional musicians

• Burleigh Drummond — drums and percussion
• Greg Kellog — dobro, banjo and pedal steel
• James Sitterly — violin

Production notes

• Most of the music on this album was recorded during two weekends in October 1991, played live in the lounge of Mixing Lab 'B', in Huntington Beach, California.
• The vocals and a few overdubs were recorded in January 1992 at McCrummy Studio in Whittier, California.
• It was mixed later in the month at Mixing Lab 'A' in Garden Grove, California and at Pakaderm Studio 'A' in Los Alamitos, California.
• Engineered by Gene, with Rob Watson, Terry and Derri.
• Art Direction and all photography by Anna Cardenas.
• Art Production and Layout by FineGraphics.