Quality Club Special, by Devin Champlin

Quality Club Special

by Devin Champlin

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1.	Why Not Minot 03:41	buy track
2.	Chips And Wine 04:08	buy track
3.	Smoke Stop 03:34	buy track
4.	Malta 04:21	buy track
5.	Daisy Chain 02:00	buy track
6.	Woldtveldt Agency 04:58	buy track
7.	Chummy 05:03	buy track
8.	Glacier East 02:53	buy track
9.	Night Panther 02:26	buy track
10.	Driftless 03:14	buy track
11.	Pocket Knife Ballet 04:27	buy track
12.	Deluge 04:43	buy track

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Half this album was recorded Aug 30 - Sep 1 2021 during a three day Amtrak trip from Everett, WA to Chicago, IL. The rest of the recordings were made at home over the last year. The train ride is one I've done many times over the years to visit family (I don't care much for flying). This marked possibly the last time I'll take that train ride as the trip concluded with me driving a rental truck with all my mom's belongings back out west so she can settle out here close to me, and leaving no Champlins in Illinois for me to visit. It's a trip and I haven't fully wrapped my head around it all. That last visit to Illinois was full of nostalgia and reflection. On the train I brought a pile of musical ideas in my head, an OP-1 portable synthesizer, a guitar, and I was able to record 6 songs (there's actually more but they didn't make the cut). I had thought to make this an all train album, and half-joked about calling it "Devin Champlin's Last Ride" in a sort of tribute to Jimmie Rodger's song "Hobo Bill's Last Ride". I ultimately decided to fill out the album with other recordings I had been making and now here you have the result. If you're curious, the train songs were: Why Not Minot, Smoke Stop, Malta, Woldtveldt Agency, Glacier East, and Driftless. I got a sleeper car so I could make noise and get into the zone without bugging anyone.

Instruments played: OP-1, Nord Lead, MicroKorg, MPC500, Farfisa Compact, Korg Minilogue, 1967 Guild M-20

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released March 13, 2022

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Devin Champlin Bellingham, Washington

Devin is a musician, luthier, and artist living in Bellingham, WA. In addition to his solo performances and recordings, he is also the songwriter and frontman for The Sons Of Rainier.

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