Hyper Page
It starts,
I walked into a small studio and the engineer was finishing up some work from the previous session. He was working on the most killer drum tracks I had ever heard. Well ever since I convinced "Jeff Clark" to put a band together, playing with any other drummer would be like cheating on your wife! Long story short Jeff and I rehearsed some tunes and sent a tape to Larry Krueger whom I had worked with in Patriot. Larry wrote lyrics to all but one of the tunes (I had written the "I Still Do" lyrics while on tour in Japan some years before) and we headed into Remington Road studio's in Shaumburg, Illinois and recorded our first album, "Active". This album has long been out of print but I am thinking about re-mastering it and making it available on this site.
The last thing we recorded was the 1996 release of "The Happy Bottom Riding Club". You can check out some sound bites of it below. If you would like a copy, click on the CD cover and it will take you to CD Baby or you can just order it below. They keep selling out of it since one of the songs was used in the movie "The Ice Harvest" so if they are out, check back soon.
"Hyper"
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
"The Happy Bottom Riding Club"
Words and Music by Eric Carmen and the Rasberries
Performed by Hyper
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Elbo Music
Songs of Polygram
"Smile"
Words by Larry Kruger
Music by Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
"Tammy"
Words and Music by Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
"She"
Words and Music by Michael D Ricketts
Larry Krueger-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
From "The Ice Harvest"
Words and Music by Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
Words by Larry Kruger
Music by Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
Words by Larry Kruger
Music by Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
Words and Music by Jeff Clark, Larry Krueger & Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
"Freetime"
Words by Larry Kruger
Music by Michael D Ricketts
Jeff Clark-Drums, Larry Krueger-Bass-Vocals, Michael D Ricketts-Guitars
Guitarwiz Music BMI
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