Yellow house with blue shutters in South WedgeI’m quite sure that early on the shutters on either side of a window could be closed and latched to protect the inside of the home from the elements. But a some point in the relatively recent past shutters on windows became entirely decorative. Without hinges or latches, they were just nailed to the wall. Furthermore, if they did swing shut they would no be big enough to cover the window. We still see examples of functional shutters on old houses and it is always a treat.

Peggi and I finally got our Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 setup. It allows us to record two tracks of instruments or vocals, one for each of us. Of course we could layer to hearts’ content. The red box had been sitting next to my computer for the past two years. It has been easier to just catch the whole band in one live take.

“Clouds To Part” by Margaret Explosion. Recorded live at the Little Theatre Café on 04.06.22. Peggi Fournier – sax, Ken Frank – bass, Phil Marshall – guitar, Paul Dodd – drums.