10/08/2025
Just realized I had neglected to post the full wide version of this video here:
This is the second video shot on that fortunate day! Come on In is a song I've been carrying around for a few years now, written in a moment when I was truly smitten. (interesting fact: both songs from the session are connected. One chronicles that "this is the one" feeling, and the other ... the cold slap of reality when you learn that it ain't)
Back in April, I lucked into an opportunity to serve as the guest artist for Tape Camp at Welcome to 1979. Tape camp is an intimate two day seminar on analog recording lead by studio founder and head of Mara Machines, Chris Mara. Basically, my job was to bring in two songs and a band that could lay them down in one or two takes (only took one)... all the while functioning like the n**e model in an art class, as the students get hands on with the recording process. I've done a couple of similar sessions for my by dear friend and storied producer/engineer, Lenise Bent, and she was kind enough to connect me to Chris (being the great friend that she is). I sent over some samples of my music, and I was fortunate enough to make the cut.
So, I invited my band mates, Patrick Collins (Drums: Wilson/Collins, Bugtussle Blues) and Kurt Carrick (Bass: Bugtussle Blues), along with my friend and well known local guitarist, Jasco Duende, to join me on a field trip to the vintage analog recording wonderland that is Welcome to 1979 ... (Good friends)
But wait ... there's more!! It turns out that Patrick's son, Sean Collins happens to be a professional film maker, and he had been looking for an opportunity to capture his dad's musical endeavors on film. So, it just worked out that the session provided the perfect backdrop. How's that for good fortune?!
Good friends and good fortune!
Come On In (Chris Wilson)
Video: Director, Sean Collins - Camera Operator, Stephen Johnson - Editor, Grant Templeton
