Livin' On Laughs

This album gets into a really nice 70's-era Peter Green funky rock vibe.

"'Livin’ On Laughs’ was written and recorded after Moses broke up, before I joined 44 Band, which later became Sharp Edges. I moved back to Southern Alberta from Los Angeles in 1978 and got married to my first wife. We bought a house and I built a recording studio in the basement of a local music store called Southern Sound. We got pretty busy in the studio, recording local artists and travelling artists passing through, radio spots et cetera. In amongst all of that, I wanted to record an album of songs I had been working on but never brought to Moses. These were different types of songs than Moses was doing.

So, I rounded up some of my friends, who happened to be some of the best players in the city and also a few from out of town and we recorded the basic tracks over a week or so. Just playing each song like a band–all together in the room. I did vocals and overdubs and backing tracks, and then mixed over the next two or three weeks.

It was a blast working with these players and singers. People I grew up with, all really good players and more importantly, really good people."
-Dave Filchak

Dave Filchak: guitars, bass, strings, vocals
Steve Cross: guitar
Jim Williams: bass, percussion
Terry Hoople: bass
Dan Dube: keyboards, strings
Russ Hauser: keyboards
Brad Valgardson: drums
Tom Callahan: drums
Vern Dorge: tenor saxophone

All songs by Dave Filchak except 'Straight From the Heart' (by Jeremy Etherington)
David Rossiter: photography, cover design
Engineered by Barry Hegland, Laurie Ingalls, and Dave Filchak
Mixed by Dave Filchak
Executive Producer: Chester Mook

Cover design and photography by David Rossiter