Night Rain - Studio Recording

Night Rain was the opening track on the 1984 release All Wet. It is a cinematic piece crafted with layers upon layers of sound.

Unreleased #1 - Journey

In the late 80s we recorded Journey during one of our improv sessions. Later in 1993 it was recorded again as a cut on The Cheeze Stands Alone, An Adventure in Guitar Singularity. This needs lyrics if anyone is inspired to write them. Pictured from left to right: Dave Donnell (with his back to us), Alonzo Powers (sippin somthin good), Nel Larson (servin um up).

Turtles Revenge - Studio Recording

Turtles Revenge was the second cut on the 1983 release Movement in Egg Flatt. Pictured from left to right: Dave Donnell, Alonzo Powers

Turtles Revenge - Live June 24, 1989

Turtles Revenge was the second cut on Movement in Egg Flatt.

What Are They Doing Now #4

Birkin's Bolero was the fifth track on Movement in Egg Flatt, Birkin Grif's first album. A variation, Birkin's Bolero II, was improvised and recorded in September 2008 with Brian Miller sitting in on guitar. Pictured: Dave Donnell

What Are They Doing Now #3

A good idea that was never pursued, Ancient Days (Take 1) and Ancient Days (Take 2) were recorded sometime in the 80s. It's possible the idea was first conceived in the 70s but there is no recording to prove it. This was another version recorded in September of 2008, Ancient Days II.
Pictured: Dave Donnell taking a break while setting up to record, Labor Day weekend 2006.

What Are They Doing Now #2

Yesterdays II was recorded over Labor Day 2008. It is another version of the previous post done in 1976. Pictured: Dave Donnell

In the beginning - Dokordor 7140

It was strange to find the previous video on YouTube. I bought that same model 1/4 inch analog tape deck in 1976 and began accumulating instruments to overdub with it. There were 4 separate recording tracks to work with. Before this we were recording back and forth between 2 8-track analog tape decks. This was a major step up in quality. Here is a sample of a recording from that tape deck - Yesterdays. A piano, bass, Electrocomp 101, and Elka Rhapsody were used to create this musical rough sketch. Pictured: Alonzo Powers (Notice the Dokordor 7140 to the left)

Dokorder 7140 - The Deck that started it all.

All Wet - Studio Recording

All Wet was Birkin Grif's second album. Pictured from left to right: Dave Donnell, Alonzo Powers

All Wet - Live June 24, 1989

All Wet is the fourth track from Birkin Grif's 1984 release called All Wet (so named because all of the tracks were about rain in some way).

Bop - Studio Recording

Bop was the third track on the unreleased 4th album Was Never Was. Pictured from left to right: Dave Donnell: Electronic Drums, Alonzo Powers: Bass, Andy Ganse (in the dark): Keyboards.

Bop - Live June 24, 1989

Bop was a track from Birkin Grif's unreleased 4th album, Was Never Was.

What Are They Doing Now #1

Blues For Mahan is one of many recordings done at their annual Labor Day reunion. Pictured from left to right: Don Einan, Dave Donnell

Monkey Bar Swing - Studio Recording

Monkey Bar Swing was the second track on the 1986 release Impressions. On the studio version all instruments were played by Alonzo Powers. Quite different from the live version.

Monkey Bar Swing - Live June 24, 1989

Monkey Bar Swing was a track from Birkin Grif's third album, Impressions.