Or haven’t you heard. Everywhere you turn there is a fear of danger and vulnerability. The circumstances have left me preferring to be locked down in the safety of my home bunker and waiting for the authorities to get risk under control.

Lockdown Session 7

Tribute 7 casts the deadly virus as a calculating villain with its sights set clearly on a healthy young woman. A modern day Jack the Ripper. You will have to listen to the entire version of Thin Lizzy’s Killer On The Loose to hear how it ends. Our project continues to be driven by our desire to always find a way to do what makes us happy. Right now, it is recording tributes to the songs we have carried through life and suddenly provides clearer meaning to us. We are on track for 2 more tributes, please stay tuned….

Killer On The Loose
 
Some people they call me Jack
Some people they call me insane
I'm looking for somebody
And I don't even know her name
I might be looking for you
Wherever you may be 
For there is something I've got to do to you honey
And it's between you and me
 
Now you might think it's fun
Or maybe it's a joke
But you've got plenty of reason to worry honey
'Cause you wouldn't stand a hope
 
There's a killer on the loose again
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
A lady killer on the loose
 
Now I'm not trying to be nasty
Or I'm not trying to make you scared
But there's a killer on the loose
Or haven't you heard
He'll be walking around this town
Just about midnight
Yes, that's Chinatown
That's right
That's right
 
Now you might think I'm messing
Or he don't exist
But honey I'm confessing
I'm a mad virus

There's a killer on the loose again
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
A lady killer on the loose, ah 
 
"I'll be standing in the shadows of love
Waiting for you
Don't unzip your zipper
'Cause you know I'm Jack the Ripper
Now don't wail, don't"
 
There's a killer on the loose again
   Standing in the shadows
A killer on the loose
There's a killer on the loose again
   Coming to get you
A lady killer on the loose
 
There's a killer on the loose again
    Standing in the shadows of love
A killer on the loose
 
There's a killer on the loose again
   Attack attack
A lady killer on the loose
 
There's a killer on the loose again
  Standing in the shadow
A killer on the loose, of love
 
There's a killer on the loose again
Oh
A lady killer on the loose
  You better watch out
There's a killer on the loose again
A killer on the loose
  Play that back
  Check it back
There's a killer on the loose

Songwriters: Philip Parris Lynott

Killer on the Loose lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Our work is usually conducted in the same room, but with the lockdown we have been deprived this luxury. However, we are playing the hand we have been dealt. Each member is leveraging our personal studio to record our tracks remotely and pass them on to yield these finished recordings of Songs For Lockdown. I hope you enjoy them.

Stay well

Tom

Recording sequence for Killer on the Loose:
– AJ records drums on an iPhone 8 Plus situated in the rear waste band of athletic shorts using Voice Memos app and texts track to Truk
– Truk slams the drum track onto 8-track digital recording console and records his two guitar tracks and screaming guitar lead
– Truk dumps drum and guitar tracks to DAT
– Adam delivers DAT to Tom
– Tom loads drum and guitar tracks to digital recording console and records bass track
– Tom records vocal tracks and howls through a MXL V57M Large Diaphragm Condenser microphone
– Tom dumps drum, guitar, bass and vocal tracks to DAT
— Tom drops DAT tape on Truk’s front porch in a brown bag with a dumbug VHS tape for digitization, Hanson Brothers Live CD, God Is In The House DVD
– Truk adds a laser attack using Korg Monotron Analog Ribbon Synthesizer and mixes the magic

Signage for the single designed by the Thee Jim Cook

Photos by Karen

Graphic design for hero Tom and Karen