Reportedly the last in a trilogy of recently discovered "1959 Nashville demo recordings" from the unknown act "Bobby & the Yup family" finds them further pushing the envelope of their "epic length song form" way back when, this time cracking... the four minute barrier!
This time around, the Yup family keyboard player finally gets a prominent place in the mix; BUT with this take going an incredible 13 verses without a break for a chorus, a bridge, or even a solo, the poor keys player and the rest of the band are left churning away at the same chord progression, while front man Bobby seems to go off on his own, with no direction home:
A lengthy engineering note was found in the "dusty old storage cabinet" along with this acetate. The engineer (named Eddie) offered, "No one in the studio knew what the hell was going on... verse after verse after verse... What the hell kind of songwriting was this supposed to be?? By the eighth stanza, the singer's eyes rolled back in his head and he started speaking in tongues or something... Nobody, including the other folks in the band, could tell what the hell he was going on about! And then damned if the kid didn't snap out of it, just in time for the next verse! Too damn spooky for me."
The note goes on to describe a series of failed takes, with the keys player getting so bored and frustrated that he sends out for some Tennessee barbecue, which he stashes under the piano bench and munches on when Bobby isn't looking. At the end of the final take, he just slams his piano lid down, kicks over the bench, and walks out saying it's all gone too far... And the rest is obscurity...
