Temporary Absence

Added on 17 February 2009

Douglas Lindsay is currently on holiday in Scotland. It's raining. Lost in Juarez will return on Monday 23rd February. Until then, make yourself a cup of tea, get some chocolate, and click on the picture beneath to listen to The Strange Case of Solomon Green.

The Return of The Strange Case of Solomon Green

Added on 16 February 2009

Another week of school holiday is upon us, and so we stay-at-home parents descend once more into the black abyss. The Strange Case of Solomon Green, rock's new mega-band for 2009, finished their first recording sessions in SoundandMore studio last week here in Warsaw. Some roughly mixed takes can be...

Scenes from the Studio - Day 1

Added on 13 February 2009

Day One in the studio done and dusted. A successful day, five songs in the bag. Rock God-dom awaits. The current thinking is to lose the name The Solomon Grundys, and instead of going with the bar mitzvah sounding Solomon Green to use the full title The Strange Case of Solomon Green as the band name...

The Songs Of The Solomon Grundys

Added on 11 February 2009

Thursday 12th February - recording studio day. Normal blogging service will resume in the near future... This week sees the Solomon Grundys make their first visit to the recording studio. We're going for a stripped down, early Dylan kind of sound. Acoustic guitars, banjo, bit of harmonica, bit of bo...

The Return of The Solomon Grundys

Added on 10 February 2009

And so we come at last to the great recording studio session of our times... I labour under the illusion that I'm as able a songwriter as I am a novelist. Perhaps that just means I'm not very good at either. Since I write books for a living, and have an agent and all that goes with it, that makes me...