MOLDING "The Trilogy"

Molding personnel at the time Trilogy was recorded.
(from left) Bob Watkins, Terry Thomas, John Wheeler, Eric Watkins, June Kato

Sweepy Walker (harmonica) and Klyd Watkins (poetry out lod) also contributed.

recorded and mixed by John Wheeler

songs:

Annie (sic) (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
Jason LaFarge (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
Wyoming (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
Phone Call (written by Bob and Klyd Watkins, lead vocal by Bob)
People Get Involved (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
I Do (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
Against The Law (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
Deadbeat Sonic (written and with lead vocal by Bob, cameo by Klyd Watkins)
Song For You (written and with lead vocal by Eric)
Hope For The World (written and with lead vocal by Eric)

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MOLDING Happy (aka Molding One)

Rock and Roll (by Eric Watkins). Produced by Bob Watkins. Sung and played by: Bob, Eric.
Her Eyes (by Bob Watkins) Produced by Bob Watkins. Sung and played by Bob, Eric, Louis Schefano.
Dragon Park (by Bob Watkins) Produced by Bob Watkins. Sung and played by Mike Farris, Rick White, Bob Watkins, Terry Thomas.
Of Solar Squash (the poem Bob speaks and Lori sings is by Klyd Watkins. The samples from the album "One Foot in the Garden" by Solar Squash are of improvisations, so that the voices of Ginny Tate, Toby Tate, Linda Watkins and Klyd Watkins "wrote" what they said.) Produced by Bob Watkins. Sung and played by Bob Watkins, Lori Baldwin, Ginny Tate, Toby Tate, Linda Watkins, Klyd Watkins.
Jason LaFarge (produced by John Wheeler) Sung and played by Eric Watkins and John Wheeler,.
One Big Drop Of Water (by Bob Watkins) produced by Bob Watkins. Sung and played by Bob Watkins, Terry Thomas, Mike Farris.
Groove Me (by Mike Farris) Produced, sung and played by Bob Watkins and Todd Givens.
Freak Me Out Frank (by Eric Watkins) Produced by John. Sung and played by Eric, Bob, John, Tom Williams.
The Adventures of You and Suzie (by Bob Watkins, Eric Watkins, Steve Burgess) Produced by Bob Watkins. Sung and played by Bob, Eric, Rick White, Terry Thomas.
The Scratch Sympath Waltz (by Eric Watkins and John Wheeler) first version produced by John, sung and played by John and Eric; second version produced by Bob Watkins, sung and played by Bob and Eric and John.

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It took a posse of friends and family ten years to accumulate Molding 1 ("Happy").
Molding 2 used 3 musicians and, at John Wheeler's studio, was finished in 3 days.

MOLDING Choose Your Own Title (aka Molding 2)

self produced

Set Myself On Fire (by Eric Watkins)
No Reason (by Eric Watkins)
Wonderful (by Eric Watkins)
We've Got It All (by Bob Watkins)
Before You Say It (by John Wheeler)
Heavenly Wrecks (by Eric Watkins)
Oklahoma Moon (by Eric Watkins)
Subtle Changes (by Bob Watkins)
Coffee Girls and the Suicide Shift (by Eric Watkins)
Gonna Be Alright (by John Wheeler and Eric Watkins)

The players for this recording was Eric Watkins, Bob Watkins, and John Wheeler, with a cameo by Klyd Watkins as the radio preacher on Oklahoma Moon. Plus, Terry Thomas played some drum tracks, John Wheeler the rest.