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Welcome to AREA 51 where we have a bit of material stashed away in cryogenic tubes that occasionally leak out a curiously purple ooze.

This section will serve as a “thank you” for visiting our site and spending a little time here. Every month, or thereabouts, we’ll enter the restricted zone, pry open a cryotube, and extract an exclusive live or alternate studio track that we’ve collected over the years. Sometimes raw, in the moment, and with the occasional surprise, but all very Groovy.

Don’t worry, we’ve cleaned all the ooze off.

Well, almost.

Nov/Dec

                                                 Sand Storm Rehearsal Track

This month’s offering saw the light of day briefly in the 1st days of Area 51. Maybe “briefly” is too generous as it only was available for about 2 days. Well, “tis the season” so here it is again.

“Sand Storm” has made it’s way into our live sets over the past 3 years in various forms. It features Dan on electric sitar and has a distinct Middle-Eastern vibe. Here is the original rehearsal track from 2016. Recorded on a Tascam D-40 in Ralph’s living room during an afternoon practice/jam session (we were signing copies of our album that day, hot off the presses!), this version is considerably longer and features Dan and Juan on two solos each. It’s most definitely “raw” and gives you a peek into our writing process. In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear Dan calling out the chord changes. We hope you enjoy it.

1. You can download the track by clicking on the artwork below. You will be redirected to a page with download options (such as mp3,mp4,OGG,WAV,etc).

2. You can simply listen while you browse our page using the player below.

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Sand Storm Rehearsal Track