Work is ongoing on Wookie Garcia's third album, which just like its predecessors will be released on CD as well as a digital download.  We did have the ‘is a CD really needed anymore’ discussion, but for now we think it's best to offer it. The band also considered the possibility of pressing a LP of this new collection, but those plans are on hold for now. It seems that the 50-minute length of the album is not a good fit on a modern two-sided record. The band was not interested in trying to decide which 1…

Recording is officially complete on our project begun back in February. Our producer, Rami Jaffee, enlisted a few of his friends to add some final touches to our new record. Of course, he played organ, electric piano, mellotron and/or accordion all tracks.  Jessy Greene (Wilco, Jayhawks) has now contributed to all three Wookie Garcia albums and once again played violin. Ben Peeler (Mavericks, Wallflowers) played lap steel and pedal steel and performed on three tracks, and finally, Kristin Mooney (Peter…

Listening, listening, listening…this is what Wookie Garcia has been up to these last couple of weeks.  We have been listening nonstop to basic tracks, overdubs, and rough mixes of our newest recording. Oliver, our mixing engineer, has been hard at work incorporating guest overdubs into the band tracks to create a seamless overall sound. We think it's safe to say that most of the songs are nearing final mix status as we write this. 

This is the first time our group has worked with an outside producer on a…

Wookie Garcia and a few of our closest friends have gathered twice in the past month to work on the band's latest recording. More than half of the 12 tracks have received additional vocals-some harmonies, some oohs and aahs. With this in the can, we also added a little more guitar and called it a day. Thanks to Rob and Satellite Studio West, and Mike at Earthling Studios for their time and attention.

Meanwhile, back in LA, our producer/keyboardist Rami and engineer Oliver are also at work on this project…

In February, the band (and a few close friends) spent a Los Angeles weekend recording basic tracks for our next CD release. Basic tracks generally mean the band as we sound live: guitar; bass; drums and vocals. To this we had time left over to add some additional guitar parts and various percussion instruments (shaker, tambourine etc.). We exceeded our own high expectations, leaving town after four days with 12 almost completed songs. At least they seemed almost completed after starting from scratch. 

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This week Wookie Garcia will be starting our pre-sale for our upcoming album release.  Four years in the making, the record will include fourteen original songs, mostly written during this period, but including one song that dates back all the way to our time as Usual Suspects.  Pre-sale downloads will include one song to hear now with the rest of the album to be made available to purchasers on release day. CD pre-sales will include delivery to you on or as near as we can to the release date.  We are almost…

Wookie Garcia has (finally) completed work on our new recording.  As we write these words, manufacturing is proceeding on our CD, and song files are being uploaded to this website and others that will make downloads available for purchase soon. The new album contains 14 original songs recorded in three locations over the last few years.  Our own Kyle Ince produced the recording with our longtime engineer John Hendrickson, and much of the work was completed at the venerable Capitol Studios in Hollywood…