Song Description

"Taxi To Tonganoxie", is the first CD of Chet Nichols' music that features full back-up bands in the studio. The material on this CD was recorded, engineered and co-produced by Stephen Barncard in two different studios back in the early and mid 1970's. The songs, "Paper Burns" and "You Were They And They Were You" were recorded at Wally Heider's studio in San Francisco. The other tunes were recorded at Stephen Barncard's home in the hills above Beverly Glen in Los Angeles. The back-up band at the Beverly Glen location consisted of a fabulous group of artists: Laura Allan (Laura Allen)- vocals, Fuzzy Oxendine - drums (Sons, Grape, Jerry Miller Band, etc), Wayne Goodwyn on Fiddle, lap steel (Emmylou), Ricky Wallace, Estrella Berosini - vocals and Billy Berosini - bass (Jackson Browne, Brewer & Shipley). Chet played acoustic guitar, dulcimer,electric guitar and piano. Even Stephen got in on the act and made an appearance playing bass! The Heider sessions consisted of Buddy Cage - pedal steel guitar (New Riders of The Purple Sage), Pete Sears - bass (New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Jefferson Starship) and Spenser Dryden - drums (The Airplane, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage). Even though this collection of tunes is almost 35 years old, people are still discovering it, enjoying it and sharing it.

Lyrics

"I Want The Best That We Can Give"

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Music and Lyrics by Chester (Chet) Nichols, Jr (ASCAP)
Arranged, produced, recording, arranging, mixing, mastering, vocals and all instrumentation by Chester Nichols, Jr.
Copyrights 2024 by Chester Nichols, Jr (ASCAP) & Magic Garage Music : Publisher (ASCAP)
URL: http://www.chetnichols.net
Email:: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com
ChetNichols@me.com :: chet@chetnichols.net
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

VERSE 1
I've got to let you be by yourself
So you have the time alone
To find out who you really are
And what you're capable of

CHORUS
Cause, baby, I want the best that we can give
You know, I want the best that we can give
Honey, I want the best that we can give
To each other
No, I don't want no other

VERSE2
Love can turn into a strangle hold
Keeping you down when you want to look around
So go and look and see what you can find
Honey, you'll always be a friend of mine

REPEAT CHORUS
Cause, baby, I want the best that we can give
You know, I want the best that we can give
Honey, I want the best that we can give
To each other
No, I don't want no other

MUSICAL BRIDGE

VERSE 3
Now, I'm not talking about good or bad
And it don't discount the fun that we've had
But if you feel that you've got to leave
You don't have to get down on your knees

REPEAT CHORUS
Cause, baby, I want the best that we can give
You know, I want the best that we can give
Honey, I want the best that we can give
To each other
No, I don't want no other

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