What can I say about "Message to a Friend. Wow I felt stringly about it. It was a message to my brother Lucas originally to give him some uplifting vibes when he needed it. Then I decided to make it a bit more universal and add images about walking on hot coals. I was inspired by some of the 1960's sound in the pan and wanted very bad to make some distortion to match the energy but could find no really good pedal to match the impedence on the steel drums at the time. (That has since changed). What can I say I wanted it to be raw and unteathered and I think this is what was attained.
