Jimmy Oneil- "Time is passing us by"

[Sean O'Rourke]

This tune was recorded by Jimmy Oneil and Bryan Cole in '84. Bryan wrote the song. I was at Exocet a few years ago and saw the 2" just sitting on a gobo. I asked if I could take it. After a couple of years , I asked Rick Hinkle if there was anything we could do. He then baked the tape for a week and transferred it to digital. I took the tracks home and began mixing the title track "Popular car" and the "b" side, "City Music".
After finishing the two songs, I dug a little deeper and found an unfinished tune. Be it from lack of tracks on the tape or whatever. All I had was a bass line, Bryans drum tracks, Jimmy's vocal and a keyboard bed.
I took it back to Rick's and He and I spent the day at his wonderful studio. At the end of the day we had 7 guitar tracks to choose from.
Back to my place for the mix and then to Rick's for the mastering.
Jimmy was a good friend and a true talent.
I love this tune......
S

[Jeni Michelson, Vocal/Keys/Band Leader]

That is a nice tune, thanks for resurrecting it :-). Brings up all kinds of memories for me.
I had just started gigging with Jimmy when he fell ill. A very sweet, talented man indeed.