{"id":4828,"date":"2013-03-18T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2021-01-21T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T18:50:19","slug":"napi-browne-lets-get-right-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/?p=4828","title":{"rendered":"Napi Browne: Let&#8217;s Get Right To It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1213643583738263\";\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8050392339\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\ngoogle.com, pub-3680554235834172, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div><div style=\"float:right;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1213643583738263\";\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5294177075\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div><p><!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --><br \/>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-6115888-3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];<br \/>\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}<br \/>\n  gtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>  gtag('config', 'UA-6115888-3');<br \/>\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ntry { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-6115888-3\"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Napi-Browne-Pub-Shot-Small-530.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4830\" title=\"Napi Browne Pub Shot Small 530\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Napi-Browne-Pub-Shot-Small-530.jpg?resize=530%2C357\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Napi-Browne-Pub-Shot-Small-530.jpg?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Napi-Browne-Pub-Shot-Small-530.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>Napi Browne was a Connecticut rock band based in New Haven in the mid-to-late 1970s and early &#8217;80s. The band was formed in August 1976, started playing in September, and played its last gig in Westerley, R.I., during the summer of 1980.<\/p>\n<p>The two lead&nbsp;guitarists, Nick Baganasco and&nbsp;Dan Gulino, and the bass player Paul Rosano were together for the life of the band. Four drummers were in the band at various times over the roughly four years: Rich Catalano, George Wilson, Dennis DeMorro and Vic Steffens.<\/p>\n<p>Songs written by Nick, Dan and Paul were recorded in various settings while the band was together, from Bearsville Studios, near Woodstock, N.Y., to Paul Leka&#8217;s studio in Bridgeport, and even in Nick&#8217;s basement early on in 1977, during which we had a mic in Nick&#8217;s oven at one point to record a guitar track.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s Get Right To It (video below) was recorded in Bridgeport with Vic Steffens on drums. The song was chosen as the opening track for WHCN&#8217;s Homespun compilation album of Connecticut bands, which was released in 1980.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1213643583738263\";\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5294177075\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div><p>This tune was pretty much a complete collaboration among the three writers. I can&#8217;t remember exactly who came up with the original concept for the song, but I do remember working on it in Nick&#8217;s living room at his cottage in East Haven with acoustic and electric guitars with small amps.<\/p>\n<p>I believe it was probably Danny or Nick or perhaps both who had the original musical idea, and I contributed mainly with the melody and lyrics, although it really was one of the few songs on which&nbsp;we equally collaborated. Nick tells me at the start of working the tune up, he sang lead. I don&#8217;t remember that. But he says he just wasn&#8217;t feeling it, so I gave it a go and felt comfortable with it.<\/p>\n<p>Danny takes the solo, a short but vibrant and compelling statement, and there is three-part guitar harmony, along with three-part vocal harmony, on the choruses. Paul Gabriel was at the studio that night, so the guys asked him if he would sit in so they could record the three-part guitar harmony in one overdub, and he graciously accepted.<\/p>\n<p>We produced this session ourselves and did the first mix on the track, but later brought in Jeff Cannata to tweak the mix a little and he did a nice job of bringing out certain aspects of the track that give it drive, particularly on the build toward the ending.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the tune with an accompanying video.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eoCchhge0TA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1213643583738263\";\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5294177075\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>google.com, pub-3680554235834172, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 Napi Browne was a Connecticut rock band based in New Haven in the mid-to-late 1970s and early &#8217;80s. The band was formed in August 1976, started playing in September, and played its last gig in Westerley, R.I., during the summer of 1980. The two lead&nbsp;guitarists, Nick Baganasco and&nbsp;Dan Gulino, and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/?p=4828\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Napi Browne: Let&#8217;s Get Right To It<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[731,1250,1339,73,1342,1345,909,1346,1154,1337,1336,515,1340,1341,1338,1343,193,1347,214,664,904,1344],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-70s-rock","tag-80s-rock","tag-arcadia-ballroom","tag-connecticut-rock-n-roll","tag-dan-gulino","tag-dennis-demorro","tag-funk-rock","tag-george-wilson","tag-music-blog","tag-napi-browne","tag-new-haven-rock-bands","tag-new-wave","tag-nick-bagnasco","tag-nicky-nasko","tag-oxford-ale-house","tag-paul-gabriel","tag-paul-rosano","tag-rich-catalano","tag-rock","tag-toads-place","tag-vic-steffens","tag-whcn-homespun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/puDy0-1fS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5420,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions\/5420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickismusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}