I was sitting in Doug Messenger’s studio in North Hollywood off Lankershim Blvd. It was 2014? My band and I were recording our EP, “Gettin’ High to Stay Low,” (please don’t listen to it) and I remember waiting a hundred years to get the drum tones dialed in. I shut myself into the isolated piano room and wrote “Never Gonna Do.” One sitting. My band at the time was very much swimming in the Southern Rock genre - Derek Trucks, Govt. Mule, Grace Potter - so naturally everything I wrote had to be in drop D tuning.
I think I was also watching a lot of “House of Cards” at the time as well. Lol.
I was just starting to get into politics and social justice issues when I had this overwhelming realization that the people in power, whether that be in government, church, or the corporate world, were actually all heavily influenced by money and self interest. WOW! SHOCKER! But really, that was a rough bubble to pop at 20 years old when I had spent so many years trusting and looking up to their wisdom, promises, and success. There is a lot I could go into here about the ever-failing systems in this country, but I am just going to keep it short and …. well, “sweet” isn’t the right word. There is already enough depressing shit to read in this world.
This is one of the oldest songs on the album and definitely one of my favorites. I turn this one on to power-up.
