...Said Sadly

"A fun song to write and record. It's sort of my version of a country duet song. I recorded this the day after we finished the music for the album, and had a friend of mine, Nina Gordan (of Veruca Salt), sing with me because she's got a great tone and character in her voice. The guitar fills and slide guitar are in the style of Derek & the Dominoes, Clarence White, the Byrds and the Allman Brothers. We did one track of guitar fills with a Les Paul through an MXR phaser with a clean sound, as well as another track of Les Paul slide guitar which gives the song kind of a romantic sound, most of which was done in one or two takes. "

1997 - Guitar World

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GS: So James, what was it like to duet with Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt on your song, "Said Sadly"?

IHA: Oh, she's great. A hell of a singer, a heck of a gal.

CORGAN: Not bad to look at.

IHA: Right. good looker.

CORGAN: That'll go over real well with the feminists.

IHA: And she dresses well. And she likes the song, I think.

CORGAN: She feigned enjoyment really well.

GS: So you just heard her voice on that track?

IHA: Yeah. I thought it would be good to hear her in a different context, other than the rock that is Veruca Salt.

CORGAN: He took her from screaming siren to sultry sensualist.

IHA: It's just a country rock song--a true rock pop song. I'm friends with Nina and Louise [Post, also of Veruca Salt]. So I called Nina up and asked her to do it. She kindly came over and sang it. She was in and out of there, got pick up by a limo and taken to the next airport. Me and Nina exercise at the same place.

GS: Is that how you met?

IHA: No, but she turned me on to it.

-97-Guitar School