YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE by THE SMASHING TEMPCHINS

Posted on Apr 1 2011

Link: http://www.hemifran.com/more_music_f_h_0...

I LIKE IT BETTER HERE - MORE MUSIC FROM HOME When Jack Tempchin, legendary songwriter for the Eagles, (Already Gone, Peaceful Easy Feeling), Johnny Rivers (Slow Dancing) and Glenn Frey (Smugglers Blues, You Belong To The City), first heard Swedish act Citizen K, he was so impressed by the vocal, instrumental and arranging skills, that he offered a new unreleased song, right there on the spot. You Only Live Once is the opening track to I Like It Better Here – More Music From Home (the 2nd album to celebrate the joy and and magic of home), where Citizen K and two of his musical buddies are calling themselves the Smashing Tempchins, as a humble homage to one of their favorite songwriters. Where the first volume had more of a westcoast-focus, this second volume has more of a americana/country/roots-feeling.....

“This song was written on my first trip to Ireland, in Westport-By-The-Sea, with my two new Irish friends Rob Burke & Bill Bonner. We had written a song that won the Irish Song Contest, so I came to Ireland for my first visit and they were showing me the country. We wanted to change the world for the better, just a tiny little bit better, please, with a song. And with this delightful recording, we're on our way.” -MIDNIGHT JACK