To Bring You My Love

I'm typing as Jeff is recording his guitar part for the end of our cover of PJ Harvey's "To Bring You My Love". This is the first song I ever played guitar on with a band and will be the last song on our debut full-length album. In the earliest incarnation of Sabrosa Purr (some of the songs were there, but not the name) I was playing with my friend Brian in San Diego and "To Bring You My Love" was the first thing we played together. I didn't even know how to play guitar at the time and I think I played the main riff incorrectly. Even though the song has evolved quite dramatically, I think I still play the main riff wrong or at least a little differently than the original! It remains for us though a favorite at shows and even in our rehearsals. And it's always nice when people recognize it at shows. Inevitably, about 30 seconds into the song or when I sing the first line, someone yells out "Yee-aaahhh!", "PJ!!!!". I feel the same way too! I love playing it and always hate when we have to cut it from the set.

Aside from the sentimental attachment I have to the song, being that it was the cornerstone on which I started building what has become Sabrosa Purr, I've always felt a strong connection to the lyrics. "Hell and High Water..." indeed! I was ..."Born in the desert" and I've definitely "Been down for years", but there's also a simmering optimism, some kind of hope that I feel in the bones of the song itself. I hope people enjoy it on the record as much as we've enjoyed playing it. And most of all, I hope that PJ Harvey doesn't hate it! It's with the utmost respect and admiration for what she's created that we offer our tribute to her, to the relationship we have with you and to the bond we have with each other as bandmates and friends.

Listening to Jeff record his part right now and recalling Jacob as he recorded his, I'm reminded of my astounding good fortune in having them as a part of my life and as a part of our band.

Can't wait "To Bring You My (our) Love"!

Will