219:. As the band was effectively between percussionists at the time, Hambridge played drums on all tracks on the album, although Jeff Schroedl's brother Scott played drums on their YouTube videos, produced alongside the album's promotional release. By now the band was well known as the Altered Five Blues Band and the band's members wrote every track on
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nominations, including 'Album of the Year' and 'Song of the Year'. All of the 13 original songs were penned by
Schroedl. When commenting on equipment used on the album, Schroedl opined, "I used two
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