Barefoot Adventure: The 4 Star Sessions

by Gary Usher

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1.	R.P.M. (The Four Speeds) 02:34	info
2.	My Little Surfin' Woodie 02:02	info
3.	Barefoot Adventure 01:44	info
4.	Four on the Floor (The Four Speeds) 02:25	info
5.	Cheater Slicks (The Four Speeds) 01:58	info
6.	C.C. Cinder (The Sunsets) 02:09	info
7.	The Chug-a-Lug (The Sunsets) 02:20	info
8.	Gary Usher Interview, Pt. 1: The Four Speeds and the Sunsets 01:33	info
9.	My Little Beach Bunny (The Sunsets) 02:03	info
10.	Playmate of the Year (The Sunsets) 01:59	info
11.	Lonely Surfer Boy (The Sunsets) 01:58	info
12.	Soul Stompin' 02:41	info
13.	Nifty '50 01:39	info
14.	Power Shift 02:00	info
15.	Mag Wheels 02:16	info
16.	Gary Usher Interview, Pt. 2: Drag Racing and Hot Rod Songs 02:53	info
17.	My Sting Ray (The Four Speeds) 01:55	info
18.	426 Super Stock (The Competitors) 01:52	info
19.	Wax, Board and Woodie 01:48	info
20.	Draggin' Deuce 02:02	info
21.	'54 Corvette 01:54	info
22.	My Little Surfin' Woodie 02:02	info
23.	Gary Usher Interview, Pt. 3: In the Studio 01:13	info
24.	R.P.M. 02:41	info
25.	Barefoot Adventure (The Four Speeds) 01:52	info
26.	Cactus Juice 02:25	info
27.	Coney Island Wild Child 02:01	info
28.	Sugar and Spice 02:41	info
29.	Twins 02:21	info
30.	Milky Way 01:40	info
31.	Quicksand 02:10	info
32.	Gary Usher Interview, Pt. 4: Writing and Producing 00:56	info
33.	You Made a Believer Out of Me (With the Honeys) 01:52	info
34.	Waiting for the Day (With the Honeys) 01:49	info
35.	Tied Down 02:07	info
36.	Harder and Harder 01:46	info

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This collection explores Gary Usher's tenure as co-architect of the happiest pop music ever written, a guileless celebration of sun, surf and cars that's become an enduring symbol of the American dream.

Barefoot Adventure does more than simply collect a bunch of songs that sound great on the car radio and mean exactly what they say (take that, psychedelic music!). It's also a remarkable glimpse of the process, of a struggling songwriter angling for a break, sometimes tapdancing in tangents, oblivious to the bullseye he was hitting on the way
to forging an important new sound.

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released August 19, 2008

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