YOUR QUESTION

11/22/2020 David Mirrione

Hello Mr Dunn! I am 14 year old from California and You inspired me to play bass.I have two questions my first is, What is the story behind secret song? I have heard a lot of different things so I would like to get that cleared up and my other question is, What bass did you use on Disco Volante? Disco Volante is one of my all time favorite albums and I have always wondered that question. Have a nice day.
-David

MY ANSWER

Glad to hear it! The Secret Song came from a string of riffs, something we called a “snake”, that had the potential to become an actual song. One night during the DV sessions I left the studio early, probably to go make my $50 at a jazz gig. In the meantime, Bär, Danny, Trey and Mike arranged and recorded the instrumental. Later I found the tape and was all, wtf?! Mike wasn’t around when I found it, so we didn’t tell him and I recorded the vocals on it. Somehow Mike got wind of that but he and I didn’t tell the other guys that he knew. They all thought it was going to be a surprise when the album came out, which Mike pretended it was and acted like he was pissed off about it. Then we put it in a hidden groove on the vinyl and didn’t I.D. it on the CD. Meta-secret.
On DV I mostly used my Alembic Europa 5-string, my upright and my Ken Lawrence fretless. I also used a Guild Ashbory on parts of Golem and possibly a beater Vox that wasn’t mine.