Jerry Velona

I've always loved this song so decided to cover it. I enlisted the talents of two of my favorite musicians: Billy Loosigian on guitar and Richard Gates on bass. We recorded it at Woolly Mammoth studios in Waltham, MA with David Minehan engineering.
I've always loved this song and decided to cover it. I felt I needed to change a few lines in the lyric so I contacted Sid Griffin who wrote the tune while leading his band The Long Ryders.  Sid really liked our version and was very complementary and supportive. He didn't have a problem with me using the revised lyrics. Needless to say I was thrilled and flattered. He He's based in London now and has his own band called the Coal Porters.  About our version of his song Sid says:
"Jerry Velona once again proves his musical worth is a balls-to-the-wall cover version of the Long Ryders’ ‘Looking For Lewis & Clark’, a pounding yet melodic take which begs the question: where are the great and fearless leaders of the present day? Velona’s committed vocal and approach to the lyric may not provide a complete set of answers but oh Mercy, they frame the question so very, very well.”
Jerry Velona - vocals and drums
David Minehan - backing vocals
Billy Loosigian - guitars
Richard Gates - bass
Recorded at Woolly Mammoth Studios in Waltham, MA.  Engineered and mixed by David Minehan
Mastered by Bill Bromfield, Clockwise Records, Nashville