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Could you name a few Gastr songs that are particularly special to you?

I’m super fond of “Onion Orange”. That’s on the first solo record that I made. This is the one time that Jim and I performed this live. Jim’s playing is great on it and it suggests an alternative universe Gastr Del Sol, path not taken. “The Harp Factory On Lake Street” is primarily Jim’s composition, but there’s a little song of mine embedded in there. I play piano, but it was more like a chamber ensemble composition of Jim’s. To me, it was totally

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