1 | see it all | 1987 | Jon: drums Tim: bass Andy: guitars, vocals Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY. | 204 | see it all | E.B.A. | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Monkey Run 1987.jpg |
1 | see it all | 1987 | Jon: drums Tim: bass Andy: guitars, vocals Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY. | 204 | see it all | E.B.A. | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Monkey Run 1987.jpg |
Jon: drums Tim: bass Andy: guitars, vocals Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY.
Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?songID=327
Back in the '80s, Domino's Pizza had a menu item called "Everything But Anchovies". My band used to get Domino's every Saturday night before we rehearsed in those days. We were more into pepperoni, or maybe ham and pineapple, but the E.B.A. special was on the menu we saw every week for years.
Around 1984, when we wanted to change the band's name from "The Raid" to something else that wouldn't elicit bug spray jokes, we ended up deciding to call the band "Everything But Anchovies", often shortened to just "E.B.A." This was a nod to our past as well as our rather eclectic set lists of originals and covers.
This song, "see it all", was written while most of the band was house-sitting for my parents for a year in 1987-1988 in my childhood home in Ithaca, NY. It captures some of the heady atmosphere from those optimistic times, and was undoubtably influenced by listening to a lot of U2 in those days. It ended up being a band and crowd favorite. Some have said that it should have been a big hit.
Fast forward to 2010, when Barbara and I moved to West Windsor, VT, to be closer to family. Just up the road in Hanover, NH, there's a restaurant called "Everything But Anchovies", established in 1979. The owners sometimes hang out at the Skunk Hollow Tavern, which is where I've been playing at a Wednesday night open mic almost every week. I've only thought to play this old classic a few times at the Skunk, but it went over really well.
Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY. Jon plays drums, Tim plays bass, Andy plays acoustic and electric guitars and lead and backing vocals. I think Tim played the tambourine.
For more music from E.B.A., here's a playlist of favorites.
Thanks for listening!
-Andy
See It All see the sun going down on the mountain I can see it all going down that winding road again I can feel it all it's in the minds of our people to change our world we can change it all Lyrics and music by Andy Wyatt 26 August 1987 ©1987 Everything But Anchovies
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see it all | Jon: drums Tim: bass Andy: guitars, vocals Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY. | ♥︎ 2014.03.30 |
Members: Jon Morse - drums Tim Odell - bass, vocals Andy Wyatt - vocals, guitars Years of Activity: 1978-1995 Overview: Started as Voyager in 1979. Briefly included Pete Downes as rhythm guitarist. Changed name to The Raid in 1981, and to Everything But Anchovies in 1986. Played about 85 gigs around Ithaca, NY and a few nearby towns between 1980-1989. Most were at The Nines (16), second-most at Oliver's (11), third-most at the Hidden Valley 4H camp (11), and fourth-most at T.J. Tuesday's (8). After the last gig, a live TV broadcast in November 1989, we didn't play again until 1991, when we got together for a reunion jam at Andy's new house (see Spreading More Jam). We did likewise at Jon's new house in 1993 for the first Voyager reunion, then in 1995 we started getting together for EBA improv sessions. This evolved into Killer Whirlpool by 1996.