Maybe I’m a Leo is probably my favorite Purple riff. I’m curious as to just where that riff came from. I’m guessing you wrote it…, it just sounds like a riff a bass player would come up with. It’s downright “funky”. I spent most of today working out the bulk of that song. It’s amazing just how many variations there are on that one basic musical idea.

On two related notes: In your remixed version of Machine Head (As part of the 25th Ann. version) there’s a bit of studio chatter that would seem to indicate that the main track was laid down with the very first take? The song has the sort of “loose” feel that does not lend it self to endless takes, but the band at the same time just so totally nails it.

Also, I caught (Via the magic of DVD, unfortunatly…) your performance performance with Gov’t Mule in New Orleans. What a show! If there ever was an “All Star” game for bassists, this show probably comes about as close as we’ll ever see to it. What was it like working with Warren and Matt, and playing in that kind of envirnonment?