The Mollusk press kit
We started work on "The Mollusk" in September of 1995, our plan from the beginning was to make an entire record down the beach during the winter (non-tourist) season. We decided on Holgate, the southernmost part of Long Beach Island, New Jersey because the fishing is really good, and also because it's a place we've been hanging out since we were kids. We rented an oceanfront property at the end of the island and everything was pretty smooth for a while... we would drive down the beach from New Hope every Sunday night, and we would usually come back Wednesday afternoon. There was nothing, (and I mean NOTHING) to do down there except record and surf-fish for striped bass and bluefish. We went down about 6 times and filled up a lot of tape with nautical songs in 3/4 time before we took a break in November to go to Nashville and record "12 Golden Country Greats." As it started to get colder down the shore, we realized that our house didn't really have any he...