Featured album
Lost & Found
Guy Schwartz and the New Jack Hippies
After recording Saturday Night, Guy Schwartz, Roger Tausz, Chaz Nadege and John Chupin became a real studio band. Lost & Found is an early result of a long recording project built from improvisation, chemistry and first takes.
Track list
- I Dunno
- What You Think About That?
- I'm Still Alive
- Home: Suite
- Don't Ban Me
- I Don't Know (Reprise)
- Five Kittens
- Change
- Nighttime
- I Wanna Know (Where the People All Go)
- When You Lie
- The Man With My Name
- Theme Song
- You and I
Personnel and recording
- Guy Schwartz — vocals and guitars
- Roger Tausz — bass
- Chaz Nadege — keyboards
- John Chupin — drums
- Produced by Guy Schwartz and Roger Tausz
- Recorded at Bong Island Sound
Stories behind the songs
I Dunno
Began with a Chaz Nadege piano idea and was played straight through in one take.
What You Think About That?
Grew from Guy's rhythm-guitar riff into a march-like jam.
I'm Still Alive
A survival statement, a joke and a celebration of getting older.
Home: Suite
Two related jams joined together: too much home in the first half, and missing someone in the second.
Don't Ban Me
About banning books and why it is dangerous.
I Don't Know (Reprise)
Not related musically to I Dunno. Calling it a reprise is Guy's private joke.
Five Kittens
Inspired by an actual litter of five kittens; the song itself asks whether they are a metaphor.
Change
About people changing and learning to live with change.
Nighttime
A girlfriend calls from another city asking him to come drive—emotionally the opposite of Baby Please Don't Go.
I Wanna Know (Where the People All Go)
About the disappearance of audiences and venues after the pandemic.
When You Lie
About personal lies, political lies and lying in general.
The Man With My Name
About sometimes wishing to be somebody else.
Theme Song
The theme song for the rest of life.
You and I
A song about partnership rather than conventional romance.