Fused began life as our regular warm up jam at the start of each writing session based on Brads rhythmic guitar vamp. Over the ten weeks it slowly became more defined and took on an Allman Bros jam style arrangement. Garrett slowly clarified the header and outro guitar melodies and Bret came up with the idea for the bridging piece. It all came together very organically and every member of the band had strong input to its development.
It was an unplanned bonus when it came to the live show at the Brahma Lodge Hotel. At 10 minutes plus, it was interesting to watch the crowd members who were more used to 3 or 4 minute songs getting more and more uncomfortable as the song reached 6 minutes, then 8 minutes etc. Thankfully the majority felt the exact opposite and I think this song received the biggest applause of the night.
We were very happy to have had the opportunity to record this song. We didn't have the time or situation to record it with the other studio tracks and to be honest it was always going to sound better live.
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