The Patron Saints, which began its existence as a typical, mid-sixties high school garage band in 1966, is still at it today, forty years later, in 2006. Incredibly, fans from all over the world continue to be interested in who they are, how they started, available recordings, etc. Creators of the legendary 1969 LP Fohhoh Bohob, they had a long-anticipated reunion in 2000. That event sparked a strong desire to go into the studio and record a brand new Patron Saints album, and the following crew happily signed on for the project: Eric Bergman (original member), John Doerschuk and Kirk Foster (from the Latimer Sessions period), Jeff Alfaro (original Patron Saint drummer before Paul D'Alton on Fohhoh Bohob), and Roy Ellingsen (guitarist from the group Garrison, which was basically a re-named Patron Saints, 1978-1980), so it truly was to be a real Patron Saints album.
They decided to revisit a couple of songs from the Latimer Sessions, Fly Away and In The Mourning, both of which they felt deserved a rethinking from a "grown-up" perspective, Good Friday, an old live favorite from the '70s which was never recorded in the studio, a few from the '80s which had never been recorded, and some brand new songs. As a special treat for Fohhoh/Proto Bohob fans, there's also an early '70s demo recording by original Patron Saint and Fohhoh Bohob co-writer, the late Jon Tuttle, which was given the "Beatles-Free As A Bird" treatment, i.e., other instruments were added to Jon's demo to make it a finished production.
