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Watching You Go (The Boarders at WMPG​-​FM)

from Memos and Demos by various artists including Doug Hubley

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The immediate impetus for this song about losing a loved one seems a little immature: the death of my cat Harry. But I did realize that it was a topic to be addressed at a more sophisticated level, and fortunately I was able to generalize the lyrics somewhat beyond "my kitty died." (He was a pretty cool cat, though.)

I suppose I was looking ahead to a period such as the present, in which I've lost my mother, father and a close friend in the space of two years. But I can't say I've wanted to sing this song much lately.

This is a live radio performance by the Boarders, taking place on a windy and rainy Jan. 19, 1996, on the University of Southern Maine show "Local Motives." It was almost fun, except for an inept audio engineer who suppressed Gretchen's bass almost to the vanishing point on many songs (it was recoverable on this number) and slathered digital reverb and delay all over us (at the beginning of this track, you can hear the doofus searching for the correct tempo on the delay). Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, drums; Gretchen Schaefer, bass.

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from Memos and Demos, released November 11, 2018

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Doug Hubley Portland, Maine

Doug Hubley is a musician and writer in Maine.

He has covered arts and lifestyle for publications in Maine and Massachusetts.

Doug began learning guitar in 1966, and hopes to finish the job one day. He has played with such bands as the Fashion Jungle, the Cowlix, the Boarders and Howling Turbines.

Today he is one-half of Day for Night, an acoustic country band also starring Gretchen Schaefer. ... more

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