It
only took Bobby Wells and Kenny Simmons 30 minutes to
write the arrangement for "When Youre At The
Top, Then You're At The Trop". By the end of that
30 minutes Bobby was teaching Vince Torell the melody
over the phone Only Vince Torell could have brought the
song to life with his Sinatra-like phrasings and his
vocal understanding of the Big Band sound.
On
the day of the recording, The Infernos encountered some
directional problems with the tune. We felt it wasn't
lively enough and we were all starting to get a little
frustrated. But Bobby Wells stepped in along with Infernos'
musical director Joe Sasso and identified the song's
problem spots. They turned to horn arranger Mike Lamparello
and he came up with a hot and bouncy solution.
We
are all very happy with the results and hope this is
the beginning of a long line of commercials, movie soundtracks
and television scores for the band.