In 2006, I started working with Frank Yaker, aka King Rhythm. He helped me add layers to the songs that would end up on Baltimore Highlands. Ever since, I had wanted him to join our live set. We worked out a set where Jones would run the beats and tweak the vocal delays, while Frank would trigger samples on his keyboard and double my vocals.
This line-up worked really well, and Jones and King Rhythm came out with me on my next tour. We went to the west coast and back, in the winter of 2008.
For that tour, I dropped Utility Fog Three: CDR City. This is the shortest Utility Fog. (9 minutes long) It contained our first-ever attempt at a cover song. It’s a song I called ‘Roy,’ and it’s a very loose rendition of “Fly Guys Rap” by the Fly Guys, which itself borrows lyrics from a Shel Silverstein poem.