Two-Bit Rock'n'Roll

Some bands make an entire career out of it, and pretty much 90% of the Sixties was built on it. So is there a place for the simple, basic chord progressions and arrangements that have been the staple of rock for decades?

Of course.

You only have to look as far as bands such as AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, and Status Quo. Yes, all old bands - but all up there when it comes to choice music to shove on the car stereo.

Complexity is a good thing in music. It pushes invention, keeps things moving, expands genres. But sometimes, you just want some three-chord trick at high volume to get you from A to B.

Three in Aye is a mini-collection along those lines. Nothing complex, three songs in the same key, and two that have been simple finger exercises for years. With the little bit of hidden complexity that is That Friday Feeling, re-imagined as a sort of grungy swing from its original 10-bar roots.