Two Steps To Heaven… - On The Big Black Bus

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Two Steps To Heaven was written around April 2007 at the same time we were writing Can’t, Last Will and Testament and Period Piece. Since then both Two Steps and Can’t have gone on to become core parts of the set with Two Steps actually replacing The Preacher’s Daughter to become the set opener. Here’s a little taste, click the arrow below and you’ll get the first couple of verses. The image is of Kelli and Jeff at Swinghouse where this live version was recorded and is exactly how Kelli looks as she eases into the bridge:

At the time of writing we were looking to introduce a fast moving, Road Trip type song into the set; although we had the crowd pleaser Big Black Bus to close with, we were looking for an up tempo theme that would get people moving early on. We started to play with classic Route 66 imagery, the whole LA to New York thing and the frustrations that often come with traveling. The idea of trying to get across the country, back to the one you love while all the time having things break down, brought forward the two steps forward one step back concept, from there it was just a matter of getting out the Rand McNally and working out the distances!

Taking it into the room was a lot of fun: the swinging left hand on the piano establishes the beat as the other instruments introduce themselves one by one, Kelli sets up the first verse and by the time the second rolls around the whole band is rocking out. We’re currently editing live video of the Swinghouse shoot and we’ll let you know as soon as it is available.