i did it with jim kellner, famous, great drummer, plays with everybody. he co-produced with me.il young. conor: neil young, yeah, john lennon, bobby d, everybody. he's an amazing person and was a big part of that record so that was the record i set out to make, the "salutations" but the label i'm on kind of fell in love with the demos i had made in omaha and so they convinced me to put out this demo versions first so that came out last october and then the new record came out in spring. charlie: what are you backed up with here? conor: on the record it's jim kellner on the drums and this great band from upstate new york called the fleece brothers who are an amazing band who play all the other instruments so it's accordion, violin, piano, guitar, bass, drums. yeah, it's a good group. charlie: there's a time you went back to omaha. for what purpose? conor: you know, i always had one foot in, one foot out. i had, like, with my friend, mike mogles, who played in bright eyes, my old band with me, we built a studio and our houses were conjoined so we had a studio thing going on. i nev