Move from Move by Sundogs

Move
By Stan Snow

There is a scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where a mine boss is interviewing them for work as payroll guards. The boss asks Sundance if he can shoot, and throws a small piece of wood across the dirt road saying “Hit that!” Sundance twirls his gun, looks to the ground and then slides the gun into his holster, preparing to shoot. Annoyed, the boss interrupts with the words: “No! No! No! Son, son, I just want to know if you can shoot!? He takes the gun from Sundance’s holster and hands it to him. Sundance fires and misses the target. The boss begins to walk away in disappointment. Sundance then says “Can I Move?” to which the boss replies “Move? What the hell do you mean ‘move’!? Sundance responds by coiling, drawing his gun, crouching and firing in a split second. He hits the target twice to the incredulous expression on the face of the boss, and then utters the words: “I’m better when I move!” Most of us are. We are better when we move. Especially during Covid times.

I wrote this song on a Martin 000-28 acoustic guitar tuned to DADGAD. I was going for a Michael Hedges, CS&N kind of vibe. Used a fretless electric bass, double tracked. Jed played beautiful piano parts. We added the orchestra sounds at the end with Mike Stone holding things down on the drums.

The Sundogs are a Seattle based band formed by Stan Snow and Jed Moffitt. Their original music is Indie Rock, Prog, Jazz, Jam Band, Blues / Roots Rock, and is written to satisfy the music fan within.
Some people compare their musical styles to Tom Petty, Steely Dan, the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, etc...with strong songwriting, musicianship, production, vintage guitar and keyboard solos.