Medusa Stone Begins
The band recorded their debut album in just ten days. The songs were compiled from a collection of some thirty songs written by Justin over the past two years. With Damon Johnson not only recording but also producing and mixing the entire project, he also found time to co-write "Whisper to Me" with Justin during the recording. They returned home to North Carolina with a new album and a new attitude; naturally a name change was needed. Justin had become bitter about Catfish Lane's reputation around town and the band did not play blues for some time. Justin later stated that he never stopped loving playing the blues, they just had to erase all ties to Catfish Lane. The trio settled on the name Medusa Stone and began marketing their new image and album. There was only one problem: they were broke. Dave and Justin were living in a house in downtown Wilmington where they reportedly lived off of ramen noodles and hot dogs. Oftentimes they were so broke that the two would throw huge parties just to drink for free and collect all of the cigarette butts the next day so Dave could roll the unsmoked tobacco into cigarettes. At this time it is said that Jeremy pushed Dave and Justin to work harder and book the gigs that they needed. With a renewed work ethic the trio hit the road once again to promote the new album and toured the east coast. They also had the chance to open up for Sonny Landreth, David Lee Roth, Mother's Finest and Damon Johnson's band at the time Slave to the System, ending the tour with another stop in the U.S. Virgin Islands where the new album was very well received and even enjoyed nominal airplay. The band returned home with renewed spirits and entered the studio once again in late 2005 to record a six song EP titled "Ghosts".
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