This Barn

After putting in my vineyard, I decided I needed a Barn. I've always wanted to build my own barn... I don't love maintenance, but I do love building. So I spent almost 2 years building my barn. It's about 42' x 36' with 15 foot cathedral ceilings. Plenty of room to house my recording studio and wine room with room to grow. This is my third studio so planning it was pretty simple after learning about sound proof construction on earlier projects. So I worked 6 days a week until the job was done.

It was a lot of work but I really enjoyed the daily process. I based the structure on a simple pole barn... so I dug about 42 holes, 4 feet deep, to hold the poles and fortify the foundation. I framed with 2x6 lumber for better insulation in my walls. It's quiet out here in the country so I don't have to worry too much about traffic, just a random airplane from time to time. I put over 5000 nails in the framing structure with my handy nail gun.

Building a barn can be fun but it can also be a huge challenge for one man, like Klender, to take on with his hammer and nails. I remember those Barn doors were the biggest challenge. The large insulated doors are 4" thick and there was only a tolerance of about ⅛" or so between them. Beautiful cedar and redwood - turned out even nicer than I had hoped. This dream barn took him nearly 2 years to build, one board at a time, but now it's a wonderful place of joy, wine and music to share with many others.

Song Information

Length:

4:30

Artist:

Klender

Written By:

Bob Huff
Richard Klender

Published By:

Bob Huff Music
Klenco Music (ASCAP)

Produced By:

Klender

Arranged By:

Klender

Credits:

Drums: Glenn Johnson
Bass: Bob Huff
Guitars: Bob Huff
Piano: Klender
Vocals: Klender
Engineered by: Klender

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This Barn

I built this barn with a hammer and nails
Big pile of lumber, my toolbox won’t fail
Don’t know what drove me, except the need to play
Start out at dawn, and work straight thru each day

Some friends said “hey man, that’s too much damn work”
But some friends don’t know me, probably think I’m a jerk
Some just can’t understand, my motivation and drive
Each man’s gotta do, what helps him survive

Chorus:
This Barn says freedom, this barn speaks dreams
This Barn makes music, bustin’ out at the seams
This Barn might get old, but it’s new to my soul
If these walls could talk, they’d tell stories… of gold

Lift up each rafter, and nail ‘em in place
Just me and my tractor, hot sun on my face
An old metal roof, to keep out the rain
5 trucks of concrete, to bring on the pain

Chorus: then Lead break:

2 long years, 40 long poles
5000 nails… beams deep in their holes
It took months of hard sweat, but now it feels mighty fine
Time to play me some music, drink a glass of my wine

Chorus 2x, ending

music by Richard Klender & Bob Huff
words by Richard Klender

Behind the Music

I wrote the lyric to this song first. Came up with all the lines and chorus and then sent it over to Huff and he came up with a kickin' track which inspired me to write the melody. Fun to sing; I like the challenge of a lot of words to get out. Just grooves along... Interesting note; this was the original seed where his song, "This Flag" sprang from; same music, new lyric. Let us know which version you like best...

Behind the Video

This video is near and dear to my heart because it shares a collection of stills and some video of me actually building the Barn. It's a great memory and now we're making great music inside. It was worth all the blood and sweat.

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