The Kitchen Sessions

Track List:

1. Sometime Ago 04:34
2. Throw It Away 04:20
3. Nothing Like You 07:03
4. Crazy Love 04:03
5. I Love Paris In The Springtime 03:03
6. Not Exactly Paris 05:01
7. I Didn’t Know About You 04:09
8. I Remember You 04:13
9. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today 04:09
10. Prelude To A Kiss 04:56
11. He’s Out Of My Life 05:29
12. Get Out Of Town 04:28
13. River 05:52

Description:

This recording was made at the end the global pandemic. We had the luxury of time, silence, reflection and blue, unpolluted sky. It was an ideal time to make quiet songs to honour our infinitely long friendship, since 1989. Dave Restivo and I share the same birthday, twenty years apart. Having made it through all the Drama that Life provides, I had come to a very peaceful and calm place. A point of reflection and comprehension of what matters. I chose songs that embody my personal philosophy: Love, Music and Family.

My dear friend Bob Dorough encouraged me to sing his song “Nothing Like You”. Kim Parker did a masterful job on “Not Exactly Paris”, so I sing it for Kim. “Out of My Life” came to me via Joey de Francesco, driving in the dark, radio on, with tears on my cheeks. Randy Newman’s
“Rain Today” exemplifies our casual disregard of those suffering right in front of us.

“Crazy Love” is my song for Rob, my loving partner…
This recording is dedicated to my four grandchildren, Taylor, Zoe, Jake and Avery.

Listen to the words in “Throw It Away”. It is my counsel to you, now and when I will be gone.