This past year has been an eventful one to say the least. Leading the worship band at church, traveling to perform concerts, and taking care of my two girls has certainly occupied much of my time. But I find, again and again, God is always giving me inspiration if I am willing to be still and listen.

Here are a few nuts and bolts for folks that like that sort of thing. I went into the studio (Crew Cuts in Raleigh) w/ tracks that I had written over the last year and a half. I had been playing these songs at some of my concerts and the ones that I actually recorded seemed to really speak to people. In a way, I guess you could say that the audiences at those concerts helped me to choose which songs to put on the CD. Of course these “demos” were all recorded “solo acoustic style”, and I knew some would take on a different life once other musicians started sinking their teeth into them. I did not miss my guess. This time out I called my good buddy, Todd Proctor, who is my favorite drummer and has played on several records with me. I asked him to pick the bass player that he thought would be most creative. He chose Ben Palmer, out of Durham, NC. When we had the first rehearsal I knew we were on to something. Ben is an upright bass player (one of those cool jazz dudes) but strapped on the electric bass just for me (what a guy). Jim Crew (engineer and awesome keyboard player) made it a foursome and away we went. We all played on most of the tracks and this has given this record a continuity or “vibe” that is hard to get w/ different musicians playing on every track.