For the last year and a half I have been doing a live set around town that is just me singing with my friend James "Hags" Haggerty on bass. We came up wth a set of covers from every decade that had strong enough melodies and cool enough bass lines to stand alone. The reaction we have gotten has been amazing! People are so drawn in because it is so stripped down. For a singer it is frightening and thrilling because you are flying without a net. People have continually asked about a recording so I decided to do a whole record of pop standards using just bass and vocal. Several of the tracks will be from my set with "Hags" who is an amazing rock and jazz bassist who cofounded the great rock band Joe Marc's Brother and is currently touring and recording with Autumn Defense. I have been lucky enough to secure some of the best bass players in the country to sit in for a tune. I can't spoil the suprise but I have the greats from almost every genre. Each tune will feature what is special about each bassist. The first track we finished happens to be a cover of Carole King's "You've Got A Friend" and my good friend and bass virtuoso Todd Parks brought his other worldly sounds to make just the right atmosphere we wanted to re-imagine this classic. Todd is currently touring with Sam Bush. Park Chisolm is recording and mixing the tracks as well as co- arranging and producing with me. Park is an amazing multi-instrumentalist who is currently touring with Kevin Costner's band "Modern West". He also recorded and produced the Grammy nominated soundtrack for Costner's "Hatfields and McCoys". His Wife Sara Beck wrote and performed the grammy nominated single. (Google her. She is amazing!) I hope you enjoy this first track. Hopefully the whole record will be out by summer. Thanks for listening, Tommy