专辑简介

this CD has taken more than two years to make. while recording began in Nov '04, planning began well before that, and writing WELL before that. for this, my 6th disc, I used the best engineers in town (my recording engineer, who has worked with Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison, etc, was unavailable for 6 weeks while on the road doing sound for Lou Reed; my mixing engineer produced the recent Wailin' Jennies record, and has played with Jane Siberry) to record the best musicians in town. Ralph Carney (a long-time Tom Waits alumnus) also came on board to augment the sounds I made, blowing tenor and clarinet. I've always crossed styles in my writing and performing, and for this CD I played blues & jazz & country & bluegrass & pop & instrumental & folk tunes, and set them all within a musical context that would best let them sing. this record is my heart. hear its beat...