The New Album - Disengage
"..the kind of rock that embraces all the things great about American folk music: love, freedom and the hunger for something else. I highly recommend this album for those who are obsessed with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, The Jayhawks, Wilco and Neil Young." -Michael Morgan, Review You
There is a line in Dylan’s “Trying to Get to Heaven” that states, “…when you think that you’ve lost everything, you find out that you can always lose a little more.” This record started for me in such a place in my own life. But I knew I didn’t want to stay there. I wanted to honor it, to move through it, but not run from it...and not stay there too long.
These songs came out of a period of loss and disillusionment, soul searching, anger, fear, acceptance and the joy of new possibilities. What was a period of no creativity and songwriting, which scared me to death, grew into one of the most creative and focused periods of my life. It seems we have to lose some stuff to make room for new things in our lives.
...Sitting on the floor in my apartment south of town with no furniture and an amp case for a table. I needed that place to be empty. I needed that space to write these songs. Living in an apartment; writing, singing and playing music there, often late at night, forced me to be quiet…and I needed that too. I also knew that I didn’t, and couldn’t, stay there long. I didn’t want to get too comfortable in that place; physically or emotionally. I wanted to move on. This record, or cd as the kids call ‘em, is a mile-marker…and another’s coming. Thanks for listening!