ALL ALONE . . . BUT HARDLY ON MY OWN
Man, have the years flown by! It has dawned on me that I released my album All Alone . . . But Hardly On My Own twenty-five years ago. That has occasioned a silver anniversary posting of all twelve tracks of the project in the order in which they appeared on the CD.
For me, this project was a huge deal.
I had coproduced an album in 1997 with my good friend Rob Bartley titled Eyes Full Of Innocence, mostly covers. but All Alone . . . was a daring step forward. I took a cassette tape of originals and went to a top-quality D.C. studio where I had the great fortune to be linked up with Jim Robeson. Jim treated me like a professional singer-songwriter, and he helped me immeasurably -- to choose the songs we would record, to arrange some of them, and, most importantly, to bring into the studio outstanding session musicians all while allowing me to lean on friends in the process. (Check out the backing track with Jim’s “MoMe Squad” for my venture into, yes, hip hop! When my students would discover “Sea Of People”, my stock went up, up, up!!!)
Big studio, big sound, and a big product by the time we were done with the compact disk’s cover, its professional photos, and its 16-page insert.
The CD was released in June of 2000. My mother had passed away two summers earlier (see “Lullaby For Two Generations”). My father had died in 1989. Only child that I am, I was now “All Alone”, and yet, between Martha and my memories of my parents and all of the fabulous musicians who played on the project, I was “Hardly On My Own.”
To listen to (and/or download) the songs either click on the links below or mouse-over the blue All Alone . . . folder title to the left.
(I warn you that the website’s audio player is “hot” so you may want to turn your computer’s volume down just a bit. If you don't, you really will be rankled if not deafened!)