New CD well on its way!

The new CD will probably be finished at the end of September. The working title is BLUE SKY SLIDING. Originally, I had set July for the release but chronic laryngitis made that a little difficult... not to mention being unable to sing adequately for the Silverados gigs we had this summer!

I have my ISRC codes for iTunes and with Oasis Duplicating I get free CD Baby access as well as iTunes.

Four songs are fully completed:
Tomorrow on Her Mind featuring background vocals by the female Silverados, Julie Wuertz and Julie Stewart, and a searing guitar solo by Steve Sanchez.
I covered Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan with a background chorus comprised of Wendy Hinkle, Dianne Jackson, Teri Goodwin, and Dean Christensen. Dean's vocals were FTP'd to me from Oregon and imported in my Logic Pro Studio. New technology is so cool!
I've also completed A Distant Friend- a tribute to George Harrison and The Joker Isn't Laughing- a song I wrote when I was 19.

Right now I have 18 tracks being considered... most are just missing the vocals and should be completed in August. The list:

Tomorrow on Her Mind (with The Silverados)
A Distant Friend
Elvis on a Greyhound
The Joker Isn’t Laughing
I Remember the Night (8:46 P.M. on 9/11)
When You’re Not Here
Warm Wind
Gravestones
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A Mighty Fortress • Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Gotta Serve Somebody*
Anyone But Jesus
Every Good Gift
Take Me Down (A Man Like You)
Look at All the Children
A Woman in Prayer
Keep Your Eyes on the Sky
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Ode to the Penguin Café

My brother Phil is designing the cover and we're going with a Magritteish look to it... very surreal and weird.

The CD cover itself will probably be no more than a single sleeve and I will post the CD notes on this blog.

All for now... I'm recording vocals today until the voice gets scratchy!

A new CD in the near future...

I'm compiling the songs and recording for a real-release (not the ones I give to friends at Christmas) of my first CD since 'Blind Dog Barking.'

Some old songs that I never recorded (Every Good Gift), some songs from the past decade (Eyes on the Sky, A Distant Friend), a couple of instrumentals (Ode to the Penguin Cafe), and some new stuff that no one has heard.

After hearing David Wilcox, Andy Gullahorn, and Peter Bradley Adams, I'm leaning toward an acoustic sound more than full pop productions. I want to feature the cool guitars I've recently acquired, too-- a Taylor 810 which was used on the first MercyMe recordings and a 1953 Gibson LG-1 which I restored.

Now, for a good title...