It’s always exciting when you get to release an album, but in this case, for me, the excitement is tempered by the disappointment that I won’t hear feedback from one of my biggest fans–my father. That said, this album was inspired by his passing. This was as cathartic for me as anything, and the process of writing and finishing was my way of working through the grief, however, the biggest epiphany I had during this process is that I’ll never get over his passing, and this won’t be my last tribute. This is not to say that I will wallow in sadness, it is to say that my father will always be a part of me, and part of me will always be missing. This may be early in the process, but time doesn’t seem to heal the wounds, it modifies them. This was a first step, a step of acceptance, and a step of imagining what his last experiences were as he crossed over. I will miss him in the big steps like when I get married or have my first child–I miss him in the innocuous like nailing a hole shot in my Mustang on an on-ramp, but I also have the assurance that he’s paying attention, and since heaven is not bound by time, I am sure we’re discussing this right now in another dimension between riding our motorcycles over some kind of amazing landscape.
If you care to listen:
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In the coming days it will also be on Spotify and a host of other digital services.
If you care to read a track by track description of the inspiration for each one of the songs, keep on reading.