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Here's a little rundown of the songs on REPRISE. Change came out on the record called 'Take Me to Your Dream' in 1986. It was big at places like the Weather Channel for years and was a huge airplay hit for me. Angels Crossing was another big airplay tune for me...perhaps the biggest of them all. It was used prominently on the network TV broadcast of the 1992 Winter Olympics. Never Say Never appeared on a 1985 record called "Just the Right Moment" and is one of those little infectious groove tunes. The fourth song on the record is an ode to my recently departed Brown Point Balinese cat named Bernie. It's called Bernie's Groove and appeared in 1990 on my CD called "Edge of the World." Bernie's Groove is played almost daily on New York's CD 101.9. And that's been going on for the last 11 years. That's a nice run. The new version is a bit more laid back and....well...pretty.

LISTEN:

Change (1 min. - 948K)

Angels Crossing (1 min. - 944K)

Restless (1 min. - 944K)

The fifth song on REPRISE is a new one called Restless. It's got a nice ethereal groove and some pretty melodies to enhance your trance. Number six is the title track from my 1991 Verve/Polygram CD called "In My Wildest Dreams." This version features some nice organ work by Louis Pain and background vocals by young Patrick Lamb. Number seven is from my "outer space" period. It's called Alpha Centauri and was on "Take Me To your Dream." This version is just solo piano and voice in a kind of wordless vocalizing. Number eight is also a new tune called "Who Slipped the Mickey in My Drink?" It's kind of a funky/jazzy cross-eyed kind of a tune that features a hellacious saxophone solo at the end by...none other than young Patrick Lamb. The next song is a dedication to my daughter and it's called "Heidi's Song." This new version has a much different feel than the old original one on my "Wildest Dreams" CD. This has a lot of tenderness and depth to it. And it's LONG too!

The tenth song is a new one also (Lakota Ghost) but it's actually just an intro to the last song, Witchi Tai-to. This whole section of the record should be considered a tribute to the late great Native American jazz saxophonist James G. Pepper. This song has been such a cult hit since it first debuted back in the late sixties by a one-hit group called "Everything is Everything." That group consisted of Pepper on sax and vocals and Seattle guitarist Larry Coryell and two Portlanders, Chris Hill bass and Lee Rhinoel who played organ on this original hit of the tune. The drummer was Bobby Moses. I used to play the tune nightly with Pepper at a club in Northeast Portland called Ray's Helm. My first recording of Witchi Tai-to was on my self titled album in 1983. This is one of those songs that is so beautiful, haunting and spiritual that it will always be with us. It really harkens to that era (the 60's) of tribalism, early eco-awareness, peyote, and the new freedoms of the "revolution."

LISTEN:

Never Say Never (1 min. - 952K)

Witchi Tai To (1 min. - 940K)

Overall, I'm really pleased with the outcome on this CD and I think it's a nice package for my fans, friends and followers from down through the years.

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