This, friends, is the album I have always wanted to make. I grew up on the sounds of the 50’s via the hybrid Neo-swing Punk Rock ’90’s. I have obsessed over the keening and crooning of early Elvis recordings, the bopping and bouncing Bill Haley and the Comets, the wild and wonderful voice and chugging piano of Little Richard, and Brian Setzer’s guitar tone and touch, for as long as I can remember. 

In my early 20’s I set out many times to make this album. Versions of these songs exist all the way back to 2014 when I released “Playing in My Head” for the first time. Although I made many attempts to record these songs I was never happy with them and life always seemed to get in the way. That is, until 3 years ago at the Vintage Makers Fest in Jackson, TN, when I asked my partner Amanda and my friend Manny, to come to Tennessee to reunite with my old drummer Joe and we started to play these songs live again.

As captured on recording in a marathon 2-day session in Tennessee, the songs finally had the feel and flavor I knew they always could have. Faced with the daunting task of completing the project with horns and vocals, I decided to make a full album out of what was originally supposed to be a six song EP. The intervening 3 years brought vocal injury and recovery, musical disappointments and rediscovery, and ultimately, the creation of an entirely new thing from the ashes of the old. 

I can’t believe my good fortune, that I am friends with so many excellent NYC musicians, who contributed their gifts to this project. Although I worked hard on this album, I submit that the real stars are the musicians who bring their energy to each track, and make each one different from the last. My worst nightmare is an album on which every song feels the same. I can say with confidence that we have made something you’ll want to listen to over and over again, and it will feel different every time.