the road

Fiddle, mandolin, and cello, in varying combinations with acoustic guitars, piano, backing vocals, bass and percussion. The Road is a journey. It seems the spirit grows most during the trials and impossible situations encountered on this path. They are the treasures of life.

Released October 5, 2000. running time: 60:29

 

I first began writing down the songs I heard in my head in 1974 when my band director showed me some basic chords on the piano. By the year 1992, when I first made a cassette version of The Road available, hundreds of songs had piled up on my internal song shelves. 

I selected the songs for The Road with two main criteria. I'd been performing live for a number of years at the time, and I knew which of my songs were most accessible to audiences by the frequency with which they were requested. I put many of those on this first album. I also wanted the collection to tell a metaphorical story that seemed to be a theme running through the lives of many people I observed including myself. The result is "The Road".