Album Notes

it will be available by January 11th. it's got two pages of collage, the liner notes by dave sharos, a chicago tribune journalist, and the cover itself is a drawing by one of my favorite artists, ken conklin. it' 47 minutes long and those who've heard it, think it might be my best ever. the songs in case you forgot are (in order of appearance): it's all in the game; here we are; on the bus; the loner; mary january; this fleeting moment; let the tree fall; nothing to keep you on my mind; the street where mercy died; the world we left behind; and change. the musicians are me on guitar, bass, keyboards, perc and vocals. john batdorf does bg vocals on here we are and the loner; mark rodney does lead guitar on here we are; colin cameron does bass on let the tree fall; corky siegel does harmonica on nothing to keep you on my mind; bradley vines plays sax on mary january; lisa turner does background vocals on let the tree fall; peter tork played the banjo on the world we left behind; scott breadman did most of the percussion and ken lyon did most of the bass. ron mcmaster, who mastered all wood and stones, also mastered the e.c. it is a pretty simple recording. tho i did keyboards on let the tree fall and some vocorder stuff on nothing to keep you on my mind. o and i did all the lead guitars except for mark's contribution to here we are. and i did the organ on the street where mercy died. and the kalimba and a wooden marimba i borrowed from a friend for the solo on change. all this info and more minutae will be up on the website in the back ground notes for this cd, along with all the lyrics. at www.jamesleestanley.com