Album Notes

'songs for the jesse' is a tribute album compiled as a tribute to the late Jesse Sebastian, who left us November 14, 2006 at age 24. Jesse was a dancer, performer and choreographer, but most importantly a friend to hundreds of people, whose lives he touched with his joie de vivre.

Note from the Executive Producer:

'songs for the jesse' came into being after Jesse passed away in November 2006. He was one of my best friends and a mutual friend, Paul Hardy, had asked me to help him put together a memorial service for Jesse that was supposed to take place in Hollywood, Florida in December. Unfortunately, the timing was not right, so instead of a memorial service, I decided to take the music I was planning on using and produce this tribute CD and sell it to raise money for his family and the Cole Academy of Dance & Gymnastics in Muncie, Indiana, where Jesse had started his dance training. The artists on this CD had either worked with Jesse at some point, or are friends of mine who most generously donated their tunes and talent on behalf of this production. Please check out their individual websites, noted below.

As for the title, one of Jesse's nicknames was "the Jesse." He had told me a story about how he had taught dance to little kids at a studio in his home state of Indiana. One day, he was getting grief from one of the mothers and another little kid came up to her and said, "You can't talk that way to the Jesse!" He loved that.

Kirk Detweiler
January 6, 2007

SONGS FOR THE JESSE:

1. Title Less (D. Lathrop)........Adams Rib
from the CD "Forever Cafe"
www.adamsrib.ca

2. Shiver Me Timbers (T. Waits)...Kirk Detweiler
from the CD "random white boy"
www.randomwhiteboy.com

3. He's Got A Way (B. Joel).......Kristin Lewis Gorman
www.trans-siberianorchestra.com

4. Without You (J. Larson)........Alice Ripley/K.Detweiler
from the CD "shades of wrong"
www.randomwhiteboy.com

5. Drive (A. Ripley/B. Brody).....Alice Ripley
from the CD "Everything's Fine"
www.ripleytheband.com
www.aliceripley.com

6. Both Sides Now (J. Mitchell)...Lisa Asher
from the CD "Lisa Asher - Live at the Duplex"
www.lisaasher.com

7. Shine On (A. Ripley)...........Kirk Detweiler
from the CD "shades of wrong"
www.randomwhiteboy.com

8. Beautiful Disaster (M. Wilder/R. Jordan)
Adrienne Fishe
www.mzfishe.com

9. A Case of You (J. Mitchell)....Michael Holland
from the CD "Darkness Falls"
www.gashole.net, www.michaelholland.com

10. Home Is Where The Heart Is.....Matt Yee
from the CD "Every Facet of My Heart"
www.mattyee.com

11. In My Life (Lennon/McCartney)..Kirk Detweiler
from the CD "random white boy"

12. Drunk Girl (M. Holland)........Kirk Detweiler
from the CD "shades of wrong"


The producers would like to thank the following for making this CD happen: Derek Lathrop, Kristin Gorman, Alice Ripley, Adrienne Fishe, Michael Holland, Matt Yee, Frank Dain, James Andrews, Michelle, Daniel and Sean Sebastian.

Other Dancing Bull releases can be found at www.dancingbullmusic.com