Album Notes

The best thing about music is when it makes a connection with someone, when they relate to the message or find themselves living inside the story. That's what Redd Skyy accomplishes with this debut album. These songs are real. They're about real life personal journeys. Songs that make you want to drive fast, call your baby, turn it up and sing along, stay out just a while longer with your friends because listening to this record just makes you feel good. And everybody needs to feel a little better these days. The rhythms and lyrics in these songs are like a heart magnet. They draw you right in to the middle of it all. With the up-tempo love gone bad "Go On", our basic built in survival instinct shouts out from the bridge; I won't stop you, hold you down Won't be your ladder while you paint the town Go on Go on, you're already gone!! And the slow shuffle "the Door" is a more pointed look at life and self analyzation and what it all really means or doesn't mean; Been lookin' over my shoulder Ain't come across nothin' new Searching for answers to self-imposed mysteries Turned over some stones...but not any clues So I'll take my chances as a gambler A beat up rambler on the road Oh the trouble in my shadows There ain't nobody knows A cold and lonely wall between me And what I'm looking for Someday I'll get there, if I find the Door Everyone needs a lite hearted approach to hope and dreams and finding success, and moving ahead in life. "Right Side of the Bed" is the perfect sounding board for the go-ahead; Gonna' get me a customized Cadillac Red with the big tall fins Slip into something tailor-made So I can slide right on in Across naugahide leather under blue sky weather Yeh it's better than it's ever been I'm revvin' up the engine I'm out on a binge And I ain't ever coming back again "Sure Like To Try" is a nastalgic glimpse of the path relationships sometimes take through time; Can't speak for anybody else But don't you ever think about why The best years can up and fade away And you can't believe they've passed you by Just a song like a wind out of nowhere Takes you back one more time Don't know if we could ever go back, but I'd Sure like to try "Good Night To Drive" is a combination of a love affair with old cars, young love and music; Sally says she loves me, yeh right But tonight I think I'll just pretend Dashlights shining in the windshield That unusual shade of green It's a good night to drive It's a good night to drive The moon is high and the road is long It's a good night to drive "Too Far Gone" is about personal awakenings, and discovery of self, and finding comfort on the journey that lies before us all..., not so much where that road will lead us, but rather where we dare to go on our own. Everyone traveling down the road of life will find a connection to themselves somewhere in this song. I took a drive up to the mountains Yeh, I went looking for myself I found the scenery to be stunning But I didn't find anything else Ain't that just the way it goes when you're down and out Maybe all I need is a little refuge, A little sense of shelter, that's what it's all about Cause I'm too far gone to get to where I'm going Too far gone to turn around Too far gone and the miles they are showing Too far gone to look back now From the first few ending lines with three part harmonies fading eerily into a 60's AM car radio, "Gettin' There" kicks off in a raucous "Little Feat-ish" almost funky groove, holding strong right out to the end. Show me what I'm after, can you take me any faster yeh I gotta' get there, I'm workin' on gettin' there Upside downside, high or low, anyway the wind will blow I gotta' get there, I'm workin' on gettin' there Here I go! And while the lyrics and music speak for themselves, the band continues to make rapid progress. Returning on nearly every engagement between Chicago and New Orleans, Redd Skyy is quickly building a solid following for their brand of hard hitting performances out on the road. Already working in the studio on their next collection of songs, they have recieved considerable attention in Nashville, both from labels and publishing companies. Still distraught over how difficult it can be to " break in ", they continue to focus on the independent process of making music, which is keeping their heads slightly above water. If you really just like good music, you're not going to want to pass this collection up. And be sure to be listening for some soon to be breaking radio play accompanied by live performances in yours and surrounding areas.