Album Notes

Imagine the voice of Marianne Faithfull - rinsed in whiskey, toasted in smoke - encased in the body of a big, rangy guy with a salt and pepper beard. Bart Thrall is that guy, and his pipes have been around the block at least five times, so that when they whisper or croak or sweetly croon they express something as old as dirt as real and ineluctable as hurt. He inhabits these songs the way a blind man inhabits a small cozy room; he knows every crevice, every crimp, and every hole in the music. He conveys that intimacy to the listener without any fuss. Yes, the heartache is gonna come, and when it does, you won't believe how sweetly he can sing of it.
- Mikhail Horowitz


My thanks go out to all the people who played on this CD. I couldn't have done it without them. Thanks to Big Time Records and their A /R man, Jerry Pigowski, for their support. Besides them, there was always the presence of Robert Bard with his suggestions, patience and experience to guide me. Not playing on these cuts is Don Haynie, whom I wish to thank for his advice.
Are you ready?
Pop Staples says - Respect yourself.
Brother Prince Dixon says - We're gonna have church today, children.
I say - Try three minutes from the University of Happiness. Here it comes.

*Personnel*
Bart Thrall................Guitar and Vocals
Amy Fradon.............Vocals, Lead on B_A_B_Y
Gary Schwartz..........Drums
Robert Bard...............Bass
Mike Kull...................Piano
Guy Fischetti............Pedal Steel Guitar
The Picnic Basket. ....Lunches
High Falls Horns
-Harvey Kaiser..........Tenor and Baritone Sax
-Larry Moses..............First and Second Trumpet
Horn arrangements ...Harvey Kaiser
Rick Dubov..................He showed me the way to go.

Produced by Bart Thrall
Recorded 10/04 - 12/05
Engineered by
Robert Bard @ Skytop Sounds, New Paltz, NY
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