I'm currently working on what is turning out to be a really exciting album with New Jersey vocalist Dave Rudbarg, in association with engineer/producer Steve Gordon who has a studio in Hialeah, Miami. The drummer on the sessions is Dave Scott, and the keyboards are from John Rose (no relation) both also from Miami. I did bass, acoustics and lead here in Newcastle via Internet file transfer.
How this all came about was, I was playing a strat in the Guitar Center in Manhattan about 18 months ago and the guy who worked in the shop, called Eddie Solomonson, who is a friend of Steve's in Miami. He took my email and when I returned to the UK we chatted and I sent him a couple my tracks, which he then forwarded to Steve in Florida. Steve then contacted me and I travelled to Miami to see him and meet his contacts. Thus it has evolved into me being invited onto this project. For a taster of how this project is sounding, you can hear "Am I Loosing You" being played by Paul Nicholls on his Internet podcast podcastpaul.I think Dave is a phenomenal vocalist and I really wish him all the best with this project. The album will be released next year and it is hoped that gigs in the UK & US will happen in due course.
ps.. I have put Dave & Steve into my to top myspace friends so people can see more about their respective careers and projects etc.
