Thank you!

Thanks for my head traffic...

To Ray Roper and David Wills. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you both for taking this journey with me. Each moment spent on this project was exciting and fulfilling. Thanks for the commitment to seeing this series of songs get out there, I will always hold them dear to my heart. Also thanks for your collaboration; it was amazing writing with you both!

Special thanks

Ray Roper. Thank you for sharing your talent, poring out your soul on these songs. For your patience, inspiration, dedication. You taught me so much, words can’t express my gratitude. It went from being my project to our project, you put your heart into these songs. You are a brilliant producer and musician. Sitting there in the studio, watching you create parts was absolutely amazing. I’ll always visualize that when I’m listening to the tracks. For all the 14 hours days, the weeks living with me in the studio breathing nothing but vibe, I thank you infinity plus 1. You blinded me with science!!

David Wills. Thank you for your encouragement, your enthusiasm, your creative ideas. You are extremely talented and I’m so lucky to have worked with you on this cd. For the writing nights before recording, for dragging every ounce of sweat you could out of me, your focus and your patience and for sharing your talents and vision. Thank you so much for all that! You are the bomb baby!

Thanks to the musicians that put their time and energy into the songs. Charlie Hase, you play a mean lap steel, Lewis Nitikman-nice tickling of the keys man, Jerry Adolphe and Karl Watt, talk about kicking drum tracks.

Thanks to the guys of Blue Rodeo for letting me use their studio. What a wonderful experience. Thank you Danielle Emmich, you were such a great help and Chris Shreenan-Dyck for getting great sounds and helping to prep the songs for Vancouver. Bob Egan and Bazil Donovan for taking time out of your busy schedule to lay down tracks. You both rock. Thank you James Gray –the Hammond is phat and also Peter Von Allen for driving all the way from Ottawa to play drums.

Thanks to Murray and AJ for your support and love. Hey Mur, thanks for lending your firebird to Ray for Head Traffic. AJ, thanks for inspiring song ideas.

To my fellow musicians and friends, Norman and Sonya Avelino, Ricky and Shelley Francisco and Doug and Michelle Smith for helping in one way or another, playing at yet another crazy gig, dragging around gear, helping promote shows,. I love you guys!

Achim Klor, for your vision, support and friendship. You are one talented man and I am so happy to have you involved in this release.

Stan Howard for the great photography.

Jane Fernyhough and Suzanne Greening for your support on my Musical Expressions.

Don Fennell, you are such a supportive journalist. Thank you for continually supporting me.

To all the fans, thanks for hanging in there with me. I'm hoping you dig this new chapter in my body of work.