ground running. I’m happy that I
have had about 20 years to think
of who are the cream of the crop
musicians in the local scene. We
have a lot of great musicians in
this area but not all of them are
ones that I wanted on this project. These are the ones I wanted.
This is my dream team. I sang
with PK Lavengood 20 years
ago, and I was always palling
around with Rob (Tanico) and Mr.
Reality. David (Halpern) is the
only one I didn’t know very well,
but I knew he had worked with
Rob and PK so it was like these
guys are already in good with
each other. They’re great musicians and they can del iver what I
New Jersey Stage
need. And so we did it.
One night in March 2012, I was
thinking that I wanted to make
a record and I wanted Rob to
produce it. I had been working
late teaching, I was at home in
my pajamas and getting ready
for bed. I went on Facebook and
saw that PK was filling in a gig
with Rob and Dave at the Boathouse in Belmar. I was like, “The
three of them are together!”
So I got dressed and went
down to the Boathouse. As soon
as I walked in they called me up
to do a couple of songs. I hadn’t
seen any of them in a long time.
While on break they’re like
“What are you doing?” I said,
January 2015
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