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record because he’s halfway done with a true full band follow-up to American Ride. The songs on his latest release were intended to be piano songs from the start. It’s a special record, a very personal record, and one he’s waited quite a while to release. “It just felt right to me,” he said. “I always try to follow my instincts as best as I can and hopefully in that way the music that I write and record will sound genuine and believable. I’ve wanted to do an album of piano songs for some time. I’ve got drawers full of songs of all kinds, but these piano songs are close to my heart. I love the simplicity of just sitting at a piano and singing a song, and I first started out in music playing the piano. Sometimes less is more, and this just seemed like one of those times.” The universe must have agreed with him about the timing because Nile was able to record the album on the same Steinway Grand piano that he had played 34 years earlier at the Record Plant on the night John Lennon was killed. This piano, which was Watch the video for “Life On Bleecker Street” Advertise here for $25 - $100 call 732-280-7625 pg 9