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When morning comes
Right where I belong
What I've been missing
She's changing her mind
Many tears from now
The show must go on
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I was raised on
country music. Artists like Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins, The Oak Ridge Boys and Johnny Cash all had a huge impact on my developing young desires to sing, write, and perform music.
While I have my Dad and his family to thank for my country roots, it was the influence of my two older
brothers' music - from The Beach Boys, Def
Leppard, and Martin Sexton - that intrigued me and drew me to a diverse array of styles.
"Transition" (2003) is the blend of these styles and begins to frame my own, personal style. It takes a
different direction than my first two, mostly country albums: "The Slamming Door" (1999) and
"In Time" (2001). "Transition" begins with "Pop sounds" on songs like
"Don't wanna" and "Tonight" and ends with a purer country feel on "When morning comes" and "Many tears from now".
"Pieces" shows up on "Transition" for the first time and quickly became the album favorite. Interestingly, this
song was written before I met my wife Julie and yet - a year later - the lyrics closely resemble the story of our meeting and falling in love.
The song has remained one of my favorites through the years because of this and has become so dear to me that I
had to re-record it for the new acoustic album "Waiting".