I’m certainly anxious to get to my year-end review. . . .the music of ‘08. . . .whatever you want to call it.

But first, I need to give a shout out to my boys Bradley, Brendan and Sloan (Wegner, Cavanaugh and Marshall respectively) for jumping right in and bringing their considerable talents to bear on this year’s free mp3 Xmas goody.

(Didn’t get yours? Then click the Xmas tab at the top of this page.)

It’s difficult to express how great it feels to give someone a ring, say to them “Hey – listen – I know you’re busy. . . .but maybe you and the guys would like to come down to the studio and work on a song idea of mine” and then pause and wait for the “Well. . . .you know. . . .gee. . .um. . .I’m, um. . .”. BUT INSTEAD, each of them replied with a “Yeah, man – sounds cool. Let’s look at calendars and lock in the date”.

FANTASTIC!

Bradley, Brendan and Sloan (a KCJP regular) play together in a smokin’ group called Leroy Justice (you may recall their tasty Beatles cover for the “Christmas Sessions” release). Be sure you check them out when in their hometown of NYC (they play the Bitter End fairly regularly), or if you’re lucky enough to have them visit your city.

Thanks, boys – I enjoyed working with you in the studio and appreciate you bringing your A-game.