Chapter 2

CD Recordings and Wild Waters Parties

ompassion was my first studio recorded solo album. I recorded it on an eight-track half inch reel in my kitchen, with fabulous Abe Laboriel on bass, Kurt Wortman on drums and Katisse Buckingham on saxophone. The cover was created in the wee hours at Kinko’s, using scissors and copy machines to shrink and enlarge the typed passages to the appropriate layout before handing it to the printer. This CD is dedicated to Stefanie Stroh, whose disappearance remains a mystery to this day.

After being successfully headhunted by MTG Productions and Sony Music Norway, I decided to record my second solo album, Talk With Eve, live at Cosmopolite in Oslo. This passionate rendition of some of my favorite original tunes is flanked by a tight little band of groovy angels including Deb Girnius on guitar, flute and vocals. We encountered a scary moment at sound check when I discovered that I had lost my voice completely. But thanks to a lifetime of vocal exercises, pure willpower, a shot of B12 and one of the most amazing audiences I have had the pleasure of singing to, we pulled it off with more soul and gusto than I had ever known possible.