Hello Friends – My new album “Feel Some Love” will be released on October 14, 2022.
Producer Jared Bartlett was at the helm once again, and we assembled a small band of ace D.C. musicians to record 15 songs “live” at 38North Studio in Falls Church, Virginia earlier this year. Although the guys knew each other to varying degrees, the five of us hadn’t previously collaborated as a unit, but the results from these sessions were very special.
All of the electric guitars, and a lot of the acoustic guitars, are the work of the endlessly inventive Buddy Speir, whom I’ve been lucky to have play on all of my records. Scott McKnight (Jelly Roll Mortals, The Neighbors) plays bass, as he did on my first album. And Grammy-award winning songwriter, D.C. legend and overall mensch Jon Carroll (Starland Vocal Band and tour pianist with Peter Wolf, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rodney Crowell and many others) was also along for the sessions, playing piano, organ and other keyboards. Last but not least, Chuck Sullivan (co-founder of BandHouse Gigs, and member of too many D.C. bands to list) played drums, congas and percussion.
Chuck was instrumental in getting this record rolling when we found ourselves sidelined in 2020 from our gig as members of our friend Jonathan Mudd’s band. At Chuck’s prompting, we used the time helping each other complete our respective new records. (Look for Chuck’s album to follow soon in 2023.)
Ed, Buddy, Scott, Chuck, Jared and Jon
“Feel Some Love” includes 14 new songs (including a bonus holiday tune), plus a rollicking cover of “Sad and Lonely,” which first appeared on “Famous Potatoes,” the debut album from The Neighbors, D.C.’s beloved 1980’s pop-rock band. All four Neighbors (Peter Gilstrap, John Moremen, Scott McKnight and Steve Woehrle) reunited to sing on the tune.
Speaking of harmonies, Parthenon Huxley, Thomas Walsh (Pugwash), Robert Harrison (Cotton Mather, Future Clouds and Radar), Kennedy Wright (Danger Bird), Laura Tsaggaris, Todd Wright and Ryan Wright all sing on this record, too.
More details to follow soon.