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This long awaited 2nd solo release "Pennies" is the first in five
years by singer-songwriter and producer Tom Dean. Tom once again has
used a stellar group of musicians on this project such as Shawn Pelton
on drums (Shawn Colvin) Kevin Barry on guitar (Paula
Cole) Michael Visceglia on bass (Suzanne Vega) Tom Yoder on
fiddle & mandolin and Joyce Andersen on violin and backing vocals and
Don Campbell on banjo and vocals to name a few.
The collaboration of friend and lyricist George Wardwell is very apparent
once again. On 8 of the new songs, George has contributed lyrics with
characters that make you care about them and places that make you want
to visit them or not at all. His metaphors are brilliant and his voice
is an important one in today's music business of cookie cutter pop music
and banal lyrics passed off as poetry.
Lately I've been going down to church a lot
I don't go in - I just walk around the block
and if I should ever get with God up face to face
I'm gonna ask him why he piled up so much sorrow in one place -- G. Wardwell
For Tom's thoughts on the making of Pennies stop by
the musings page.
Change Of Heart
Sunset Town
Pennies
The Streets Of Montreal
Ghost Music
Escape And On You Go
Run Down Slow
That Girl Is The Moon
Ebbets Field
The Cadillac Song
[ Complete
Lyrics and Song Credits]
PRODUCED BY - Tom Dean
ENGINEERED BY - Mark Mandelbaum
Additional engineering by Tom Dean
MIXED BY - Steve
Drown @ The Studio, Portland, ME except Streets of Montreal, Escape And
On You Go, Cadillac Song and That Girl Is The Moon
mixed by Tom Dean @ Top of The Hill Studios in Eaton, NH
RECORDED AT - Mark Dann Studio - NYC / Top Of The Hill Studio - Eaton, NH
MASTERING - M- Works
PHOTOGRAPHY - Jamie Gemitti
All songs written arranged and composed by Tom Dean except "Pennies", "Change
of Heart", "Sunset Town", "Ebbetts Field",
"Streets of Montreal", "Escape And On You Go", "That Girl Is The Moon" and "Ghost
Music" co-written by
Tom Dean & George Wardwell.
All songs (Devpro Music Publishing) (ASCAP)
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Norman Lesser, George Wardwell, Leonissa, Tom Yoder,
Joyce Andersen, Don Campbell, Mark Mandelbaum,
Jamie Gemitti, Buckdancers Choice, Mark
Dann and all the exceptional musicians who played so beautifully throughout.