Chris,​

I’ve listened to your absolutely amazing album about five times now.  It is a total triumph.  I adore it.  Every single cut.  Your songwriting, singing, and music making have caught up with your screenwriting skills – the full flowering of a mature musical artist.  I Iove the playfulness of “I Wanna Know” (Repeat as necessary!), “Love’s a Catasthophe” (It’s gonna cost me money – at least a legal fee!), "The Mockingbird Song” (Daddy’s gonna buy you a senate seat), and “If I Only Had a Brain” – all original lyrics as far as I could tell, but your bluesy tune and gritty singing make it far more primal and profound.  In fact, “primal and profound” is how I would characterize most of the songs and certainly the overall effect of listening to them together.  “I’m Not Enough” was a literal primal scream with its screaming electric guitar accompanying your feral growl.  “Baby Hang On” and “This Ain’t the Way You Do It”  cut to the bone, but in a softer way.  Three songs deserve special mention because I think they’re all bonafide classics, as good as anything out there:  “When in Rome,” “Make It Last” and probably my favorite cut of all, “There are Songs.”  All three gave me chills.  The last one nearly made me weep.  I think it will in the long run.

To give my experience of listening to your album a little context, last night Susy and I went to the Troubador to see Don Felder perform.  It was incredible.  He’s probably the best guitarist I’ve ever seen, at the height of his powers, playing with a band from the cream of touring players.  A band doesn’t get much tighter.  And most of what he played were classic Eagles songs, all of which he wrote or co-wrote.  It was the Eagles greatest hits, and we were about ten feet away from him.  We were watching a legend do his legendary thing at this legendary venue.  The whole 70's vibe enveloped us and it was kind of like being in a time machine.   So we had that experience last night, and I listened to your songs this morning.  There is no doubt in my mind which catalogue is more important.  You kinda make Don Felder, as much as I loved seeing him, seem a bit like Barry Manilow by comparison.  Just sayin’.  If the Art Gods are kind you’ll have a glimmer of his success, if not a whole lot more.

If I thought you were the most under-appreciated man in show business before this morning, well, I really don’t know what to say now.  I just feel like it’s a privilege to know you, and to be acquainted with so much of your work.

Please let me know when and where CG and G.O.D. are playing next.  Susy and I want to help conjur the Art Gods.

Best,

Tom​



​