In the fall of 2005 I began to record "Love Boat to Reno." Weeks turned to months and months to close to two years and a revolving door welcoming an array of amazingly talented musicians. I have so many fond memories of the making of this record:

Dan Tomlinson (from Lyle Lovett's touring band in the 90's) laying down his perfect beat and absolutely flawless meter. Jonathan Miller from the Toronto Cirque de Soliel Orchestra hauling his old silver clarinet out of his case, kicking his shoes off, turning out the lights (he likes to play in the dark), and working his magic. When he was done with the clarinet he took out his violin and did it all over again! Paul Lucas banging out an instant arrangement for Let's Pretend We’re Strangers, "How about a Taj Mahal kinda thing?" then coming up with the idea for a tuba accompaniment! Sam Palafian sitting down with his tuba. Tubas can make you cry. They can! Don Charles on guitar and Deb Gessner on her harp intuitively laying down their perfect silky arrangement for Early Sunday Morning. And Kyle Harris enthusiastically directing all this madness from behind his mixing board, hour after hour, not stopping until he was sure he got what he needed. Hey! They all sounded like good takes to me…later I found out what he meant.

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