Next year will make thirty years since the release of my first album AQUASHOW in 1973. And now here I am again, hat in hand, with SOUL SURFING/RAINY SEASON my first double album since

SOUL SURFING reunites me with my favorite New York musicians: faithful bassist Ernie Brooks (ex-Modern Lovers) and versatile keyboard/accordionist Kenny Margolis (ex-Mink DeVille.) Drummer Danny Montgomery, another U.S. expatriate, has played with everyone from Percy Sledge to Concrete Blond. We recorded in Le Havre (the Liverpool of France) at the studio of Florent Barbier (ex-Roadrunners) who engineered and mixed as well as playing percussion - a very talented man indeed. And of course, there was Olivier Durand (ex-Little Bob) on guitar. Olivier has become such an important part of my music since we first played together five years ago. He came along at just the right moment and now we spend countless hours together on the road all over the world. He

SOUL SURFING is the continuation of RAINY SEASON, recorded in New York with Ernie, Kenny, Olivier and drummer Jonathan Kane. I was looking for answers in SOUL SURFING and RAINY SEASON both spiritual and musical and I

Some say SOUL SURFING/RAINY SEASON is my best album yet and for others nothing will ever replace the first four saints of my 70

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