Eventually everybody, good-bad-or-indifferent, faces, celebrates or moves on from, where they originated. In my case, it was a celebration - more of an admiration and thankfulness. File it under the sorta "didn't know what I didn't know" at the time category. Growing up on a farm surrounded by my mother's love and encouragement, I found music, a family staple - on both sides - to be a real treat, a lifeline... I would later come to realize. Many vignettes on this album cover are actual pictures from events that took place around my home while I was growing up. Some are of happy times, some of sad times - all are of real times. When you travel with music or any other profession that requires you to be on the road, away from home, it's often in the stillness of the night, dealing with the lonesomeness of the road, insomnia-battles in a uncomfortable-motel-bed, that you often will think back, almost can hear or will reminiscence upon those memories of days gone - all that will surface. This is a musical project that pays homage to the folks in my life during that time. 15 - vocal songs and 1 instrumental. The Mandolin, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, Lap-Steel, Dobro, Upright/Electric Bass and Dobro are the stringed instruments highlighted herein.