River Of Tears

“'River Of Tears' is my 16th release since 2006. The cover was painted by Mike Medicine Horse Zillioux from the Gila River Rez in Lavern, Arizona, who sadly left this earth early this year. He was a remarkable soul who l will miss for the rest of my days. As always I am grateful for the companionship of my good friends, Eddie Seville, who produced, engineered, sang and played many instruments on this album; and, Karl Allweier, who played bass, lead guitar and sang on 5 songs. They are remarkable musicians, songwriters and performers and I have learned so much from them. My musical brother in arms, Tony Casagrande, sang harmonies on 2 songs which would have been more, but for the pandemic.

On this album I was the beneficiary of some fine guitar work from Frank Carillo, Gerry Giaimo and, fellow Hard Roader, Len Kaczmarek, and the bass work of Mike Speranza, who all brought their diverse sounds to lift each of the songs on this album. I am lucky with my talented friends. Most of all I am thrilled that Hard Road finally went into the studio and recorded “Empty In My Soul”; thanks to Tony, Len, Joe Sciortino and Al Bartozzi. Oh, how I miss the boys during this horrible interregnum, made worse by the incompetence of 'he who currently occupies the Oval Office'. This is not a political album so that will be my only foray into commentary."

~ Steve Mednick