Derivative- This one was not supposed to be on the album, but I changed my mind and worked on it. The reason for the intended omission was because the riff, which I have been playing with for a few months, just sounded so derivative of Dear Prudence…

Summer Grass- I didn’t originally intend for this to be the title track, but since most, though not all, of the songs on this album sound like summer to me, I decided, why not? The guitar even sounds humid and warm, but in that nice July way…

Allelujiah-This was supposed to be a completely different song, but this one just wrote itself instead. It’s almost all first take, except for the bass, which took a while to get straight so that it wouldn’t overwhelm the song. It has this tone…

Love’s Standing- A good change up for the flow of the album, this one is vaguely, very vaguely, country-esque. That’s mainly because of the heavily reverbed slide underneath the acoustic in the verses. I love pounding the strings on the acoustic…

This Lovin’ Cup- I was watching the idiot box and just holding my guitar when this little vamp on a B chord came out of nowhere. Using the same recorder, I recorded about 20 seconds of the riff. The lyrical idea came on the trip to Chicago, while…

Figure Out- There are about 4-5 takes of this song, all different. The song started off in the key of D, but I couldn’t hit the notes in the chorus. I then tried it in A, but it was lacking drive and energy. I tried it in G, but I couldn’t get…

Matter Of Fate- This song started as a riff I was doing while tuning my guitar. It sounded cool, so I happened to record it on a small dictation recorder I have so I wouldn’t forget it. When I listened to the riff it just screamed Sticky Fingers…

> WHEN THE SUN SHINES THRU > > The moon is a hole in a canopy blue > A hole in the sky where the sun shines thru > The sun shines thru, The sun shines thru > > The scientist will tell you that I've got it all wrong…

I like to cover the rare stuff. Nirvana's version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Fbo1FuIKU Lyrics were hard to decipher. Gave it my best go.

Shadows & Light, A compilation between: Bethan Mathis, Vocals http://alonetone.com/bethanmathis Lisa D, Irish Whistle http://alonetone.com/lisad Greg Connor, Guitar Lyrics: Shadows And Light, Written by…