I have had this riff for a while. It needed a song. It needed cowbell. It got both, and it's a great song to drive to.

The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.

Arrogance, deception from within and without, temptation...no one is immune.

Every year a few of us RPM Challenge aficionados record a Christmas track for fun. It's partially to dust off the cobwebs before February, partially just a chance to do something different. This year I decided to do a version of this number, since…

This one's the single. It's fun to play and fun to sing when I was in the studio. It's meant to played loud. Actually, the whole album is. Thanks for listening! Cheers, Gary

The song is supposed to be one of those "Saturday Morning Hits", which goes back to when I was a kid watching Top of The Pops in '72-'74 with my older sister in the UK. You would see all these bands playing their hit on TV, with all these kids…

I'm not letting any of you go without a fight.

Another one where the riff fell out of me on a rainy summer's day. The words came to me, or more like fell out of me, while stuck in cold airplane with just a few people, waiting to fly home.

This one you need to figure out on your own.

Three friends gone in three months. One on purpose, one by accident, one by surprise. Love those who are close to you, and be kind, for everyone you meet carries a heavy load.

The opening riff came about when I pulled out the Les Paul and my amp, turned them up to paint-peeling volume and just banged away for a few.

The guitar part came first, and it was so much fun to just walk around the place playing it. It had to become a song. In a very circuitous way became the title track to this year's record.