Release date 10/9/24
Now available on ALL MAJOR STREAMING SERVICES- Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Pandora, etc.
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1. Trouble No More
2. One Born Every Minute
3. Give Me Something to Dream
4. It's Complicated
5. Who Can You be When You Can't be Who You've Been?
6. All I Am
7. Memories of You
8. Saved by Grace
9. Share the Candle
10. Summer - Mellow instrumental
11. The Dogs of War - A not so mellow instrumental
RE-ISSUE & REMASTERED!!!
NOTE: This album was originally released in 2000, prior to streaming. In honor of it's Silver anniversary we are re-releasing it and it will be available on all major streaming platforms
"Theodore" is my first album and was done in collaboration with my dear friend and former bandmate, Bob. I guess you could say it was our version of a "concept album". So, what's the concept you may ask? A middle aged man, Theodore, has been an outsider and socially awkward most of his life. He lives vicariously thru watching TV. In particular OLD TV - shows from the 1950's and 60's. This is the lens thru which he views much of the world. Eventually he begins to imagine himself as a character in these shows and as he does this his grasp on reality, which has never been very good, begins to unwind even further. The album traces this process, sometimes in a comical, tongue-in-cheek way and at other times in a sad or frightening, more heartbreaking way. But it also speaks to the ability of the human spirit to find meaning as well as ways to make sense in a world that often doesn't.
Making this album was the culmination of a dream of ours that began many years earlier.
All songs written and performed by Bob Fredricks and Rich Hayes
All vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, orchestration done by Bob and Rich
Produced by B. Fredricks/ R. Hayes
Recorded at Post Road Studio
Special thanks to Jane Salata as "Janet"
Special thanks to Alex Hayes
for trombone/horns on "Spanish Lace"
@copyright 2000
A Special thanks to my old friend, Paul Gelsomine, as well as my wife (and former band-mate) Jane Salata for joining me on "What (About The) American Dream?"
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*Produced by Rich Hayes. All songs written by R. Hayes, All guitars- R. Hayes, Bass- R. Hayes, All keyboards- R. Hayes, Vocals R. Hayes (except where otherwise noted)
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*Produced by Rich Hayes. All songs written by R. Hayes, All guitars- R. Hayes, Bass- R. Hayes, All keyboards- R. Hayes, Vocals R. Hayes (except where otherwise noted)
Album cover art design Kathy Hayes- Edmonston
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*Produced by Rich Hayes. All songs written by R. Hayes, All guitars- R. Hayes, Bass- R. Hayes, All keyboards/horns- R. Hayes, Vocals R. Hayes (except where otherwise noted)
Cover art design R. Hayes, photography John J. Hayes
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