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Alone Song Story

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Aaron Michael Leonard (1965-1999)
This song was written by my late best fiend, Aaron Michael Leonard. He died in 1999, and I inherited his music catalog. Like me, Mikey was heavily inspired by Chuck Mangione. This song was always my favorite in this catalogue, and since I was doing this CD with a level of seriousness heretofore unknown, I wanted this lovely song included. It needed significant adaptation and re-arrangement, but it retains its original essence. In what was one of the many small miracles of this CD’s production process, I decided to give the tune to Chris Vadala. I recorded with Chris on August 29th of 2009, and I got to spend that day, the tenth anniversary of my best fried and brother’s death, recording his material with our mutual hero. How much better can life be?

Chris Vadala
Chris Vadala recording songs for Autumn Breeze, 8/29/09
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