Alone Song Story
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 recording songs for Autumn Breeze, 8/29/09