The guy who wondered why he couldn't find a woman as great as the one
Jesse had eventually settled down and had two kids of his own. Turns
out they weren't great sleepers. So Rick,
being a songwriter, wrote them some lullabies. When he recently found
the songs "stuck in the back of a drawer," he found that he liked them
and decided to put them out for the world to hear.
In an
interview,
Rick (he lets me call him Rick) referred to the tunes as "baby pop
songs." That's a good description, but they also feel deeply personal.
Listening to the CD feels a little bit like eavesdropping. These are
actually songs he wrote for his children, and by his own admission,
they aren't as polished as some of his other work. That doesn't mean
unprofessional; the sound and production values are fine. But since the
songs weren't initially written for everyone to hear, they have an
appealingly private quality.
Put simply, don't expect "Jesse's Girl" or "Love Somebody."
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