Recovering Dreamer

Mission Statement

This collection of songs represents a labor of love over the last few years, recorded now and then, here and there. Some are “leftovers” from my previous band 3RDegree, while some represent different “new directions” I tried to go in. The result, I believe is a hodgepodge of sorts that hopefully will not confuse. There are an abundance of cover songs for different reasons-Level 42, Kevin Gilbert and Marillion covers for entry on tribute cd’s and Led Zeppelin for a birthday present! I now present to you the listener, my force of habit-”Recovering Dreamer”.

Recovering Dreamer

RECOVERING DREAMER (2001)

1. Imagining

2. Running Joke

3. Last Night At The Ball

4. Willing Participants

5. Sunshine

6. Live With This Forever

7. A Work Of Art

8. A Man

9. Bitter Souvenir

10. Warrior

11. Love In A Peaceful World

12. Lesson Book

13. Hollow Man

14. The Rain Song

Robert James Pashman: Vocals, keyboards, drum programming, bass guitar, acoustic & electric guitar

Pat Kliesch: Lead Guitar on “A Man”

Rob Durham: Saxophone on “A Work Of Art”

Dan D’Elia: Drums on “Hollow Man”

Drum Loops: Gota Yashiki “Groove Activator”

All songs written by RJP except:

“Lesson Book” Pashman/Kliesch/Dobbs

“Hollow Man” Marillion

“The Rain Song” Page/Plant

“Love In A Peaceful World” Darbyshire/White

“Bitter Souvenir” Kevin Gilbert

Recorded with the Roland VS-1680 Hard-disk recorder and Capresso C1000 Espresso Machine at Pashman Studios Jersey City/Ridgefield Park, NJ

Notes: I finally put all the songs that were mine when 3RDegree broke up and everything I did on my own from ’97 to ’00 onto a cd and it became RECOVERING DREAMER. I got sidelined with the P0rtal project and waited ‘til ’01 to let it out in the wild. The album title remains one of my favorites. It doesn’t pertain to any particular songs or even an overall theme but I think the two words really “say” a lot. For a while “Love In A Peaceful World” was able to be heard on the level42.com website. Currently, “Bitter Souvenir” is available for download at the Kevin Gilbert website under “your songs”. There’s a lot of songs on this cd that are little known cover songs with the possible exception of “The Rain Song” which is a slightly obscure Led Zeppelin song that I think is one of their finest moments and holds some personal meaning for me. Two songs are pretty transparent. “Live With This Forever” sort of takes on O.J. Simpson while “Running Joke” refers to President Clinton’s “troubles”. “Lesson Book” is a lyrical reworking of one of 3RDegree’s best out-takes “Heaven Is...”. Basically the songs are more drum loop and keyboard based than the usual 3RDegree song but there’s plenty of Robert James guitar playing on the cd-something I could only do in the studio! Pat Kliesch shows up on the intro to “A Man” while Rob Durham appears on saxophone (!) on “A Work Of Art”. Also, the band’s long-time drum tech and drum session co-producer Dan D’Elia joins me on “Hollow Man”-a Marillion song entered for a tribute cd.

RJP at Germany/Austria border 1995

In the studio Jersey City, NJ 1999

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