david m. bailey: Blog

After brain surgery #5 and a few days of physical therapy in a rehab hospital, I'm home and slowly on the mend.  This one was tougher than the first 4 and recovery is taking longer, but I'm back on my feet and will commence touring in July

Dear Friends: long story short.  I have another nasty cyst in my head that is casusing swelling and some issues.  After discussing options with duke on Tuesday, I’ve decided to proceed with surgery which will take place first thing this Fridy morning   this will be slice & dice #5 in 13 years – not a record, but enough.  This time is a little different in that it is not a “OH MY GOSH there’s a huge nasty thing in your head that must come ou immediately if you want to survive!  This time it was more of a long deliberate casual contemplation:  it’s my call.  Ignore it and hope things get better, or act and make sure hey do.  That said, brain surgery is no picnic and I Am not looking forward to it – but,  my world class surgeon has been in my scalp 3 times before so I figure he knows his way around  if all goes well, I’ll be sipping espresso  Sunday morning  les & I will be on [...]

Sometimes, the title of a new CD is the last thing decided.  Sometimes it comes ini the middle of a project - and sometimes it's decided first and helps to shape the content and irection of an album.  such is the case with thi one - after recording hundreds of songs on 22 cd's I was sorried that a new collection would sound like everthing else and determined  go above and beyond what I've done before - and so the title was born.  recording began last summer at a friend's studio in Columbus, Ohio; the very same one where i first discovered I had a recurrance in nov 2008, then continued in a basement home studio outside Cleveland, OH, then wrapped up at my primary haven, Sacred Ground Studio in Fredericksburg VA with my primary producer, Donny Holcombe. As we starte4d sorting through tracks, it soon became evident that there wre simply too many - I considered releasing a double disc but then as  production started began to let the dust settle  and the keepers [...]