This video makes me homesick. This is my good friend Alex Matos. We met in Seoul, South Korea in 1998, when we were both stationed at the 8th Army Band. He ended up in my hometown of Jacksonville, FL, and although we lost touch for a few years, last year we started hanging out again and playing together as an acoustic duo. Me on vocals and guitar, Alex on flugelhorn, trumpet, percussion, harmony vocals, guitar… He was my Garfunkel, but with much more utility.
We were just starting to play out when the hurricane hit. We never got a full video of this song live, but this rehearsal is pretty cool. I think I’ve gotten better at singing it since this video (the chorus just sucks the wind out of me!), but now I’m across the country from my flugelhorn player. If I can make it home in January maybe we’ll do one for #openmic, with the flugelhorn and no mute.