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MC: This album is my first self-produced collection of songs. I wanted to write songs that
my band could really groove on and get folks dancing at the nightclubs where we play. I
ended up writing a bunch of different songs, including a slow waltz titled ‘One Man
Woman,’ a southern rock style anthem called ‘Get It Girl,’ (which is meant for the ladies
to get down to solo if they want), a Tex-Mex style song title ‘For Everything Bad, Mezcal,’
and several more. Ten songs in total. I stretched my limits as a singer, songwriter, and
arranger on this album. I'm very blessed to have a team of amazing musicians and a
fabulous studio here in Tucson, Saint Cecelia Studios, plus an accomplished mixing
engineer in Adam Selzer, who I worked with on my last album. I'm thrilled with the results!

MH: What style of country music do you personally feel that you perform?

MC: There are so many names and terms being thrown around
these days. Maybe we'll make up a new one? ‘Desert Country?’
Ha, ha! I think there's a bit of everything on this album -- from
southern rock to red-dirt-country to country-blues and western
swing. It's all danceable and it all has a traditional lean, featuring
instruments like fiddle, pedal steel, telecaster guitar, and keys.

MH: Do you have a specific writing process?