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Not Alone

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Tommy Kaye was an acquaintance of mine. Through Tommy I met Rick Clark, brother of Gene Clark. Rick and I became guitar buddies and life long friends. We had the opportunity of joining Tommy in his L.A. studio during the recording of his album "Not Alone". Until recently I only had some early preliminary cassette recordings of some of the songs. I just obtained the "Not Alone" album and was pleasantly surprised at the production quality of the final recordings. Tommy was well connected with some of the best musicians of the day, and that shows through the fantastic contributions heard on the album. First of all, I think Tommy needs to be recognized for his songwriting style and his interesting melodies. He blends a number of styles - country rock, swamp rock, southern rock, and blues, to name a few. The recordings are enhhanced by the vocal and musical contributions of some top notch players of the day. Some of my favorite songs are: Tough Enough, Up To Your Old Tricks Again, Loop Garou, Livin' On Rock and Roll. I highly recommend this album to fans of great 70's rock, especially if you like The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Dr. John, BB King.

If you're expecting to hear Thomas Jefferson Kaye as you know him to sound from his two solo albums, the self-titled and "First Grade" then you will be as greatly disappointed in this CD as I am. It hardly even sounds like him. And I can't even get passed the vocal sound to enjoy what may well be good tunes. Wish I had never bought this CD and left my memory of him with the other two albums. And this all comes from one of his bigest fans.