Summer Of Gone

From True Tunes Podcaster and author John J. Thompson—

“The indefatigable Philip Madeira has 2 new albums, featuring collaborations with Phil Keaggy, Vince Gill, members of Sixpence None The Richer, and the band he has played with backing Emmylou Harris, Red Dirt Boys, and several others…

This package also includes a fantastic memoir that is truly unlike any book I have read before. Phil gives us a peek behind the scenes, a "backstage pass" not only into a season of his life when he was at the top of his musical game, traveling the world, playing incredible shows with amazing artists, but also privately suffering profound personal loss. He takes us backstage into his heart as he went through one of the most grueling seasons of pain and turmoil imaginable. In this era of social media, where we have reduced our knowledge of people to postage-stamp-sized morsels, Phil sits us down to a heartbreaking, tear-soaked, and ultimately deeply satisfying meal together. 

The book alone, here, is worth the cost of admission. Two NEW albums, that we KNOW will be top-drawer in terms of composition AND production, just put it over the top. 

Phil is a living example to artists everywhere of the value of: 1. Becoming undeniably excellent at what you do, 2. Doing it relentlessly, and 3. Building a model if the "industry" doesn't offer you one. Phil's is Kickstarter — and I encourage everyone to find his project, watch the video, and back it. If you have not heard any of the other projects he has released over the last decade or more, you can add them to your collection too. “