Dear John by Fish & Roses

_Dear John_ was the last full-length release by Fish & Roses, its title intended to be a reference to Hank Williams' song of the same name.
First planned for release on a label called Time to Develop. Honestly, we were not thrilled when the label changed its name to Feel Good All Over, but we hoped for good feelings...

The music was recorded in two batches of sessions, some in Hoboken with Gene Holder and John Siket and a few wintry days in Montreal with Jean Derome and Robert Langlois. (recording dates unclear, but late '89/early '90 seems right).

Remarkably, the mailing address for the band (below) is still valid!

[due to a kink in licensing, streaming of the cover of Mose Allison's "Young Man Blues" is disabled - but purchase gets it to you in download form, and with mechanical license paid as is proper. Thank you Mose.]

Tracklist

1.	Starry Shirt	2:42

2.	Cardboard Caged	2:52

3.	Nothing Thing	3:09

4.	Polar	1:40

5.	The Letter	2:12

6.	Young Man Blues	1:47
7.	These Kids	2:42

8.	A Song of Longing	2:33

9.	A Rare One	2:52

10.	Your New Robot	2:22

11.	Postcard	2:19

12.	Bride of Frank Sinatra, Jr.	2:13

13.	Dictorgan	3:47

14.	Chaotic	2:05

Credits

released September 2, 2022

FISH & ROSES
Rick Brown: drums, vocals
Sue Garner: bass, vocals, guitar, violin
David Sutter: keyboards, vocal

1, 3, 4, 7 - 11 Produced by Gene Holder
Engineered by John Siket at Water Music, Hoboken, N.J.

2, 5, 6, 12 - 14 Produced by Jean Derome
Engineered by Robert Langlois at Studio 270, Montreal, Quebec

All songs by Fish & Roses (BMI), except "Polar" by Guigou Chenevier (SUISSA), and "Young Man Blues" by Mose Allison (Jazz Edition/BMI)

Jean Derome: alto sax on "Cardboard Caged", bass flute on "The Letter", and baritone sax on "Chaotic" and "Bride of Frank Sinatra Jr."

Willie Klein: guitar on "A Song of Longing"

Chris Stamey: guitar on "Starry Shirt", "These Kids", and "A Rare One"

Jonathan Thomas: lyrics for "Starry Shirt" and "These Kids"

David Zhonzinski: alto sax on "Polar"

Thanks to James Garner, Diane Labrosse, Larry Stanley, Gene, Jean, John, and Robert

[above are credits from the original release. We probably thought it was implicit, but big thanks, too, to John Henderson, Peter Margasak, Willie, Chris, Jonathan, David and Peter and Marjorie]

Fish & Roses
346 East 13th St., Apt. 7
New York, NY 10003

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