Thanks to @waltermartinmusic for trusting me to help him with his new record “The Bear.” I feel lucky as a musician to be a part of a great collab, and lucky as a fan just to be able to listen to this great album. Walt’s songs sound EXACTLY like hearing an equally funny and heartbreaking story as told by an old friend. I can’t recommend this album enough. I play lap steel on a few songs, and engineered overdubs by Walt, Harrison Whitford, Emile Mosseri & Josh Adams at @knobworld last summer. I also mixed the song “The Bear.” Complete awesome cast of contributors: @waltermartinmusic - vocal, guitar etc @emilemosseri - piano @scarrisonwhitford - guitar @thebestofspatrickobrien - lapsteel, engineer @jmineradams - drums @samkassirer - piano, mixer @kaufmanismynamo - guitar, mandolin @fruit_bats - vocals @light_heat - vocals @christophercolbert - mastering @hahike - cover painting @shawncarney - design 2nd photo: Walt in deep thought at my studio 3rd photo: Walt in deep thought at Carnegie Hall