‘C’mon Home’ is the first single from the album “Jeff Larson and Gerry Beckley“, which cements the longtime musical partnership of (you’ll never guess) Jeff Larson with (go on, take a punt) Gerry Beckley. The new release – due October 24th – extends their longtime collaboration that began in 1998 when Larson recorded a song by America co-founder Beckley. Not long after, Gerry returned the favour and sang on one of Jeff’s songs. A friendship was born. 2008 saw the release of “Heart of the Valley” which was inspired by 1970’s “Nilsson Sings Newman“, on which Harry Nilsson paid tribute to his contemporary Randy Newman with Randy on piano. “Heart of the Valley” found Larson movingly interpreting the Beckley songbook with Gerry contributing voice and accompaniment.
“‘C’mon Home’ was the last song to be added to this project,” says Larson. “I think we knew we had a strong set of songs but maybe lacked one more to fill it out. Gerry sent me a track he was working on that I could tell already had a vibe and a hook with the slide part he did. He had the initial verse lines and chorus idea, so he asked if I would fill the lyric in and sing it. To me this is classic Gerry Beckley production with hooks all over. It seems to have almost written and sung itself.”
Gerry Beckley adds that: “after retiring from my life of touring a couple years ago, I discovered that my love for writing and recording has not abated. If anything, this extra daylight in my schedule has allowed me to focus even more on this part of my creativity. This latest collaboration with Jeff I think stands as a great example. We have been writing and recording together for years now and I feel this is some of our best work ever.”
