With the help of our longtime producer/engineer/friend Hugo Dwyer these nine tracks represent a new path in the Passengers journey. The original members of the band, Curtis Fowlkes (who started the JPs with me while playing for dancing elephants in the Big Apple Circus), Bill Ware, Brad Jones, EJ Rodriguez and myself are supplemented here with newish (last 10 years) violinist Sam Bardfeld and a second drummer, the wonderful Ben Perowsky. Original member Marc Ribot plays on one track. After years of trying other guitarists in Marc's absence, we finally found a different way to broaden the band's palette in this recording by adding Ben as a second drummer. This new CD finds inspiration in the intuitive abandon that characterized our first two CDs recorded in the late 1980s. I'd like to share the joy and enthusiasm I feel about this CD - and about being a passenger on this 30 year ride with these very special odd musicians - and to offer you a seat. - Roy Nathanson
