I've never been a big Genesis freak, so I hadn't even heard this song before the power trio of Keneally, myself and Toss Panos were commissioned to cover it for a Genesis tribute album sometime in what I think was 1997. Turns out the track never made the final sequence, but I managed to get a cassette copy of the final mix, and it grew on me over time. I also had some sentimental attachment to it because it was the last work Keneally and I ever did with Toss as the original Mike Keneally trio (before we reunited for the track "See You Next Tuesday" on my solo album View. The engineer, Dino Maddalone III, was really into the "big" rock sound, so both Keneally and I used tones we probably wouldn't have had they not been requested.

The track laid dormant for years, until the kind folks who help organize the progressive rock festival NEARfest decided to put together a double-CD compilation to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. They asked around for unreleased tracks or other desirable audio nuggets for the release, and Keneally and I remembered that this track was still floating around. I've always thought it was really cool myself - cool enough that I had it posted it at the "rarities" section of my site for years. It's not a rarity anymore, thought, and I encourage you to check it out and donate to a worthy cause at the same time.

Click here for NEARfest's page regarding this for-charity release.