He recorded the album on Vashon Island, Washington, at close friend and producer Pete Droge's studio, The Tree Farm. The warm confines of a friend's abode has made this new album blatantly honest. So I'll bury my resentment along the river, it's my best defense. The next song slaps a 180 on the listening lobe. As the listener digs into the album's tombs, the locked secrets of a man's existence are revealed.
Some songs have a golden hue while others have thick cobwebs that cling to the memory.
I haven't quite figured out. That's the beauty of Joseph. It's the Middle East. After a few more pushes of the repeat, I became flummoxed. It's almost like a compendium of short stories, each tale has a personality all it's own.