1 So Beautiful 2 Distant Thunder 3 Draggin’ The Line II 4 Rising Water 5 I’m Alive 6 A Different Way 7 I Think We’re Alone Now (Acoustic) 8 A Doo Wop Shuffle (Part 1) 9 A Doo Wop Shuffle (Part 2) 10 Who Speaks For Love 11 The Last Time (Jagger / Richards) 12 From The Neck Up 13 Never Too Late 14 Slamm 15 One Helluva Ride LINER NOTES Although ALIVE...Tommy’s most recent full-length release...began life as an acoustic project, he soon saw that to realize his vision for the songs, he needed to bring in a shot of electricity. Some of the songs dated back “30, 40, and even 50 years,” while others were brand new. Says Tommy: “I wasn't listening to the radio or what was going on around me musically. I just recorded songs that I had wanted to do for a long time, along with ones I was currently working on.” For instance, “There’s a ballad version of ‘I Think We're Alone Now’ that's very different from the original one.” “I also felt that a street version of ‘Draggin' The Line’ might be perfect, so I got T.O.N.E-z, a great friend and an amazing talent, to lay down a rap on it. Then, I called in another great friend, Stevie Van Zandt, to record a guitar solo.” “The Rolling Stones’ ‘The Last Time’ had been rattling around in my head for a while so I did a very different version of it. T.O.N.E-z also contributed to that one.” “And...for the remake of ‘I'm Alive’ – a song I originally recorded for my Crimson and Clover album – I asked my good buddy from The Rascals, Gene Cornish, to do some guitar parts.” Contributing much to ALIVE as a co-writer and player was long-time Shondell Jonathn Ashe (who played bass on “Mony Mony” back in 1968)...and Tommy’s close friend and colleague Jimmy “The Wiz” Wisner, who acted as co-producer until he passed away. Upon its release, Tommy said that “ALIVE has really been a labor of love... a personal statement of where I am today.” It was – and is – an exciting, eclectic mix of songs from a classic artist who is still...56 years down the road...making fine music.
