Set 1: Portraits 

 1. Rocket Radio.  This short electric guitar driven piece starts and ends with what sounds like someone changing stations on a radio. 

 2. When Captain Vann Plays the Blues.  Craig’s guitar and John’s piano trade licks as Craig celebrates the memory of the legendary Vann “Piano Man” Walls with back up vocals by Marianne Brousseau. 

 3. Boogie Woogie Country Girl.  This piano-pushed barn burner really sets the pace for a blues raunch guitar solo by CM. 

 4. Jive House.  Craig takes out his Dobro and battles the roaches in another road story. 

 5. Sweet Sweet Girl.  CM rolls his favourite rockabilly riff off his Gibson Les Paul while Elizabeth Provencher sings background and Gilles Losier plays a fiddle solo on the most recognizable song on this record. 

 6. Two Needles.  To Gilles Losier’s piano and Craig’s very sharp guitar break, CM tells the story of Handsome Ned the rockabilly junkie. 

 7. On the Road Again.  Here's another well-known guitar lick that lays a steady locomotive comp punctuated by the return of John Mc's piano.  Bill Gossage on bass and Perry Panseiri on drums also add background vocals and answer back. 

 8. Rockabilly Funeral.  “I want a rockabilly funeral when I die” is the theme here as Craig gets the trio to bang away to the bubbabilly riff and a flattened big E-string... cool! 

 9. Tongue-Tied Jill.  This song starts up like Willie's “I’m On the Road Again” then Craig leads the rockabilly trio through some basic chord changes live on stage at the Lion D'Or in Montréal. 

 10. One Mint Julep.  John Mc on piano plays a Fats Domino-style trot and twinkles up on the top end as Craig picks around the blues scale and reminisces about what caused it all. 

 11. Mama Don't You Think I Know?  This sounds a lot like Elvis's "That's All Right Mama" as Morrison pulls the boys onto the big stage at the Lion D'Or in Montréal. 

Set 2: Postcards 

 12. There's a Beautiful Light in the Neighborhood Tonight.  Craig Morrison now back in the studio strays from the formula and delivers a British sixties sound with background vocals by Marianne Brousseau and Robert Harris on drums. 

 13. The Cuckoo.  This live track manages to weave some guitar jazz into the piano modules set up by JMc.

 14. Violins in the Streets.  A studio instrumental from 1986.  The original MOMENTZ band at that time was Craig Morrison, Claudette Blouin (keyboards), Steve W. LeBlanc (bass: that’s me!),  Pierre Gauthier (drums), and Rod Booth who played the violin with a wah wah.   There's no vocal on this cut but the original version had a rap by Rod.  We played all around Montréal for 6 years. 

 15. Postcard from Amsterdam.  Some more nice vocal harmonies on this Beatle-esque sounding number played in front of an attentive audience. 

 16. Song for New Year's Day.  I like John McColgan's finely tuned drums and a great snare sound.  Craig produces another nod to the Beatles in studio.

 17. Jukebox Eddy Saved the Day.  Craig takes it solo on acoustic guitar and guides us through the solo performer’s evening. 

 18. Incense and Peppermints.  From the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall set, CM lights one up for the Strawberry Alarm Clock. 

 Craig Morrison has had a great musical career and it's partly documented here on his first album.  Let's hope for another one soon.