An acquaintance of mine, Mark Mulcahy, suffered a great personal loss when his wife died suddenly earlier this year, leaving him to raise his twin infant daughters alone. He is a respected songwriter, and many artists have come together to cover his songs and release a benefit album. I’m honored to be among them. I recorded “I Hate To Needy Need You” with the help of Geoff Farina on guitar and Ken Maiuri on bass, keyboards and backing vocals. You can hear Thom Yorke‘s (Radiohead) song at the following link, and the rest of the details are below. Michael Stipe (REM), Frank Black (Pixies) and many other artists are in there. There are 41 artists/songs. Please consider supporting Mark, my heart goes out to him and his daughters.
Thom Yorke’s song stream at Stereogum
Ciao My Shining Star, a love letter to Melissa – The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, will be released on the 7th September in the UK and the 29th September in the USA via Shout! Factory.
The record will be released as a physical disc with 21 tracks on it, a further 20 tracks will be available as a download, accessible once you put the physical CD in to your computer. Or, if the album is bought from a download site (iTunes etc) all 41 tracks will be delivered in one go as the full album.
The running order for the release is as follows:
Thom Yorke – All for the Best
The National – Ashamed of the Story I Told
Michael Stipe – Everything’s Coming Undone
David Berkeley – Love’s the Only Thing That Shuts Me Up
Dinosaur Jr – The Backyard
Chris Harford – Micon the Icon
Frank Black – Bill Jocko
Vic Chestnut – Little Man
Unbelievable Truth – Ciao My Shining Star
Butterflies of Love – I Have Patience
Chris Collingwood – Cookie Jar
Frank Turner – The Quiet One
Rocket form the Tombs – In Pursuit of Your Happiness
Ben Kweller – Wake Up Whispering
Josh Rouse – I Woke Up in the Mayflower
The Autumn Defense – Paradise
Hayden – Happy Birthday Yesterday
Juliana Hatfield – We’re Not in Charleston Anymore
Mercury Rev – Sailors and Animals
Elvis Perkins – She Watches Over Me
Sean Watkins – A World Away From This One
Additional Digital Tracks:
The Parkway Charlies – 4:04
Winterpills – And Then?
Dumptruck – Apartment Murders
Biet and Gryphon – Be Sure
Buffalo Tom – Tom Butterflies
The Gravel Pit – Closer to the Wall
The Mericans – Country Boy
The Autumn Defense – Even Better
Lo Fine – Everywhere
AC Newman – Gigantic Transatlantic Trunk Call
Syd Straw – Hey Self Defeater
TW Walsh – I Hate to Needy Need You
School for the dead – I Just Shot Myself in the Foot Again
Laura Veirs – Mr. Mingo
Slugs – Nothing But A Silver Medal
Spouse – Pasadena Love Song
Joe Purdy – Resolution #1
The Pressure Room – Tempted
Senator – The Way That She Really Is
BP Helium – You’re the One Lee
It’s available at Amazon.
