Jeff Falconer - Many Miles To Go CD

Jeff Falconer has been writing songs for a half century, because he can’t help it. His new album “Many Miles to Go”, for Little Village Foundation, features an eclectic collection of his original tunes, augmented by an equally eclectic crew of top-flight Northen California session players.

Falconer has been a performing musician for most of his life: First gig at age 8, on drums at the Mendocino County Fair in Ukiah, CA; Sonoma teen-throb bands in the Summer of Love era; Busy pro rocker on the ’70’s Southern club circuit in his twenties, based in Atlanta; Sleep-deprived work-a-daddy moonlighter playing blues, surf, funk, country with Sonoma County combos in adulthood, along with countless solo gigs.

Jeff cut his first album as a singer/songwriter in 1994 for a short-lived Atlanta label and has released a string of self-produced records in the time since: Three solo albums; Three gems with the acoustic duo Jaydub and Dino; Most recently -“Something’s Gonna Happen” by Short Term Prophets- 2024.

Beautifully recorded by David Kessner at Shabby Road Studio in Novato, CA, “Many Miles to Go” is a pleasing weave of electric and acoustic arrangements- both upbeat and reflective- all played clean and spacious to allow Falconer’s lyrical stylings to shine.

The album is anchored by Cliff Hugo on Bass (Supertramp, Ray Charles, endless studio credits… ) and Terry Baker on Drums (Brian Auger, Joe Louis Walker, Commander Cody, Norton Buffalo, Roy Rogers, Rowan Brothers), along with Falconer’s Guitar.

Guest Artists include:

Joe Craven- Fiddle and Percussion ( David Grisman Quintet, Grisman and Garcia) ; Annie Stocking- Supporting Vocals (Whitney Houston, Patti Austin, George Benson, too many more to list); Rob Zuckerman- Flute and Alto Sax (Cold Blood): David Zirbel- Pedal and Lap Steel (Trainwreck Junction) ; Dennis Cordellos -Lead Guitar (Pacific Coast Highway, Jami Jamison Band); David Kessner- Piano, Organ(Marin County Founding Father )

Falconer credits the art and science of crafting songs with “helping me stay emotionally alive” and attributes his tepid self-promotional history to “the dread curse of relative contentment”.