FREDERIKSEN / DENANDER
Fergie Frederiksen sent us a track by track comment for the songs included In the forthcoming highly anticipated album with Tommy Denander "Baptism By Fire" to be released on Frontiers Records on
LET HIM GO
Tommy sent me the files on this one and Pamela McNiel and I did the lyrics. I had always wanted to do a song about a gal who had to move on from an abusive relationship. Everyone's saying how she needs to get out but she can't. It happens too much in this world today. Let him go. Protect your pride, dignity and dreams. It can be done!
RIGHT HEART
So many times in life the timing is bad. Could we have met earlier or later and would it have worked out? Destinies are not always inline and love is not always enough.
SILVER LINING
This song has been with TD for many years. I took the lyrics and changed them to fit a personal friends situation. He was having a hard time with a break up and it was very clear to me he had lost his silver lining.
CROSSING OVER
This is Ricky Phillips at his best. A great musical track and Ricky and I ran with it. The connection we all share with loved ones doesn't end after their death. We keep a piece of them with us forever. The tears, the joy, the good times and the bad. The strength, the weakness all lives on. The bridge sums it up. Save me a place, I'll see you tomorrow. And until then I will always cherish your love!
WRITTEN IN STONE
"I Love You" are the three words written in stone. When you have the need to find answers you will. Ricky again is amazing and took TD's music and made it work for us.
I loved the first low verse and then letting it sore for the next verses while keeping the chorus layered and structured.
SAVING GRACE
This song is for Tris. When I was going through Hep C treatment she was my saving grace. She also is my best friend and works for the American Liver Foundation and does the rock event for the awareness of Hep C that we do each year. She and the ALF have helped to raise awareness for Hep C and save life's. Someday we hope to bring the concert to
BAPTISM BY FIRE
Baptism By Fire is the one song that means the most to me. I think TD feels the same way because it is about our Fathers.
When my Dad was slipping away and I was home in
The lyrics put the whole thing together. Jim Peterik is first of all a dear friend and also someone who has a way with story telling not many possess. He and I took the time to discuss my feelings and the situation I was wanting to describe. It all happened quite quickly and no one could have helped me better to express my feelings in this song. Thank you Jim.
CAN'T GET ENOUGH
A fictitious wet dream I think. You can't get it out of your head good bad or otherwise. There's no explaining chemistry.
NEVER TRY TO LOVE AGAIN
This is one that TD had for a while and is just a good song. All you do to make things work sometimes is not enough if the other person is not signed up for it. Even if it means everything to you! Then you might just give up.
DEAD END
I reworked the lyrics and the melody to this song TD wrote. I think it had actually been released before by some other band. I had a blast singing it. Got me back to some serious kickass vocals. Fun song. I've never met Corine!
KEEP A LIGHT ON
A commitment of love. Asking for a show of faith with someone you want to spend the rest of your life with. If there is a light you will follow. Will there be a light on? If there is you'll find your way home.
LEFT WITH NOTHING
Caught up in doubts. Your self esteem is being questioned and your pride. Not a very comfortable place to be in life. Especially after you have been lead on that there really was something to believe in. Played for a fool. Not a good place to be but unfortunately it happens.
Another from TD's archives.
Note: Thanks to my friends Jim Peterik, Ricky Phillips, Pamela McNiel and the other co-writers. And especially for TD's craftful guitar work and song writing.
Also here comes an extract from the first album review that appeared on the Web from melodic.net:
"If you think Radioactive, Jim Jidhed,