Lover Man from Piano Bar by Tracey Thomas with Tim Longfellow

Written by Jimmy Davis, James Sherman and Roger (“Ram”) Ramirez. Written for Billie Holiday released in 1944. A note on this track, I have always said emotion is the secret ingredient. Especially in these songs, always so full of "mood". As I was listening back to the tracks I realized I twisted up the lyrics into a different order. I felt it captured what I meant it to capture so I kept it anyway. When you record live, that's that, if you are staying true to the concept you either present it thorns and all or you scrap it. I chose not to scrap it. So I got the lyrics out of order and gave it a big SO WHAT because I dig the vibe, and Tim sounds fantastic. Meaning is exactly the same, just a little twisted up, like me, I think Billie would have been OK with it.

Tracey's Thomas was a member of the legendary Akron Music Scene having fronted the band Unit 5. Tracey has worked with many established musicians from Melanie and Judy Collins to The Black Keys. She resides in Akron Ohio and is in 3 local museums including the Akron Sound display at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.