Nicky was one of the few peple I knew when I moved to NYC, she had arranged strings on Mainstream so I asked her to work in a slightly more collaborative role on my debut solo record. A year or so later she invited me to try to write with her. We came up with what was the first single on her album 'Nicky Holland' (Sony 1991). I mime the bass in the video, as I recall, I don't play on the record.

Matthew had played bass on my 'X album' and toured in my band for a little while. He left the tour to make what became 'Girlfriend'. He asked me to come in and play some guitar. I really don't do anything he couldn't, but he wanted me to... so I play on Looking at The Sun, Day For Night and a couple of the acoustic tracks at the end. I also titled 'Girlfriend' and 'Winona' for him as he was unable to admit what he was singing about until cornered.

When I first arrived in NYC I got a request from a band I really didn't know to help them finish a song they were working on. The Adventures were a rock band from Belfast. I really don't remember what I did - wrote some lyrics, for sure. It ended up on their third album 'Trading Secrets with The Moon' (Elektra 1989).

Parker and Sprague were good friends in NYC. I co-produced the following songs with Gavin MacKillop - Red Flannel, Gravity, Baby Are You Rich?, Fireflies and 45's, Getaway Car. I also play harmonica and sing back ups.
Released by Barclay (France) 1990.

Eleanor and I met at a songwriter get together in Connenara in the late 1990's. I admit I only went because of the golf, but it turned out to be a great experience and Eleanor is a wonderful artist. We wrote this song together and to be truthful, I think for my part I may have been re-writing The Ballad of Lucy Jordan, but it turned out pretty well. Eleanor recorded it for her 'Yola' album (Blue Dandelion 2001).

Matt Johnson and I were neighbours in a rehearsal/recording studio in Tribeca in the mid 1990's. We became quite friendly. Matt sung on my version of Karen Black's 'Memphis' and by way of revenge he had me sing on 'Global Eyes' which was included on 'Naked Self' (Nothing 1999).

At that Tribeca studio complex - Harold Dessau - my immediate neighbour was my poker playing friend Craig Kafton. He produced and album for an artist named Reiss in the late 1990's and I played a little guitar on it.

I was keyboard player in Dave Derby's band Brilliantine the last few years I was in NYC. Maybe because he let me wear a yellow sleeveless fleece jacket on stage. I remain a huge Brillaintine fan and think the debut 'Vainglory' frankly surpasses most of what it intends to reference. This is the follow up. I helped a little with production only. (Deep Reverb 1999)

This was Dave's first post Brilliantine record. I helped a little with production again. (Badman 2003)

Dave, Jill Sobule and I wrote about a half a song about Truman Capote sometime around 1998. Dave finished it and called it 'Oh, True' . It's included on 'DD and the Norfolk Downs' (Reveal 2007). I also sing back ups on Sunset Sublet and keyboards on the Brillaintine throwback Albuquerque.

Grammercy Arms (Reveal 2008) is really just the new Norfolk Downs album, it's the Dave Derby band. I co wrote and played synth on 'Fakin'' which is a reworking of an old Brilliantine song 'Taken'.

Mikel was singer in a Spanish band called Duncan Dhu who opened for me in Paris in maybe 1990 or so. He is now a solo artist. He came to NYC to have Frad Maher produce his 2000 album Te Dejas Ver (Gasa). He asked me to talk a translation/adaptation of the lyric in En Silencio.

This is Mikel's 'Let's get all my friends and heros on one record' project. Recorded near Biarritz in France, I was able to visit after some Portuguese shows. I play harmonica on 'Solo tu', acoustic guitar and singing on 'Visitantes', vocals on 'Sweet Home Louisiana' and acoustic guitar on 'Disparame un tequiro'

In the mid 1990's Fred Maher and Alan Friedman were producing an album for Australian singer Kate Ceberano, I wrote lyrics for 'Looking at You' which was included and 'Lazy Susan '77' which was a b-side to one of the singles. Ultimately the album; 'Blue Box' was released only in Australia.