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John Tabacco And Meryl Mathews
Fuzzy Gray Logic

Album US 2016 on F of X Records label
Jazz and Rock (AOR, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Jazz-Rock)

FUZZY GRAY BACKGROUND... It all started on a cold, damp, gray day in the fall of '88. I was hanging out on a kids swing set while waiting for John Tabacco to show up for our first writing session over at BACKDOOR RECORDING STUDIOS (that's another whole story). Anyway, he was a bit late and I was starting to wonder if it was going to happen at all that day. Well it did. We wrote "THE CLONE SONG" and FGL was born...well at least the idea was conceived. Our styles clicked immediately and soon the joy of recording together permeated our lives. As we forged onward, a sound became apparent and it was time to get other musicians involved. Donna Bach, a singer songwriter with whom I had collaborated over the years, began contributing vocals as well as some lyrics and melodies. Other players who have found themselves recording and or playing live with us, for not a lot of money I might add, have included : Gerry Palisi, electric guitar, Todd Reynolds, violin (in between European jaunts with Steve Reich), Drew Zingg (of Steely Dan Orchestra fame) on guitar, Todd Turkisher (drummer for David Byrne), Lady Gaga's bass guitarist Mitch Cohn and guitarist, friend and Tuesday morning 90.1 WUSB disc jockey Jim Dexter. We thank them and everybody else who have been kind enough to participate in our musical endeavors. 3 Cheers - Meryl Mathews Meryl and I had spent a year or two trying to come up with the perfect name for our collaboration or "group" as it were. At first we booked ourselves in a few coffee houses in the early 90's as "There's No Name". Nobody got it when they asked for the name of the group. So we then went under "Caught Between Two Worlds" which was sort of like "caught between two girls", Meryl - JT - Donna Bach. But that didn't stick. Eventually we arrived at Fuzzy Gray Logic because that was what we were. Our melding of influences was a bit fuzzy with a bit of twisted logic in the lyrics and "gray", referring to the sometimes cerebral qualities to our songs. I don't know. It was a long time ago. Maybe it just sounded good. Anyway, we were just a boy and a girl with similar background influences testing the waters, tossing around musical ideas that we thought would be fun to listen to... In fact, five of these tunes originated during one night long session we had at Backdoor Studios in Huntington Station, NY. That night sparked us to complete this collection. -JT All music produced and mixed by : John Tabacco and Meryl Mathews Engineered by John Tabacco SA3 Mastering : Bob Ball Recorded at Backdoor Studios, Huntington Station, NY Modern Voices Recording Studios, Centerport, NY Sonic Underground Studios, Stony Brook, NY The Turkish Sweat Club, Lyers, NY CD design © 1994 by Farben Fosfeen Artwerks and Meryl Mathews Photography at JT's Room in Modern Voices Studio in Centerport, NY by Kerry Lafferty Original printing by Joel Rabinowitz Who played what?: John Tabacco : Lead vocal, Acoustic guitar, Keyboards, Programming Meryl Mathews : Keyboards, Programming, Vocals Donna Bach : Vocals Marci Geller : Backup vocals Heather Rushforth : Backup vocals Jim Dexter : Electric Guitar Jim Hickey : Electric guitar Paul Kayen : Electric guitar Gerry Palisi : Electric guitar Chris Pati : Electric guitar, Assistant engineer Dave Soloman : Electric Guitar Drew Zingg : Electric guitar Mitch Coen : Bass Mike Frost : Fretless bass Greg Jones : Bass Todd Reynolds : Electric violin Stan Delman : Saxophone Todd Turkisher : Drums Gian DiMauro : Assistant engineer, Backup vocals Nick DiMauro ; Assistant engineer, Backup vocals Scotto Savitt : Grunts Stan Delman : Saxophone All music and lyrics © 1988 - 1994 by : John Tabacco and Meryl Mathews Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Zackeroo Music (ASCAP) - except : I COULD NEVER PLAY FOR KEEPS: Music © 1990 by John Tabacco and Meryl Mathews Lyrics © 1990 by John Tabacco, Meryl Mathews, Donna Bach-Heitner Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Zackeroo Music (ASCAP) / Bachitome Music (ASCAP) TOO MANY WASTED NIGHTS, PEOPLE OF THE 90’s, CAN'T CHANGE THESE BLACK EYES TO BLUE : Music and Lyrics © 1992 by Meryl Mathews, Donna Bach- Heitner, John Tabacco Published by Zackeroo Music (ASCAP) / Bachitome Music (ASCAP) / It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) SATIN LIES : Music by © 1994 by John Tabacco, Meryl Mathews, Todd Turkisher Lyrics by © 1994 by John Tabacco, Meryl Mathews Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) / Zackeroo Music (ASCAP) LAST DAYS : Music © 1990 by Meryl Mathews Published by Zackeroo Music (ASCAP)

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	Meryl Mathews co-producer, arranged by, performer, mixed by, keyboards, harmony vocals, keyboards, bass, keyboards, drum programming, keyboards, backing vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, keyboards, vocals, horns, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, sounds, backing vocals, lead vocals, keyboards, harmony vocals
	John Tabacco key, voc, co-producer, arranged by, recorded by, mixed by, performer, lead vocals, drum programming, bass, backing vocals, lead vocals, drum programming, keyboards, lead vocals, drum programming, bass, keyboards, lead vocals, drum programming, electric organ, lead vocals, drum programming, harmony vocals, bass, harmony vocals, drum programming, remix, keyboards, lead vocals, keyboards, drum programming, backing vocals, editor, orchestrated by, lead vocals, backing vocals, lead vocals, drum programming, remix, remix, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, drum programming, keyboards, sounds, harmony vocals, lead vocals, drum programming, remix, mixed by
	Gerry Palisi , electric guitar, electric guitar, organ
	Jim Dexter , electric guitar
	Chris Pati bvoc, rhythm guitar, electric guitar
	Mystery Sax Man , tenor saxophone
	Drew Zingg g, electric guitar
	Donna Bach-Heitner voc, harmony vocals, lead vocals
	Todd Reynolds vn, US violin
	Mike Frost voc, dr, perc, NL bass
	Jim Hickey g, electric guitar, slide guitar
	Greg Jones g, voc, bass
	Todd Turkisher dr, US drums, engineer
	Mitch Cohn b, electric bass
	Anthony Pomes voc, acoustic guitar

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