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Everything's Possible
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
Everything is possible. After 35 years of trying to be someone I was not, I learned the greatest lesson of all...accepting myself for who I really am. Wondering through careers singing opera, teaching university and now conducting, living in America and foreign countries, surviving marriage and fundamentalism as well as living with the continuing joys of fatherhood, all have resulted in an irrepressible need to present this collection of songs. There is a tremendous yearning in the Gay and Lesbian community for affirmation in every part of our lives. It is my hope that in this music, you will find moments of encouragement, solitude and solace as we all journey together.
"The only measure of our words and deeds is the love we leave behind when we're gone."
Fred Smalls, The Flirtations
"Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we have learned here. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts."
Marianne Williamson A Return To Love
The songs in this recording were chosen with great care to tell a story about my life and the lives of those around me. Several of the songs were composed by talented artists already lost to AIDS. It is a tribute to all the men and women who have been touched by this disease and to those who will follow. This project is dedicated to my children, Corianna and Judson, my partner, Louis, my friend; John and my "chosen family."
Sound Engineer: Tom Smith Recorded at Tom Smith Studios Producer: Danny Ray
Musical Stylizations and arrangements by Anne, Terry and Danny.
Tony Balquin, design Ben Britt, Photography Sara St. Clair, makeup
REPERTOIRE
1. If You Were Wondering
Words and music by Peter Allen
1978 Irving Music, Inc.
2. Two Boys
Marvin Hamlisch Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
1979 Chappell & Co., Inc.
3. Once Upon A Time
All American
Charles Strouse
1962 Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc.
4. Where Is Love?
Oliver
Words and Music Lionel Bart
1960 Hollis Music, Inc.
5. Secret Love
Calamity Jane
Words Paul Francis Webster Music by Sammy Fain
1953 Remick Music
6. Some Enchanted Evening
South Pacific
Words by Oscar Hammerstein Music by Richard Rodgers
1949 Williamson Music inc.
7. Anyone Can Whistle
Anyone Can Whistle
Music and Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
1964 Burthen Music Corp., Inc.
8. You've Got A Friend
Words and Music Carole King
1971 Colgems - EMI Music Inc.
9. No One Is Alone
Into the Woods
Music and Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
1989 Wilting Music
10. Not While I'm Around
Sweeney Todd
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1979 Revelation Music Publishing Corp.
11. I'll Be Seeing You
Words and Music Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain
1938 Williamson Music
12. Visions
Lyrics by Mark Franklin Miles Music by Kris Anthony
1982 Kris Anthony and Mark Miles
13. I Remember
Evening Primrose
Words and Music Stephen Sondheim
1966 Burthen Music Company, Inc.
14. Believe In Yourself
The Wiz
Words and Music by Charlie Smalls
1974 Warner Tamarlane Pub. Corp.
15. I Am What I Am
La Cage Aux Folles
Words and Music Jerry Herman
1983 Jerryco Music Co.
16. If We Only Have Love
Words and Music Jacques Brel
1971 Hill and Range Songs, Inc.
17. The Greatest Love Of All
The Greatest
Words by Linda Creed Music by Michael Masser
1977 Golden Torch Music Corp.
18. Everything's Possible
The Flirtations
Fred Smalls
© Rounder Records
