Before the advent of The Michael Band, I was singing in a duo with my neighborhood friend, Malcolm Brooks, who was years ahead of me in the writing department. We were kind of a Simon and Garfunkel pair, with me being “Garfunkel”. Decades later, I rediscovered a trove of lyrics/chords from many of those songs, and thought to record them for posterity. It was a labor of love and of remembrance. Without Malcolm’s influence, I would not have become a songwriter at all. This collection includes songs from when we were in HS together, from our time at Indiana University’s School of Music, and from when we returned home just before we formed The Michael Band. I am especially proud to offer this collection of early songs written by Malcolm Brooks, which I originally sang 50 years ago, then recorded during the summer of 2022.