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Curvature of the landscape, straight-flat desert roads,
and endless sky were the initial inspirations for this first full length
album from Everlasting The Way (aka Sean Meadows of June
of 44, Lungfish, Sonora
Pine). When Sean returned home from tour with June of 44 in the Summer
of 1998, he was asked to score a short film by Anne Misawa at the University
of Southern California. He left New York City riding his 1973 R/60 BMW
motorcycle, not knowing when he would return. It was After finishing the film score, Sean had an extra day booked
in the studio. With his friend Arnie Saiki in the engineer's chair, Jay
Villaneuvo on cello, and Hub Lucas on piano, Sean recorded a few tracks
and began his two year musical journey. Having finished recording in LA,
and without an apartment to speak of, Sean decided to leave Los Angeles
and travel. Sean's venture encompassed Hawaii, Guatemala, Costa It was in Italy where Sean finally had a chance to record more of this project; in Catania Sicily, with friends Fred Erskine (June of 44) and Sasha Tilotta (son of Ago and Giovanna from the Italian band Uzeda) and in Pianello Di Ostra with David Lenci at the control board and Massimo Moscow on bass (Three Second Kiss). Upon returning to the US, Sean headed south to Baltimore to collage his recordings into a foundation for Long-Stretch-Motorcycle-Hymn-Highway. He then asked his friends Jon Theodore (Golden), Fred Erskine, Enis Sefersah (E), and David Carmona to help finish the album and realize his musical vision. By drawing from all these cultural influences, Sean Meadows
has created an album rich in swift mood changes and varied instrumental
stylings. By listening to
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during
this trip that Sean started to write an album in his head, that would
eventually take two years to come to fruition.
Rica,
Los Angeles (again), a four day motorcycle trip to Tennessee, Chicago,
and to Italy.
the album you will become a vicarious traveling companion with Everlasting
The Way through the last two years.