MONKEY HOUSE – True Winter (Canadian release)

As requested, here’s “True Winter”, the out of print second album from MONKEY HOUSE, the Canadian combo founded by respected L.A. based musician Don Breithaupt, who writes, sings, produces, arranges, and play keyboards.
Emmy, SOCAN, and American Songwriting Award winner, all over the years Breithaupt has co-written songs performed by Marc Jordan, Alfie Zappacosta, Jay Graydon and more.
As you may suspect there’s a definite West Coast AOR sound here; Breithaupt literally wrote a book on Steely Dan and has said “I’ve been a Steely Dan freak since I was 12 years old. That stuff is my religion.”
You can hear also some Eagles, Jay Graydon, Peter Friestedt, etc still, the music on “True Winter” is hardly derivative – what we’ve got here is a smooth, highly melodic music played by real musicians.

01 – North
02 – Good Company
03 – Road Movie
04 – True Winter
05 – Someday (We’ll Look Back On This And Laugh)
06 – Dear Stranger
07 – Memory Burns
08 – Big Red Sun
09 – Predictions for the Year 2000
10 – Maybe I Don’t Want To Know
11 – Wanna Be
12 – Paradise Road
13 – Across the Border
14 – Where Love Comes From
15 – North (Reprise)

Don Breithaupt – Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
Michael Francis – Guitar
Asher Horowitz – Guitar
Peter Smith – Guitar
Kenny Vehkavaara – Guitar
Burke Carroll – Pedal Steel
Rick Gratton – Drums
Richie Hayward (Little Feat) – Drums
John Johnson, Perry White – Saxophone
Gord Myers, Terry Promane – Horns
Lorraine Lawson, Suzanne Zrinscak – Vocals (Background)
David Blamires (Pat Metheny Group) guest vocals

Out Of Print
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