tracks

Creation Story
Same Old Fall From Grace
A Recurring Woman
Unexplained Absence
Everything I Thought I Knew
Lives Of Poets
Year Full Of Demons
Don't Feel Too Bad For Yourself
My Decision To Medicate
Parked On A Hill
A History Of The Boys And Girls
As Far As It Will Go
This Is Where I Live

notes

Produced by Mark Donato and Jim Barbaro at Natural Recording Studio, Saugerties, NY.
Al Houghton's guitar recorded at Dubway Studios, New York, NY.

All Songs (c) 2009 by Mark Donato.

Lettering and illustration by Nancy Howell.
Photograph by Phil Mansfield.
Designed by Mark Lerner at Rag & Bone Shop.

My eternal thanks to these great friends and wonderful musicians who made this record possible. Greetings and gratitude also to beloved family and far-flung friends and much thanks to everyone listening.

The title comes from an unfinished, unreleased novel by Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966). His original title was "A History of the Boys and the Girls"; I took out the second "the" and kept the rest. I always liked the title and felt it deserved a home. I hope this set of songs covers enough history to deserve the title.

You can find the lyrics, all typed up and easy to read, at www.markdonato.com.

Looking forward,
M.D.

credits

Bass – Mark Lerner
Drums – Eric Parker
Electric Guitar – Al Houghton (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13), Jim Barbaro (tracks: 1, 4, 10, 11)
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Producer – Mark Donato
Pedal Steel Guitar – Guy "Fooch" Fischetti,
Piano, Organ – Ross Rice
Producer, Engineer – Jim Barbaro

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