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As Lover’s Rain was influenced by living in the mountains, Captiva, (my second project), was influenced by my love of the sea. I visited Captiva Island in Florida during a visit with my brother Jim, and was quite taken with the place.  I often played on the coast of North Carolina, and that is where I wrote songs like Carolina Seas, One More Time, Tower, and Whiskey Bars. On this project I worked with the same engineer at TGS Records and many of the same musicians who played on Lover’s Rain. There were also some new faces including Don Dixon who arranged the string sections on several songs including violin and cello. This project gave my music a different sound, which was both interesting and fun. Jerry Douglas played the dobro on Whiskey Bars, which became one of my favorites simply because of what he was able to add to the song. While recording Captiva I was also producing a project in Boone and Chapel Hill. The singers from that project came to Chapel Hill and we were able to do some great background vocals. All in all, Captiva was a very unique project and I enjoyed working with everyone who contributed. Captiva was dedicated to my brother James and the good crew of the “Not Much”.