As a product of the 70's music revolution I am very fond of bands like Yes with the incredible vocals of Jon Anderson and the vocal of Dennis DeYoung of Styx. I even enjoyed the fact that Asia tried to revitalize the prog-rock genre by breaking it down to simple to understand radio friendly tunes.

All that said, it was 30-40 years ago when these artist's were at their collective musical peek. You won't find yourself driving down the road and hearing a Yes song blaring out of some Grand Am with spinning rims and a camelion paint job. The times have changed. Although I loved that style of music, to quote our old friend George Harrison "All things must pass."

The CD starts off with an orchestrated introduction called 'Into Thy Hands.' This and a few other tracks on this CD would have been better off spared and included on another release because it had little to nothing to do with the rest of the CD. When artist's do this I call the songs "Filler" because the CD needed one more song to reach 10 or 12 tracks. This CD had 3 fillers if you don't include an alternative version of one of the tracks at the end of the CD. The alternative version titled 'Bright Morning Sun' is a remix of the song 'Precious' which to me, was a rendition of Jon Anderson's beautiful Candle Song from his 'Change We Must' CD.

On a brighter note. Cary did stick to his guns. The CD is filled with late 60's early 70's style rock tunes. Track 2 'Don't Know' was like the final years of the Yardbirds with those patented tempo changes and feedback drenched guitar work from Beck and Page. Then Clower virtually attempts to single handedly play a song in the 70's style of Yes with 'Ship of Pride.' He did get a little help on bass and some piano work but he did most of the work himself. The song was fun to listen to but very dated as are many of the tunes on this CD.

The 8th and 9th tracks are simply piano recital fillers that had little to do with the rest of the CD. I remember watching Jethro Tull rocking the house in Miami Beach and right in the middle of the song the band stops what they are playing and walks off the stage leaving a single piano player on stage behind a grand piano. He brings the house down with a rendition of a Bach concerto for piano then the band returns and starts playing the same song they had been playing prior to leaving the stage. They played as if the piano part never happened. Maybe Cary was inspired by that same event. Only problem was, his piano pieces titled 'Dark 1st Impression' and 'Darker 2nd Impression' did not leave me begging for more. In fact, I was glad when they ended. 1st impression may have been a good piano piece if Cary used an old Beatles trick and sped up the tape so the song would end up sounding as if it was played at a much fast pace. 'Darker 2nd Impression' reminded me of a song at a funeral.

Track 10 'Bright Morning Sun' is a remake of 'Precious' with vocals similar to Jon Anderson meets Dennis DeYoung. This song is worth the price of the whole CD! It's one of those songs that gives you goose bumps and brings a tear to your eye. Wish the whole CD was up to the same standard as this song. Could have lost that tempo change with the Battle Hymn of the Republic drum part at the end.

Not much to get excited about here either. The overall sound was almost 70's in quality. The whole CD was lacking that 21st century digital sheen we have come to expect from todays modern studio recordings. Maybe this was done by intension? The CD was recorded at Harmony Studios in St. Anns, Ontario Canada and produced and engineered almost exclusively by Clowers (except some production credits to Camren Sorge).

The music was about as abstract as the CD cover which was a finger painting by Harmony Clower. So based on the name Harmony I am lead to believe that the studio was a home studio (or maybe I'm just confussed with the name) which explains some of that sheen not being on this recording. I've only heard a handfull of home recordings that amazed me, this one was not one of them. Track 10 is still a major league keeper.