Recordings

Driftin'

DISC 1
1. Kurt's Sombrero(Bocchetti)/Nothing (Bocchetti-Farinaccio-Gormley)
Joe: acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano,
Lowrey organ, electric bass, tambourine,
accordion, backing vocals
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin,
percussion, lead vocals
Katie: backing vocals
Recorded January 2001
2. Too Perfect For Love(Farinaccio-Gormley)/Last Grey Mile(Farinaccio)
Joe: electric bass, Wurlitzer electric piano,
Lowrey organ, tambourine
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, lead &
backing vocals
Katie: backing vocals
Tin Foil Blues Band: drums
Recorded June-July 2001
3. Cantinas In The Rain(Farinaccio-Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, Lowrey organ, harmonica
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, vocal
Recorded April-May 2001
4. Gift of God (Farinaccio-Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, accordion, backing vocals
Vince: acoustic guitars, lead & backing vocals.
Katie: backing vocals
Tin Foil Blues Band: drums
Recorded May-June 2001
5. Sidewinder (Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, Wurlitzer electric piano,
Lowrey organ, backing vocals
Vince: acoustic guitar, drums, backing vocals
Jerry: acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Recorded March-April 2003
6. Lost In The Shuffle (Farinaccio)
Joe: electric bass, Wurlitzer electric piano,
Lowrey organ, tambourine
Vince: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
shakers
Recorded February-March 2001
7. Woodsman's Waltz (Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, Lowrey organ
Vince: acoustic guitar, drums
Jerry: vocals, ghost guitar
Recorded March-May 2003
8. Main Street (Bocchetti-Farinaccio)
Joe: electric bass, Wurlitzer electric piano,
Lowrey organ, Fender Rhodes electric
piano, keyboard, upright bass, voice,
various percussion
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin,
Wurlitzer electric piano, vocals,
various percussion
Katie: voice
sound recordings by The Dark Hollow Mobile Recording Facility
Recorded February-April 2000

DISC 2
1.Marlena (Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, Lowrey organ, keyboard,
accordion, tambourine
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, drums,
mandolin, vocals
Recorded January 2002
2. Driftin' (Farinaccio)
Joe: electric bass, Lowrey organ, backward
harmonica, tambourine & voice,
hand percussion, backing vocals
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, "timbales",
Wurlitzer electric piano, lead and
backing vocals, backward guitar
Katie: backing vocals
Recorded March-April 2001
3. The Wheel (Farinaccio-Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, Lowrey organ, accordion, percussion
Vince: acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica,
percussion, lead & backing vocals
Katie: backing vocals
Mike: drums
Ernie: pedal steel
Recorded September-October 2002
4. Road To Damascus (Gormley)
Joe: electric bass, Wurlitzer electric piano, Lowrey organ
Vince: acoustic guitar, drums, shakers
Jerry: acoustic guitar, vocals
Recorded March 2003
5. Trespasser (Farinaccio)
Joe: electric bass, Wurlitzer electric piano, Lowrey organ
Vince: acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
Mike: drums, vibes
Recorded September-October 2002
6. Calling Me Home (Bocchetti-Farinaccio)
Joe: electric bass, Lowrey organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
Vince: electric guitars, vocals
Mike: drums, vibes
Recorded September & November 2002
THE PLAYERS:
JOE BOCCHETTI, VINCE FARINACCIO, KATIE COLTRI, MIKE SPINA,
JERRY GORMLEY, ERNIE TRIONFO, TIN FOIL BLUES BAND

PRODUCED BY JOE BOCCHETTI & VINCE FARINACCIO
COPYRIGHT 1992, 1996, 2003
ART DESIGN AND ARTWORK BY MARK JAY BREWIN JR.
COPYRIGHT 2004
SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVE BYRNE, THE VF PLAYERS AND OUR FAMILIES
darkhollowjct@yahoo.com

First Person Singular

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First Person Singular is a Dark Hollow production featuring Joe Bocchetti (keyboards, Fender Rhodes electric piano, electric bass, upright bass, recorder and percussion), Vince Farinaccio (voice, acoustic and electric guitars, upright bass, drums and clarinet), Katie Coltri (voice) and Jerry Gormley (voice). All compositions written by Bocchetti and Farinaccio except for She Dreams of the Snake Charmer by Gormley, Bocchetti and Farinaccio. The Temple and Autumn Olive were originally included as part of the soundtrack to the film One More Chance. All selections Copyright 2003. While First Person Singular can be listened to as individual tracks, it is meant to be experienced as an extended piece beginning with the printed Prologue included in this booklet and continuing through the spoken word and instrumental selections on the disc. In this respect, it is more closely related to the dramatic radio shows of the 1930s and 1940s particularly the aural documents created by Orson Welles whose influence is acknowledged in the title of this work. However, unlike radio drama, with its plotted story, First Person Singular is a character study comprised of a series of monologues and instrumental pieces that trace, in both words and sounds, the mental collapse of the central character. Therefore, the sound design on Conversation of a Woman works together with the words to provide a more complete picture of the character's deteriorating mental state. The musical soundtrack of Snake Charmer and Letter of a Woman illuminate her psychological and emotional depth through sound textures that convey the range of the character's sexual fantasies, fears, relief, despair and dementia while the bass and drum pattern on Diary of a Woman reflects her cadenced inner-most journey as each diary entry is spoken in dialogue with the clarinet. The Temple and Autumn Olive each explore emotional states through choice of instruments and sounds as well as melody and chords.

PROLOGUE
At the age of 18, she read Shakespeare by the old stone wall near the lake in the early months of spring. She thought of Ophelia and for a moment, the lake met her gaze and she felt a sudden chill.
That summer, between clandestine trips with friends across the border into Mexico, she swam in the lake with members of her church group. The guys would pull pranks by pulling off the tops of the girls' bathing suits. She had eluded them on every occasion except one. In order to retrieve what was taken, she had to stand before them, topless. She glanced down hesitantly to see what they saw and came to understand her power as a woman. She noticed beads of water on her untanned breasts drying in the afternoon sun. She felt their stares and looked up, returning their gaze, no longer embarrassed as before. She understood the command she had over these young men, the control she now had by standing there revealing what they wanted and needed to see. She didn't flinch for a moment, not even while some touched her.
The following autumn, she lost her virginity near the lake in a parked car. He was one of the swimmers from the summer involved in the prank. He told her that he couldn't stop thinking about her. When they made love in the car for the first time she stared into his eyes. It was over in less than a minute. Afterward, she was transfixed by the blood on the seat.

That winter, they were married.

Tracks
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: She Dreams of the Snake Charmer Chapter 3: The Temple Chapter 4: Conversation of a Woman Chapter 5: Letter of a Woman Chapter 6: Autumn Olive Chapter 7: Diary of a Woman