Savatage and Tran-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Chris Caffery presents a very personal selection of 21 songs from his two decade career with 20 Years Of The Music Man due out on 13th June through Metalville Records.
Ahead of that and out now is his new single, ‘Then She’s Gone’.
‘Then She’s Gone’ is an unreleased track Cafferey wrote around the time of the songs for Faces. “I’ve made mistakes in my life and I’ve made decisions that may have cut someone out of my life. These decisions can be ones you did purposely or things you did personally that had them leave your life. As human being we make mistakes and as the songs say “I should have listened and learned” and some mistakes you can make again…Then she’s gone”, so the story and song go.
Check out the video to it here at RAMzine, alongside ‘Last Time’ – One of the last unreleased tracks from the huge amount of songs Chris Caffery recorded at the time of the Faces sessions.
It’s a song about not allowing others to take advantage of you and for you to control your own destiny. There comes a time in your life when you either grab the bill by the horns and enter the ring by yourself or you keep being the rodeo clown.
The singles are available digitally.
The new compilation includes songs from his previous solo albums as well as rare and unreleased tracks that Caffery considers too important not to make available to the fans.
“In 2004 I released my first solo record. I wasn’t sure what to expect I just knew I wanted to make some music on my own,” the guitarist reflected. “It was a time when I had a lot of questions not only about myself but where certain parts of my life were heading. The music man in me decided to use my energy positively. I spent 20 years writing and recording and expressing myself to you. This new release contains some of your favourite songs as well as mine. There are also some unreleased songs and a brand new one as well.
“I’d like to thank all of the amazing musicians, engineers and producers who participated on these recordings with me. I dedicate to all of you my friends, also to my mentor in heaven who believed in me from the earliest days of my career Mr. Paul O’Neill and a special dedication to my mom who remained my best friend and supporter through all of my roller coaster rides these past couple decades. Thank you all for being a part of my journey and I look forward to continuing the next 20 years and beyond!”
CD 1 features: ‘The Jester’s Court’, ‘May Day’, ‘Music Man’, ‘Pisses Me Off (Radio Edit)’, ‘Do You See What I See Now’ (New song unreleased), ‘Edge Of Darkness’, ‘Fright Knights’, ‘S.O.T.S. (Sick Of This Shit)’ (Only released as a single), ‘Forever We’ll Be’, ‘What Child Is This’, and ‘Glitter’ (Only released as a single).
CD 2 features ‘Seasons Change’, ‘My Light’ – only released as a single, ‘I Miss You’, ‘Sometimes’ and ‘Last Time’ (both previously unreleased), ‘Your Heaven Is Real’, ‘Why’, ‘Y.G.B.F.K.M.’, ‘Preludio’, ‘Abandoned’ and ‘Then She’s Gone’ (previously unreleased).
In June, Chris Caffery will return to Europe with Savatage, with one date in the UK on the 16th June at Shepherds Bush Empire, London.
