"Quiet Nights" by Richard Souther
I guess you could say this was the first solo song I ever wrote and recorded. I was probably 16 or 17?
 I was part of a "garage band " and we were doing demo's at Carole King and Gerry Goffin's studio.  It was called Larrabee and it was in West Hollywood. My dear friend and one of my piano mentors, Jim Hobson, played pedal steel, Paul Sabu on mandolin, Herb Melton played bass. Been so long I can't remember the drummer. I played an upright "tack hammer" piano that belonged to Carole. Matt Hyde engineered and encouraged. 
Little backstory… Carole came in late one night and heard it, …and liked it! That was a big deal to me.
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Quiet Nights

We wrote this track months prior to the fatal warehouse fire in Oakland, which housed the Ghost Ship Artists Collective.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who perished in this horrible disaster and we send our heartfelt love & condolences to all surviving family members and friends who lost love ones in this warehouse.  

PS - Derick Ion Almena (one of the Artists Collective operators) is a complete narcissist.

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Richard Souther is a composer, producer, arranger, sound designer and multi-keyboardist who has built a strong reputation as a top contemporary solo instrumentalist for over thirty years.
 He has created numerous best-selling albums in the New Age, Smooth Jazz, Electronica and the Classical/Crossover markets as well as acclaimed recordings for the CCM music scene.
 His music has been used in films, television shows and commercials around the world. A few of his clients include Mercedes Benz, CBS, PBS, A&E, CNN, NBC, Renault, Fuji Film, Delta Airlines, Ford Motor Company, VH-1, MTV, The Bose Corporation, United Nations, The Jim Henson Company, and HBO and Netflix.

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