I Remember A Tour Where We Played

"yield" Was Completed In 1997 And Released In 1998. In The Spring Of 1997, I Had Made A Decision To Stop Taking Medications That I Had Been Taking Daily Since 1988.

We Got A Chance To Go And Play In Some Places That The Usual European Tour By An American Band Didn't Go To.

I Could Not Finish The Rest Of The Tours The Band Had Planned. I Was Replaced By Matt Cameron. The Next Years Of My Life Were About Recovery, Healing, And Right Living. I Never Lost The Need To Create.

We Were Playing A Small Club In San Diego And The Power Had Gone Out In The Building. Eddie Had A Lighter And Kept Us Lit Backstage. We Became Very Good Friends And Spent A Lot Of Time Together Including Hearing Eddie Sing In Some Of The Bands He Was In At The Time.

I Began The Process Of Recording Myself Seriously In The Fall Of 1999. If I Could Finish An Album Of My Own Music, I Would. Five Years Later I Am Happy To Say I Have.