I saw Jon playing a solo acoustic show a few summers ago in Boston. We became instant friends and stayed in touch, getting together for drinks from time to time and talking about all things music.

When he got the go-ahead to record his first full length record, we began writing some songs together. A few ended up on the album, "Meant To Be", which is set to come out sometime in '09.

Marylin (Way Down) is one of the tracks Jon, Les Francoeur and I had a great time working on. It can be heard in the premier episode of Real World: Brooklyn on Jan 7th, along with two Jon's other songs. The series was actually filmed pretty close to where I live.

Here's a little view of what went on during the recording of the album down in Dallas, TX: