Only the Stars Remain Compact Disc

"Only the Stars Remain" consists of three songs created around my trip to the Philadelphia area in mid-May 2023. I was headed there to play three concerts, and I did a lot of rehearsal recordings in the weeks before the trip. Two of those songs are on this album. I also wrote one song on the way home, and that is on here as well. 1) Beyond and Within: This is a track from my year 2000 album “To the Shores of Heaven”, and I initially rehearsed this piece as part of my set for the Echoes Living Room concert I’d be playing when in the Philadelphia area. The rehearsal recordings (from which this version was taken) turned out better than I expected- and the version I played for the Echoes Living Room concert turned out so well that I decided to also play it for the Gathering concert the following evening. 2) Only the Stars Remain: This is a long one (both the song and the story behind it). The main parts of this song were created on the night of January 29th, 2023. I had driven back