Pargo Rojo (Red Snapper)

This 6 song EP is the long overdue collaborative recording of some of the many songs created by these two prolific souls. For a number of years, Eduardo & his charming & equally talented wife, "Dagny Sellorin", have made their lovely hundred year old adobe home, in Silver City, New Mexico, a creative oasis. Uncle Steve had previously used some of Dagny's wildly flamboyant paintings on the CD faces of both "Sea Fever" & "Hunger of the Heart". Inspired by a painting created by Dagny, when she & Ed spent 8 years living in a boat on the coast of Venezuela; the lads appropriated the painting's name for this EP project: Spanish slang for the tasty Red Snapper. Sadly, much of Dagny's original design could not be fit onto the disc face. While scuba diving in the Gulf of Thailand last winter, Steve was able to grab a shot of a large Red Snapper lurking about a coral reef; fortuitous, as there are many varieties of snapper in those waters.

This collection is book-ended by both English & Spanish versions of the most excellent "Angel In Disguise"/"Angel Disfrazado". Thoughtful roots-based material percolates into a unique dream state, with Eduardo's tasteful guitar & keyboard arrangements. The Canajun Metis ballad, "Outlaw Trail", has inspired Steve to write a classic western tale; that, he hopes to eventually develop into a feature film script. The quirky "Cat-Tails & Pussy Willows", "Sometimes The Bear" & "Killing Train" continue to capture contemporary global concerns in the context of a moving folk/jazz idiom.