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Sleeping Highway

by Dino DiMuro

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1.
Introduction 00:09
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2.
My Other Marriage 03:41
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3.
My Name Is Debbie 00:34
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4.
The Lady Of The House 03:28
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5.
My Name Is Julie 00:59
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6.
Highway Patrolled By Aircraft 03:57
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7.
Morley Street @ Dusk (Gibson / DiMuro) 00:57
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8.
Gerard Wrote Tears Of A Clown 04:44
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9.
My Name Is Print 01:58
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10.
What R U Doing In My Life? 04:24
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11.
Don't Do What? 00:14
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12.
Fuzzy Grandpa (Gibson / DiMuro) 04:38
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13.
Regrets 02:38
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14.
Missing You Now (Campau) Sleeping Beauty Demo 03:19
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15.
I've Been An Asshole In My Time (Outtake) 05:38
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16.
Terri Schiavo 04:32
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17.
Fuzzy Grandpa Demo Version with Friday DiMuro 04:50
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18.
Highway Patrolled by Aircraft Backing Tracks 03:54
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19.
The Human Brain (Unused Demo) 04:03
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20.
Shame On You (Unused Demo) 05:17
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about

After finally releasing my studio recorded CD TRAIN GOING NOWHERE, I was working on two different projects: the home-studio HIGHWAY PATROLLED BY AIRCRAFT, and the computer-based SONGS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, which I was recording at Soundelux, my sound effects studio.

In February 2003 my wife Julie and daughter Elizabeth were in a car accident. Elizabeth walked away, but Julie never regained consciousness and died the following year. Of course I immediately stopped work on both projects. Don Campau released MIDDLE AGES as UNFINISHED, and the tracks for HIGHWAY were put into storage.

After Julie died, I upgraded my home studio for computer recording. I began a project totally dedicated to Julie called SLEEPING BEAUTY. However, a whole album like that was too sad even for me to handle, so I took tracks from both projects and called it SLEEPING HIGHWAY, a perfect and fortuitous title.

When this CD was released, with pictures of Julie on the front and back, a frequent comment was that it was “too sad.” What’s ironic is that Julie heard many of these tracks in progress, and in fact was surprised that they hadn’t been released yet. She thought “What R U Doing In My Life” was very funny, and said: “That’s a great tribute to ME!”

This album contains a couple nice collaborations. John Gibson plays some beautiful piano on “Morley Street @ Dusk.” Tony Lamberti, now a famed Hollywood mixer, provided digital drums for “Fuzzy Grandpa” (which also features John Gibson on lead guitar.) Chris Assells walked into my studio and literally threw off a solo during “The Lady of the House” and didn’t even know I’d hit record.

Overall the production on this album is a bit spare, without many guitar effects or complex arrangements, which perhaps reflects the circumstances it was made in.

For the first time I have included a demo from the original SLEEPING BEAUTY: Missing You Now, written by Don Campau. Also included is TERRI SCHIAVO, a formerly hidden track that was recorded while Julie was still on life support and captures exactly how I was feeling.

credits

released February 1, 2005

Dino DiMuro: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Terry Rodman: Live Drums
Wes Johnson: Drum Program (4)
Chris Assells: Guitar Solo (4)
John Gibson: Piano (7), Fuzzy Guitar (12)
Tony Lamberti: Digital Drums (12)

All songs written by Dino DiMuro except where noted.
Mastered by Paul Poduska
Cover Graphics by Dan Kerr

"He who laughs first, doesn't last laugh!"
Julie DiMuro, January 13, 1996

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Dino DiMuro Los Angeles, California

Dino has been self-producing CDs and cassettes since the mid-80’s. After a short career as a rock guitarist in a band for hire (once opening for Van Halen), Dino released a series of albums in the 80’s and 90’s, while also reviewing for Option magazine. Dino’s music has been described as “Walt Disney on Acid” and is most often compared to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, & They Might Be Giants. ... more

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