Song #6 - "Thaw/Irish Lullaby": My first-ever full-length solo concerts happened in November 2011, and I'm very happy that we were able to videotape them. Years ago I wrote a song for my mom: the idea was that getting to know her as an adult, after all my youthful rebelliousness and teenage angst were over, was a revelation for me; it felt like ice melting after a long hard winter, and the sun coming out and warming everything up. The song was called "Thaw," and we used to do that song a lot in my band, GrooveLily. My mom passed away in 2009, and we haven't played it in the band since -- but this solo project is the perfect opportunity to bring it back; I think my mom would be very excited and proud about what I'm doing here. Just like my son is now, she was a small person with a very big voice and big personality, and she loved to sing. She was part Irish, and loved to sing Irish songs...so this is a re-imagining of "Thaw," my song for my mother, mashed up with the Irish lullaby she used to sing to me.