The KaliYuga Trail
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"Humphrey gets
over the hump and slips you into a reassuring space with a rootsy rack
of original songs. His raw, thumb-bangin', foot stomp guitar reminds
me of Lowell George's train on Keith Richard's tracks: stockin' and
steamin', slippin' and slidin'. He's ripe and ready to rock 'round the
multiverse."
Gerry Fialka for Flipside
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(continued from The Wild Blue Yonder)
My heart was set on finding an audience for my songs, so when the guys
in The Wild Blue Yonder got busy with other projects I decided to develop
a solo acoustic version of the tunes so I could go out and gig on my
own. At the time I didn't know the band was in fact finished, I thought
we might manage a couple of shows a year at least, and I thought that
by going out on my own I could continue to generate an audience for
the band. The problem turned out to be that it took me two years to
develop a solo acoustic presentation that didn't feel completely lame.
The results were a guitar style that keeps time with my foot (bass drum)
and thumb (snare). I played the coffee house scene in LA for a few years
before I was ready to make the record, again with the help of Barry
Paul. In the meantime I was paying bills playing bass with Bobby Kimball
(of Toto) and then later on, about the time I 'released' the KaliYuga
Trail, I got the gig playing bass for Scott Henderson. You might say
Scott saved me from a solo career. In the process of recording the acoustic
album I messed up my arm. Some kind of tendonitus-like ailment that
threatened my bass playing too, so I had to lay off the coffee house
gigs. My arm is only now coming all the way back.