I’ve lived through two pandemics now. The first one, witnessed in my young 20’s, was worse.  Graduate school for me was a dark time; finishing my music doctorate in dark, ivy towers… so I became a hospital volunteer to feel good about life; that spring I took a brief training along with two very attractive women who were there to marry rich doctors. Our first day we were assigned to the AIDS ward.  Within 15 seconds our lives were changed irreversibly.  I never talk about this experience; and I probably never will.  There was a certain group of men who would walk (or be wheeled) into Recreation Room 112 to hear me play an old spinet piano - I became a source of entertainment (or probably distraction) from the darkness of that pandemic. These men used to say “You’re going to be famous someday. Don’t ever forget us!”  So, today, many years later, I felt able to write their song.  

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The Music: My tempo fluctuates more in this song than any I’ve recorded.  I was experiencing a universe of emotions in the studio.  One of my big melodies outlines the title of the song and spins out from there.  Julian, my engineer, told me it was a great performance and simply left the deck on “record” as I journeyed through what I had written for “You Know I Will Remember You”. Jared’s breathtaking orchestral support is unforgettable.