James Talley traveled to Italy in the Fall of 2002 to record four concerts with a band of American musicians - Dave Pomeroy on bass, Mike Nobel on guitar and Gregg Thomas on drums. Mixed and edited by Tommy Detamore, who co-produced Talley's "Touchstones" album (CMN #1011), these live songs are a journey through Talley's classic song material, plus a half-dozen new songs, which have never been previously released. From the lightheartedness of "My Cherokee Maiden" to the riveting "Song of Chief Joseph" and the anguish of "I Saw the Buildings," James Talley remains, as Nat Hentoff has said, "One singer-composer of singular talent and integrity, whose work will last beyond all fads and fashions."