The Rails began in the summer of 2001 when Jeremy Willets returned home from college and was looking for a vehicle to explore his newly developing songwriting skills. He found it in Drew Doman, his guitar teacher during high school. Jeff Harmon knew Willets through Doman, and agreed to do the drumming. After numerous false starts -- and a few sessions worth of completed recordings that just didn't measure up -- the band finished their debut album at Curtis Leonard's studio in the summer of 2006. "Life's a Lonely Ride" is set for release on August 1st, 2006. It contains twelve songs:
1. Ready to Fly
2. Everyone's Son
3. I'm in Love with Misery
4. Mother, Games and School
5. Life's a Lonely Ride
6. One in a Million
7. Missed Connection
8. Feel It
9. Sad Bastard
10. Blue Collar Town
11. Tonight
12. Waste Your Time
Songs 4, 5, 7, and 12: words/music by Willets
Song 3: words by Willets/Doman, music by Willets
Songs 6, 8, 9: words/music by Doman
Songs 1 and 10: words by Doman, music by Doman/Willets
Songs 2 and 11: words by Willets, music by Willets/Doman
All songs arranged by The Rails
Published by Willetsongs (ASCAP) & Domanland Records (BMI)
Produced, mixed, and engineered by Curtis Leonard
Mastered by David Yost at Masterpiece Mastering Suite, Cleveland, Ohio
Sleeve by Willets
Cover art used with permission of the Berarducci Gallery, Atlanta
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