Jerry Joseph - Baby, You're The Man Who Would Be King

Recorded in NYC and produced by Eric ''Roscoe'' Ambel, the album features a band made up of some of New York's best players.   Written in a vintage camping trailer parked in Joseph's Portland driveway in the midst of the pandemic and recorded in Ambel's Brooklyn studio in the summer of 2021, the nine songs on King are a bit of a mystery, and a bit painful, for Joseph to reflect on. ''These for me, were a different collection of songs,'' Joseph acknowledges. ''If there was a theme, it was to focus on simplicity - lord knows I can be ... er, verbose, often ending with a head scratch and 'what the hell is this song about' upon listening to the final versions. In the end, there's a lot more truth and vulnerability here than I'm willing to publicly concede.''