Search - Walter Rose :: Cast Your Stone

01. When You Were Mine 04:17 --
02. Dusty Road 06:00 --
03. Head For The Hills 04:20 --
04. On My Mind 03:41 --
05. Times Are Hard 05:06 --
06. Driving South (feat. Lucinda Williams) 06:47 --
07. Black Crow 04:49 --
08. Better Days 04:21 --
09. Wrecking Ball 06:47 --
10. Long Winter 04:39 --
11. Cast Your Stone 04:59 --
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The cathartic qualities of Rose's songs come hard fought, colored with his reality. Rose underwent two brain surgeries in his late teens, losing part of the vision in one eye, and suffering seizures for a time as a result of the procedures. He recovered, and upon graduating college in California, returned to his home state of Hawaii to begin a settled life working as a high school teacher dealing with special needs children. Then, two years into a serious relationship, Rose was dealt another difficult life lesson when his girlfriend was involved in a serious motorcycle accident while on a yoga retreat in India. She died from her injuries. -- --
"As you can imagine, it was a dreadful time in my life," Rose says. "I used songwriting as an outlet. I wouldn't say that it was the subject of my songs but it was somehow a catalyst to start writing seriously." Dissatisfied with his career path, Rose began to play live in Honolulu's Chinatown district while working on his songwriting and guitar playing. Coming back to California for Christmas, Rose played his songs for a friend who encouraged him to record them. Another childhood friend passed along the number of a recording engineer who happened to have spent time living in a Hawaii. The engineer recognized the Hawaiian area code in Rose's cell phone number and took the call. Stacking the tracks to one-inch tape, Rose finished the EP and sent it off to American Songwriter. The magazine responded in kind. -- -- (Source: Artist's website)
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