Bob Wilson and I play music together for our own enjoyment. It's always been that way, since the first time we met. While each of us, at some point in our lives, has aspired to a career in music, it has never been in the context of this combination. The music this combination plays is special; it's for us. And now that we've made this CD, it can be for you, too.

A few times each year, Bob comes to visit at my home near Bodega Bay, and spends three or four days. We both treasure these times in which we burrow in and indulge our various mutual interests: music, obviously, but also movies, serials, radio, ...old stuff. You couldn't exactly call it nostalgia, because most of our favorite stuff is from before we were born. These visits might include watching a serial, or perhaps a couple of obscure '30s mysteries taped from TCM, or maybe some "B" westerns we picked up from the Video Vendor. Our appetite for such things seems insatiable.

A major portion of these sessions is always devoted to music. We've nurtured a fairly small repertoire throughout the years, mostly because we like to pay a lot of attention to each song. When a song is new to us, it's not unusual for us to play it for hours. We add songs slowly, and usually by the time one makes its way onto the "A-list" another has drifted off.

When I got some new recording equipment last year our visits began focusing even more on the music. Sometimes we'd still squeeze in a movie or two, but over the past year each of Bob's visits has produced recordings of three or four of our songs.

Whenever Bob and I have performed, it's been as a trio. The music from these Bodega sessions was designed to include a string bass. I've known Charlie Warren for years as the bassist in my favorite group, the Rhythm Brothers, and I knew that his playing would be perfect to complement us. So the three of us got together and did some serious practicing, then Charlie added his part to the Bodega sessions, completing our sound.

So there you have it. The Shubb Wilson Trio rides again.