Merrimack Records, LLC is dedicated to providing listeners with the very heart and soul of American roots music: everything from the backcountry sounds of Blues, Folk, and Country, to the city-inspired vitality of Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll, showcasing some of the most exciting musical artists today. “à Dieu Jean-Paul” was written to pay homage to a great man and a dear friend, Jean Paul Le Fur. In 1986, while on assignment for the motorcycle race from Paris to Dakar, he, along with four others, lost their lives in a helicopter crash in a desert in Africa. "John Paul was a dreamer," so the chorus goes. Original keyboards and arrangement by Cobb Bussinger in Van Nuys, California. Additional instrumentation recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at MSMM, including drums, djembe, and splash cymbals by Sanford Grant; bass guitar, Donnie Gullett; and Violin, Donny Carpenter. A lost Merrimack tape. Another gem.