California based singer/songwriter/slide guitarist David Vidal recorded the labor of love "After The Storm" at Origin Sound in Houston, Texas over the course of almost two years. What started out as song demo's of a few collaborations written by Vidal and Texas based tunesmiths Chip Lazauskas and John Amos morphed into a full blown album of material writtten by Vidal and numerous co-writers. During much of that time Vidal was on tour, and at one point the studio was under several feet of flood water. Regardless, the project rolled on. Or floated, as the case may be. The core of the band is Grammy Award winning drummer James Rose (Asleep At The Wheel, Doctor John) and bassist Ed Starkey (Shelly West). Mark May (Dicky Betts Band) plays lead guitar. The unit is rounded out by keyboardists Skip Nallia (Joe Sample) and Barry Selin (Omar and the Howlers), with appearances by bassists Larry Evans (Mark May Band) and Jeremiah Hamilton, zydeco accor...