The NYC-based rock musician (who has played with Hendrix, Dylan, the Violent Femmes, etc etc) has recruited a who's who of famed rock musician friends for this effort, including Dave Stewart, Earl Slick, Duff McKagan, and members of Paul Weller's band and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. From Jeff Slate: "I've made lots of albums during my years as a musician and songwriter, but for some reason, this one feels like the first. Like my old band The Badge's debut, it feels like a manifesto of sorts; as though everything I've ever wanted to say in a batch of songs is there. All artists rank their latest work as their favorite, but this record means so much to me, I can't imagine it could ever be less than most special - most life affirming - experience I've ever had in taking a bunch of loose, random ideas from the dark recesses of my mind, to my weird little notebook with the Chinese characters on the front, to the demos and sessions that, due to the pandemic lockdown, seemed to stretch on forever, and, finally, to the lovingly realized disc you now hold in your hand."