Only Son

This piano ballad may be the saddest song I ever wrote. It’s dedicated to the mother of a friend who somehow managed to lose her only son twice, the first time during the fall of Saigon shortly after he was born and the second time from an untreated cancer where he was found alone on the floor of his apartment in Washington DC. The lyrics tell the rest of the story, or at least attempt to make art out of real life. Featured here on background vocals are the great Lucy Kaplansky and Teresa Wiliams.

Alan Walker - lead vocals; piano
John Morgan Kimock - drums
Jon Herington - electric guitars
Lincoln Schleifer - bass; percussion;
Rob Schwimmer - Hammond B3
Teresa Williams - background vocals
Lucy Kaplansky - background vocals
Myron Lutzke - cello
Jake Charkey - cello

All songs written by Alan Walker (Couloir Music ASCAP)
Produced by Lincoln Schleifer
Horn and string arrangements written by Lincoln Schleifer
Recorded and mixed by Lincoln Schleifer at Lincoln's Log Cabin, Bronx, NY
Mastered by Jon Gordon at Jon Gordon Music Production, Beacon NY