The other day when I was bored I read a bit of the LH sleeve. And I couldn't help noticing that David Bryan does not have a writing credit on any of the songs. He usually has at least one.
I also noticed that in the band section his part simply reads:
Keyboards - David Bryan
So it appears he hasn't been doing any backing vocals, I know it was the case on HAND as well, but it's still rather odd that he's not doing them anymore.
And then take a look at the additional musicians part. Hidden amoungst all the steel guitarists:
Dan Chase - Programming & Keyboards
Steve Nathan - Piano & B-3 Organ
Charlie Judge - Synth & Programming
So, they've recruited three keyboardists other than Dave to play parts that he's probably perfectly capable of doing. It really doesn't look like he's had much to do on this album...
Just a way of getting my thoughts down somewhere

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