JT Curtis - You and Only You (Patreon)

My latest single is set to release on Valentine's Day, but you all get early access to it! All-Access Patrons, be sure to check out an mp3 download available.

“You and Only You” is sort of a back to basics tune for me, heavily inspired by my love of classic 70s R&B and the need to begin a song with a long guitar solo (who says you can’t have a long guitar solo in a 2022 song)?

I’ve never been one for writing romantic love songs, but this one just came out one day when my wife, Hiroe, was working so hard for her company, “Flying her from Boston to the ‘Frisco Bay” nearly every weekend. With me out on the road with Let it Be so often, I guess we didn’t have a lot of time to enjoy each other’s love. This song was written for her, but I’m sure anyone in a relationship can relate to this paradox.

So it only makes sense that this song be released on Valentine’s Day 2022.

Those who have seen my live shows with Mongoose will probably recognize us performing this as an opener quite a few times. This song was originally tracked back in 2017 for an unfinished album that would have included “Elements” taking up the entire B-side. I’m not completely against revisiting the idea now that this and “Bastards” have also been recorded. The drums were recorded in Darcy Macrae’s Brooklyn space, with Joan Chew adding some bass, Todd Meredith and myself providing guitars, Emily Seibert and myself providing keyboards and all of us singing together on that outro chorus. The layered harmonies were written with this group in mind.

Fast forward to last year when I was coming out of a dry spell in terms of creativity, I stumbled across this unfinished track and was knocked out by how good the band sounded. A few tweaks sonically and I figured it was time for the world to hear it. I was past due for a new single after all this pandemic insanity. Also credit to Gillian Stoll for her fantastic artwork along with Becky Curtis for capturing that picture of me at The Bitter End last year.