Digging in the past has never been Dave Sinclair‘s idea of making any progress with his music, yet stroke that CARAVAN’s master of ivories suffered in January 2023 made him rethink a lot of things. Overcoming difficulties with walking and talking, among other temporary impediments, the veteran found his inability to use right hand to play keyboards one of the most frustrating issues, something he’s been trying – successfully – to overcome ever since. Still, Sinclair’s idea of rehabilitation included work on his recording studio in Japan, whence the album titled “Tears In His Eyes” emerged two years after.
Available only digitally, it includes not only the thematically important “The Piano Player” which Dave originally wrote for his unfinished solo debut in 1976 and had his band record a fresh version for “The Album” that was out in 1980, but also quite a few tracks which came from the ensemble’s lore – arranged as differently as the portmanteau of “Nine Feet For Richard” suggests. Of special interest is “That Day” from Sinclair’s “Full Circle” of two-decade vintage, a cut featuring Robert Wyatt on vocals and the late Jimmy Hastings on flute.
Tears In His Eyes
1. The Piano Player
2. That Day
3. On My Own
4. Nine Feet For Richard
5. Back With You
6. We Are Who We Think We Are
7. Between Us
8. Island
9. Sing A Song
