This is one of those simple ‘write in a day’ songs; rare for me . . . at least the write in a day part! I guess you could call it my ‘anti-advertising’ song . . . and I keep reminding my family (and myself) that the ads we see on TV are lying when they say we ‘need’ something.

The special guest on this song is David Kahiapo, a well known native Hawaiian musician and pastor. I first met David through a recording he did of one of my songs a few years ago; “Father to Son” on his “One heart, one voice” CD. David dedicated his version of “Father to son” (including the chorus sung in the Hawaiian language) to his autistic son Jeremiah, not knowing that I had originally written that song for my son Benjamin, who has Fragile X syndrome and autism. When Joyce and I were in Hawaii celebrating our 20 th wedding anniversary I had the chance to meet David and his family.

While we were visiting with David and other Hawaiian friends we pulled out our guitars and started sharing songs. At one point I started playing a song I had just written (“I don’t need anything but You”) and David just slid in perfectly with his laid back harmony and gorgeous ‘slack key’ Hawaiian style nylon guitar . . . and I knew I wanted to record this song with David.

Some time later Philip & Brenda Janz went to Hawaii to celebrate their 10 th wedding anniversary . . . and they had a chance to experience Hawaiian hospitality . . . and while they were there, Philip recorded David’s vocal and guitar.

For more info on Fragile X Syndrome (a syndrome affecting our 2 sons Benjamin & Isaiah) go to: www.fraxgilex.org