First Love Last Love

'First Love, Last Love,' the debut CD of Trevor McShane, is actually one half of a throughly original soundtrack/novel project...the very first of it's kind in combined mediums! The novel, authored by Trevor McShane, is the story of one man's life and loves...a poetic, quintessential West Coast experience. The musical portion of this singular effort, is a collection of unique California flavored rock, and country-rock based songs penned by McShane, and featuring his cool understated vocal delivery combined with an impressionistic dreamscape of instrumentation offered up by a wonderful band of notable musicians. Here is a short biography of Trevor McShane in his own words: 'I was born in Wyoming and home-schooled until high school by my Sioux mother. My father, raised on an El Paso horse ranch, was a resourceful hunter and woodsman, and became a top hand and trail master for a large local cattle ranch. He even found the time to earn an induction into the Rodeo Hall of Fame with his work on the bull-riding circuit. My parents were both gifted musicians and the joyous sound of music constantly filled our home, particularly cowboy ballads and Native American love songs. I was always strongly encouraged in the arts, and upon reaching high school, experienced many happy moments acting in musical productions, consequently learning to love Gershwin, Berlin, and Cole Porter. I also worked hard at the books and was able to garner a full academic scholarship to a prestigious Ivy League university where my trademark buckskin outf islands of Hawaii. This led to a fellowship in Okinawa, where I assisted the local government in developing evacuation procedures for volcanic emergencies, also doing similar work at Mount St. Helens and Montserrat. However, there are meager professional opportunities available working in volcanoes, so after my experience in Okinawa, I decided to travel the world determined, to 'find myself.' I spent six months in Tibet as a monk-in-training, but was forced to leave due to the actions of the oppressive Chinese regime which imprisoned my master for demonstrating against the construction of a Holiday Inn. I left a large part of my heart in Lhasa, truly a Shangri-la, notwithstanding it's political problems. I continued to wander the planet, working as a merchant seaman for two years, learning many a shanty song, seeing many a tattoo, and receiving little mail. Eventually reaching the West Indies, I decided to give up the life of the sea and began playing bass in a wild reggae band working St. Kitts and opening for various local big name acts including Toots and the Maytals, and Bunny Wailer. After the charms of being a poorly paid musician living in a tent on a coffee plantation began to wear off, I decided to return to academia in order to pursue my first love, the sciences. Curious about the former Soviet Union, I applied for admittance to the University of Bulgaria, obtaining a partial scholarship, and becoming the only foreign student enrolled at that time. In order to help finance my education, I joined a local band that played traditional Eastern European music. My banjo solos became a showstopper, especially to the lovely Marianna, a local peasant girl with whom I fell madly in love. I was able to woo and marry her only after taking an oath never to become a career musician, as her family strongly disaproved. I continued my studies and received my doctorate while making a small contribution to the research on malaria,