Severn Way

About the Artist
"I'll tell you anything you want to know, just ask. I have nothing to hide."

Sometimes, life just does not go the way you plan. Some people get depressed about that and throw in the towel. Then there are people like PERNELL DISNEY, who learn to turn lemons into lemonade, with creativity, honesty, and aplomb. On his debut CD, SEVERN WAY, DISNEY unveils ten original songs that are the result of personal introspection after surviving some of fate's more mischievous pranks thrown his way.

A native Washington DC'er, DISNEY's earliest ambition was to play hockey in the NHL. At school, he participated in every hockey event and considered only colleges with strong teams that served as gateways to a professional career. After being diagnosed with osteoporosis at age 15, he was ordered to give up hockey forever or risk death from a potential bone break that could cause irreparable internal damage. To add insult to injury, DISNEY soon contracted pneumonia on top of a case of mono, keeping him bedridden with nothing to do but dwell on his overwhelming disappointment.

By his junior year in high school, DISNEY had become the singer in his own band, rehearsing in his basement under the watchful ear of his mom. "Today she loves my music and has always been incredibly supportive but back then, she would smile and nod when we played while wincing at how awful we were early on," he confesses. In 1995 he struck up a friendship with former Dog's Eye View member Tim Bradshaw, who later became keyboard player for David Gray. Who produced and played on DISNEY's debut "Severn Way".

The songs on this freshman effort express the thoughts of an artist finding his way back from dark roads where doors have been slammed in his face, emerging back into the light and looking towards the future. "This is the first time I have ever been this honest with my writing, singing very detailed stories about my life." DISNEY confesses. "I've really hung my heart on my sleeve with this one. Writing was my therapy, and I didn't have to spend $200 every week for an office visit!"

Now DISNEY is ready to let the world hear his life with the debut release of "Severn Way"

Product Description
Produced by Tim Bradshaw (David Gray, dogs eye view)

"With music described as 'Dream Pop', he has often been favorably compared to the likes of Duncan Shiek, Jeff Buckley, Neil Finn, and Dream Academy."

The first single "Drive," the video for which DISNEY himself did the camerawork and direction. "It's saying ‘yeah, the relationship is over, I'm moving on'," he reveals. "Next" expresses his feelings when his former girlfriend kept kicking him when he was already down, and "Snow" tells of cleaning the slate to start over and try to work it out. "Hours Awake" explores ambivalent feelings about dating a new girl and realizing he just wants to be friends while "Alone" stumbles upon the acceptance of being without a significant other. But not every song can be traced to lost love. "Midnight Detroit" harkens back to DISNEY's ongoing passion for hockey, written after watching his favorite Washington Capitals lose to rival Detroit Red Wings. "The whole song just came to me after being awake for 28 hours straight and lying sleepless in a hotel bed." He laughs. "Madeline" is an ode to his newborn niece; "I'm From Hollywood" was inspired by the late comedian Andy Kaufman who was "runnin! g away from his life, just like I was;" and "Time For Tea" uncovers how "I am always coming back to DC, that will always be my home." The one song on the CD having nothing to do with a real situation is "Another Angel Song." DISNEY explains: "I read the script for the movie ‘Dogma' two years before the film was shot, and was deeply affected by it. This song was written about one of the characters whose views on religion are very similar to my own."

All in all SEVERN WAY - named for a street in his own neighborhood - is an auspicious beginning for a singer/songwriter who is bound to go far.

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Rock Music:

1. Shiva
2. Short Scenes [Import]
3. Sinfonias Del Terror Ciego [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Snarfel (30 Years Of Andy Cahan) [Import]
5. Songs of Peace: Solo Guitar
6. Songs to Make You Feel Good [Import]
7. Soy Milk II [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Staircase to the Day [Import]
9. Stamina [Import]
10. Strung Out

Rock Music

rock music

Rock Music

Matthew & Son [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Vivaldi: 5 Cello Concertos

The Ultimate Flairs

Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?

Whiskey Bar [Import]

Vertigo

Tanha Dil [Import]

Waiting for Columbus [Live] [Original recording remastered]

True to Me [Import]

Wagner E Venezia [Live]

Vs. [Import] [Limited Edition]

Walking Away [CD-single] [Import]

Traigo Lo Que Te Gusta [Import]

Mellow Hip Hop Sessions

Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes Little & Big: Animal Folk Songs