SR - Did your father get to experience your success? "Bridge" certainly comes from your relationship with him.

CD: Yes, he did. He passed away while we were recording "Promised Land" but prior to that he had seen what had happened with the band up through "Empire." I loved my father. I just didn't know him and I think he got to a point in his life where he started realizing the things that were really important to him. Recognizing some mistakes and some regrets, but also experiencing a bit of denial, almost like nothing happened and that's what spawned the ideas in "Bridge." How relationships need to be built particularly the parent/child relationship.

All the best relationships have a real foundation to them of love, trust and respect. Without those building blocks they really don't reach the area of the very, very special relationship.