Music

“One Day Closer” will open up fans and listeners to a fresh, unexpected side of Jeff Bates artistry. “People who come to my shows have already seen this side of me,” he says, “But others who are only familiar with my CDs maybe haven’t. I believe on some level everybody lives the words of these songs daily. So I didn’t write or choose these songs with commercialism in mind; I chose them with US in mind – songs to give us comfort, make us think, give us hope in this life and the next. That’s the whole point behind this album. If it does that, then it will have accomplished its purpose.”