John Michael Gray"s latest solo piano album, "Inspire" is a collection of inspirations. In the liner notes he explains the connection each song has by telling a story about it. For example, his story for the song "Inspire": "This past year I performed over one hundred twenty times. All kinds of venues.....malls, bookstores, record stores, colleges, churches, gift shops, art festivals.....and each time I played, I had the opportunity to talk with people and hear their own personal stories about the piano.....how they only had a few lessons as a child and wished they had more or how they always wanted to learn to play but never had the opportunity or how they had lessons for many years and now can"t play at all or how they learned to play and love it. I"ve never heard anyone say they can play the piano and they hate it! "Inspire" is my creation that says "Every second spent practicing has been worth it." I hope this album inspires and encourages." BAND MEMBERS: John Michael Gray