Junior Burke has a long and successful track record

writing beautifully crafted songs that have been performed by a range of musical greats, including David Bromberg, Richie Havens, Bonnie Koloc, Freddie Jackson and Mandy Patinkin. While You Were Gone marks the artist's personal debut, capturing Burke's masterful performance of 11 of his evocative pop gems, highlighted by industry legend Jim Tullio's standout production.

Here Burke performs some of those same songs in a live setting accompanied by Tullio and Bromberg, among others. "It All Happened While You Were Gone" and "Cool of the Day" can be found on the CD.  The haunting ballad "Just Because You Didn't Answer," also performed by Burke and friends here, has been recorded by Bob Dylan.

The musical monologue "The Street Where You Live," performed at the American Film Institute in LA, shows a different side of Burke--he is by turns loose, funny and playful here as he lampoons teenage love and the culture of celebrity

Live Band Performances

Recorded by Rich Warren for WFMT Fine Arts Network
Musicians: Junior Burke and Elliott Delman, acoustic guitars
David Bromberg and Billy Panda, electric guitars
Ed Tossing, piano and keyboards
Jim Tullio and Joe Pusateri, acoustic bass and percussion.
All songs words and music by Junior Burke

It All Happened While You Were Gone and Cool of the Day are from the CD While You Were Gone

'Just Because You Didn't Answer does not appear on the cd, but has long been included in Junior Burke's repertoire. Referenced at 'Just Because in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Michael Gray, it was recorded by Dylan at Trax Studio, Chicago, produced by David Bromberg.

Live Solo Performance

The Street Where You Live
Recorded at a Storytelling Seminar at The American Film Institute, Los Angeles.