J Neo Marvin & The Content Providers

The first Content Providers album was conceived as a solo album, until I decided that the many musical contributors deserved a clever band name as a form of acknowledgement. Inspired by a Tom Tomorrow cartoon depicting William Shakespeare as a "content provider", the name was born. Slowly I Turned gradually took form in the aftermath of X-tal's breakup, my girlfriend's sudden death, and an ensuing period of depression, poverty, and eventual return to health. The recording began in my brother Bob Bassham's studio in Salinas and was completed at the Wally Sound. Cover art by the remarkable Céline Keller. J Neo Marvin