"Most of All" Follows "Oh Sherrie" & "Foolish Heart" in Steve Perry/Randy Goodrum Co-Writing Collaboration

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“Most of All” (Stripped) "

"I wanted this song to even have an opportunity to be heard stripped down, so I did exactly that. It’s basically piano and voice and the cello from Steve Richards. And I wrote a little string part and Roger Manning from [the band] Jellyfish is in there [on synths]. There’s a little bit of background [vocals], but not much, just the harmony part. I just wanted people to see what Randy Goodrum and I wrote years ago that I think emotionally still holds up. Randy is a huge Nashville writer. That’s where he started and he’s moved all over the world. He’s written with people all over the world, from Anne Murray to Toto to everyone. He’s just a very, very fluid songwriter who can work with anyone."

"I first met Randy when I wrote “Foolish Heart” because I was suggested by Andy Newmark, the drummer, to write with a great songwriter like him and see what happens. First day we met, we wrote “Foolish Heart” and we finished it that day. Randy and I wrote this years ago, before I met Kellie, and it was sitting there, just ready to come to the time that we were in. The song was written in another time and it showed up just where it was supposed to. I want, emotionally, people to give it a chance and hear just the melody and the lyrics of this song. “To the ones who’ve lost their most of all/Many years won’t heal with tears/Still call their most of all.” I just love that sentiment and I believe in that sentiment and I’m proud of that sentiment."

-Steve Perry

You can read Steve Perry's complete 'track x track' breakdown of the ‘Traces’ Acoustic LP at: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steve-perry-interview-traces-alternate-versions-1097025/amp/