The origins of the song 'Believe You Me" are very intriguing. The song was initially intended to almost be a gospel type of song. It was written at a time in Eddie's life when he was searching for the existence of God and how this acceptance could fit into his life. The influence of U2's similar concept of Christianity in their music in the early 80's was directly responsible. I remember hearing the song for the first time at work. It was one of the only songs in which he openly discussed its personal meaning to him. I was very surprised because it was a very personal song. It is one of my best memories of Eddie in the old days. It was the only time that I have ever seen him at peace with himself and the world. There is no question that it was the pinnacle of his happiness from the times that I'd known him, and possibly his entire life.
'Reggae Woman' was simply an easy going reggae love song. Eddie enjoyed reggae music and felt inspired to write a song in the style. It was a pretty good song, even for people that don't care much for reggae. It was fairly catchy. At times he used to listen to the local alternative station, 91X, on Sunday nights for the non- stop reggae. He also had a few reggae records including some of Bob Marly's old material.
The music Eddie wrote in the days before his first band were quite 'commercial' in sound, as were his influences at the time (U2, The Police, etc.) The 'punk' influences Eddie so commonly refers to, now, were not at the fore-front of his life when I knew him. They were certainly there, but he was more interested in commercial artists. The music he wrote and performed was a direct reflection of this, and Eddie's second demo tape is an excellent example.
Shortly after recording his first demo tape, Eddie recorded another demo tape with a different song list than the original. This second version consisted of a cover of the Bruce Springstein song "One Step Up". It was actually an amazing recreation of the song including the vocal track which sounded just like Bruce. Scott Ring (friend, co-worker at San Diego Petroleum Corp.) was one recipient of the tape. When he heard the song, he thought it was Bruce himself. "Why did you put a Springstein song on your demo tape when the music is supposed to be performed by you ?", he asked. Eddie replied by saying, "That was me." Scott was blown away. The second version of Eddie's demo tape consisted of the following:

Original Demo Tape Version #2

· Side A: 1. One Step Up 2. Crossroads
· Side B: 1. Believe You Me 2. Reggae Woman