Cormier Releases Debut Album

After spending four years recording in his spare time, Holliston singer/songwriter Jim Cormier recently put the finishing touches on his debut solo album, "A Place for Me." The disc, a heavily-autobiographical album with some songs more than 30 years old, is on sale at , iTunes, Rhapsody, www.cdbaby.com and at Cormier's website.

In 2007, his good friend Jim Laprad, began recording Cormier on occasional Monday nights at Nor'easter Studios. What began as just Cormier and his guitar evolved when several others joined the project to provide backing instuments and fill out the album's tracks.

Tom Yoder played violin and mandolin work, while Tom Dean of the Nu-Utopians, a John Lennon cover band, lent backing guitar on the album's title song.

Holliston's Scott Murawski of Max Creek also played guitar on the album, while Cormier's brother, Mike, provided instrumental tracks in addition to producing, mixing and mastering the finished product.

A member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Cormier runs Cormier's Self Defense Academy and is a member of the Mudville Base Ball Club.