Gary Sinise continues to honor his late son Mac’s musical legacy, revealing one of the first recordings he found that inspired him to turn Mac’s work into three albums.
“It is special to be here because this is, you know, it’s the last time we all played together with Mac,” Sinise said in a video posted on Instagram. “So what I wanted to do here right now is just play you the melody that I found in Mac’s phone that I gave to Dan initially. You can hear Mac say one word, and the rest of it is just ‘da da da da da,’ and so we took that word and we made a title out of it.”
“But I wanted you to hear where this song comes from, from Mac, and then I gave Dan a bunch of lyrics, and Dan took a bunch of these lyrics and put them together,” the actor said. “So it’s Mac and Dan writing the song again, and this is where ‘Falling Into You’ came from.”
“Falling Into You” will appear on the album Resurrection & Revival: Part 3.
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Mac died over two years ago on Jan. 5, 2024, to Chordoma, a rare orphan cancer. Initially, Sinise found a folder containing a bunch of his son’s music, which was eventually turned into an album with two parts: Resurrection & Revival: Part 1 & 2.
But, last spring, the FORREST GUMP star clicked on a file he had “never seen before.”
“It was called ‘Southern Grind.’ A bluesy southern rock track that completely surprised me,” Sinise shared on his foundation website. “As I kept digging through Mac’s recordings, emails and journals, I realized it wasn’t the only hidden piece of music. There were piano ideas he had tucked away, melodies recorded into his phone, pages of lyrics and unfinished songs waiting to be brought to life.”
He realized he found enough music for another album.
“So we gathered Mac’s friends and collaborators and went back into the studio. His ideas are at the heart of each of the 31 compositions on this 3-disc album,” Sinise said. “In the liner notes of the album, I’ve shared the intimate stories behind the making of each song — a father’s journey to connect with his late son.”
“I miss Mac more than I could ever express. But finding more of his music has been a true gift, and it’s meant a lot to bring these songs into the world,” he added.
This poignant discovery and collaboration allowed Sinise to honor his late son’s memory by transforming hidden recordings and unfinished lyrics into a final, deeply personal album. Resurrection & Revival: Part 3 begins streaming Friday, July 17.
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