When the time came for Chris Isaak to begin writing songs that would become his startlingly fresh new Reprise recording Always Got Tonight, the ever vital singer/musician/actor/TV star employed a unique method of tunecrafting. "I literally wrote some of these songs in the sand," he says, flashing the grin that's made millions of hearts flutter. His "castaway" method took place after playing some concert dates in Hawaii. For a week, he cut himself off from his hectic lifestyle. He checked himself into an isolated, old, out-of-business beach-side hotel along the island's coast where he was alone with his thoughts and emotions – no phones, no distractions. "I'd start in the morning at one end of the beach and I'd etch the words with a stick as I walked along the water's edge over the course of the day. From there, the ideas flowed," he says. "It was an unusual way to work, for sure. I had been working non-stop filming the first season of The Chris Isaak Show. After cramming in...