In March 1973, “Polydor” label released “Be What You Want To”, the ninth Link Wray album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francsico, and was produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye.
Personnel:
- Link Wray – lead vocals, electric guitar
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel
- Bobby Black – steel guitar
- David Bromberg – acoustic and electric guitar
- Chris Michie – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Kaukonen – electric guitar
- John McFee – electric guitar
- Greg Douglass – slide guitar
- Commander Cody – piano, keyboards
- Tom Salisbury – organ, piano, clavinet, backing vocals, horn and string arrangements
- Paul Barlow – bass
- Kip Maercklein – bass
- Rick Shlosser – drums
- Lance Dickerson – drums
- Andy Stein – fiddle
- Jules Broussard – alto and tenor saxophone
- Jack Schroer – baritone saxophone
- Tom Harrell – trumpet
- Jules Rowell – valve trombone
- Nathan Rubin – violin
- Teresa Adams – cello
- Bruce Steinberg – harmonica
- David Coffin, Henry Coleman, Keith Crossan, Frank Demme, Diane Earl, Robert Frost, Zeller Hurd, Carl Johnson, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Greg Kenney, Barbara Mauritz, Dorothy Morrison, Ralph Payne – backing vocals
- Mallory Earl, Don Ososke – engineer
- Mallory Earl – mixing
- Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Link Wray, except where noted.
- Be What You Want To
- All Cried Out – Mann Curtis, Michel Deborah
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
- Tucson, Arizona
- Riverbend
- You Walked By
- Walk Easy, Walk Slow
- All the Love in My Life
- You Really Got a Hold on Me
- Shine the Light
- Morning
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