On May 13, 2012, Donald “Duck” Dunn died aged 70. He was musician (bass guitar), session musician, record producer, and songwriter, best known for his 1960’s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.’s and as a session bassist for “Stax Records”. He has performed and recorded with big number of famous musicians including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and The Blues Brothers Band. In 1992, Dunn was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s. “Bass Player” magazine ranked him at number 40 on its list of “The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time”.
Tag Archives: 2012
Silversun Pickups: Neck of the Woods
On May 8, 2012, “Dangerbird” label released “Neck of the Woods”, the third Silversun Pickups studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Jacknife Lee.
Personnl:
- Brian Aubert – lead vocals, guitar
- Joe Lester – keyboards, sound manipulation
- Nikki Monninger – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jacknife Lee – keyboards, mixing, programming
- Christopher Guanlao – drums
- Sam Bell – engineer, mixing
- Matt Bishop – engineer assistant, editing
- John Davis – mastering
- Lawrence Azerrad – design
- Todd Hido – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Joe Lester and Christopher Guanlao.
- Skin Graph
- Make Believe
- Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)
- Busy Bees
- Here We Are (Chancer)
- Mean Spirits
- Simmer
- The Pit
- Dots and Dashes (Enough Already)
- Gun-Shy Sunshine
- Out of Breath
Pennywise: All or Nothing
On May 1, 2012, “Epitaph” label released “All or Nothing”, the tenth Pennywise studio album. It was recorded October 2011-January 2012, and was produced by Cameron Web.
Track listing:
- Zoli Téglás– vocals
- Fletcher Dragge– guitar
- Randy Bradbury– bass
- Byron McMackin– drums
- Cameron Webb – engineer, mixing
- Sergio Chavez – additional engineering
- Gene Grimaldi – mastering
Track listing:
- All or Nothing
- Waste Another Day
- Revolution
- Stand Strong
- Let Us Hear Your Voice
- Seeing Red
- Songs of Sorrow
- X Generation
- We Have It All
- Tomorrow
- All Along
- United
The Dandy Warhols: This Machine
On April 24, 2012, “The End” label released “This Machine”, the eighth Dandy Warhols (The) studio album. It was recorded May-November 2011, and was produced by Jeremy Sherrer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Peter Holmström, Zia McCabe and Brent DeBoer.
Personnel:
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor– vocals, electric guitar
- Peter Holmström– electric guitar, backing vocals
- Zia McCabe– keyboards
- David J– bass guitar, backing vocals
- Brent DeBoer– drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Tim Johnston – additional drums, backing vocals
- Taylor Aglipay – tenor saxophone
- Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
- Katie Presley – trumpet
- Daniel Lamb – trombone
- Kat Gardiner – theremin
- Jeremy Sherrer – engineer
- Mat Robins – engineer
- Tchad Blake – mixing
- Adam Ayan – mastering
- Sean Gothman – design, layout
- Hickory Mertasching – cover painting
- Dan Kivitka – cover photography
- Steve Birch – additional album cover production
- Elliot Lee Hazel – sleeve band portraits
Track listing:
- Sad Vacation – Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor
- The Autumn Carnival – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, David J
- Enjoy Yourself – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
- Alternative Power to the People – Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor
- Well They’re Gone – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
- Rest Your Head – Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga
- 16 Tons – Merle Travis
- I Am Free – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
- Seti vs. the Wow! Signal – Courtney Taylor-Taylor
- Don’t Shoot She Cried – Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe
- Slide – Brent DeBoer
Jack White: Blunderbuss
On April 23, 2012, “Third Man Records” label released “Blunderbuss”, the debut Jack White album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Third Man Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack White.
Personnel:
- Jack White– lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, Rhodes, guitar case, clapping
- Adam Hoskins – acoustic guitar
- Jake Orrall – electric guitar
- Olivia Jean – acoustic and electric guitar, clapping, drums
- Fats Kaplin- fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel
- Pokey LaFarge- mandolin, backing vocals
- Brooke Waggoner- Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, piano, Wurlitzer piano
- Joey Glynn – upright bass
- Bryn Davies- upright bass, clapping
- Jack Lawrence- bass guitar
- Daru Jones – drums, tambourine
- Carla Azar- drums, maracas, percussion, shaker, clapping
- Patrick Keeler- drums
- Emily Bowland – clarinet, bass clarinet
- Lillie Mae Rische – fiddle
- Karen Elson- backing vocals
- Ruby Amanfu- backing vocals
- Ryan Koenig – backing vocals
- Laura Matula – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.
- Missing Pieces
- Sixteen Saltines
- Freedom at 21
- Love Interruption
- Blunderbuss
- Hypocritical Kiss
- Weep Themselves to Sleep
- I’m Shakin’- Ruddy Toombs
- Trash Tongue Talker
- Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy
- I Guess I Should Go to Sleep
- On and On and On
- Take Me with You When You G
Feeder: Generation Freakshow
On April 23, 2012, “Big Teeth Music” label released “Generation Freakshow”, the eighth Feeder studio album. It was recorded 2009-2012, and was produced by Grant Nicholas and Chris Sheldon.
Personnel:
- Grant Nicholas– vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
- Taka Hirose– bass guitars, backing vocals
- Karl Brazil- drums, percussion
- Matt Sime – keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, additional production
- Brian Sperber- keyboards, backing vocal, mixing
- Paul Spong – trumpet
- Chris Sheldon- engineer, mixing
- Tom Fuller – engineer assistant
- George Apison – engineer assistant
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Nigel Walton – sequencing
- Roger Ballen– photography
- Scarlet Page- photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Grant Nicholas.
- Oh My
- Borders
- Idaho
- Hey Johnny
- Quiet
- Sunrise
- Generation Freakshow
- Tiny Minds
- In All Honesty
- Headstrong
- Fools Can’t Sleep
- Children in the Sun – includes hidden track Sky Life
Richard Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
In April 1974, “Island” label released “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight”, the second Richard Thompson album, and the first with his then wife, Linda as Richard and Linda Thompson. It was recorded in May 1973, at “Sound Techniques” in London and was produced by Richard Thompson and John Wood. In May 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 471, in its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Richard Thompson– vocals, guitar, Hammered dulcimer, mandolin, piano, electric piano, harmonium, whistle
- Linda Thompson– vocals
- Pat Donaldson– bass guitar
- Timmy Donald –drums
- John Kirkpatrick– accordion, concertina
- Simon Nicol– dulcimer
- Brian Gulland –krummhorn
- Richard Harvey– krummhorn
- Royston Wood– harmony bass vocals
- Trevor Lucas- harmony vocals
- The CWS (Manchester) Silver Band
- John Wood- engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Richard Thompson except where noted.
- When I Get to the Border
- The Calvary Cross
- Withered and Died
- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Down Where the Drunkards Roll
- We Sing Hallelujah
- Has He Got a Friend for Me
- The Little Beggar Girl
- The End of the Rainbow
- The Great Valerio
Foo Fighters: Wasting Light
On April 12, 2011, “Roswell/RCA” label released “Wasting Light”, the seventh Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded September – December 2010, at Dave Grohl’s garage, and was produced by Butch Vig. In 2012, “Wasting Light” earned Foo Fighters five “Grammy Awards”, including “Best Rock Album”. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.
Personnel:
- Dave Grohl– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Pat Smear– rhythm guitar, lead guitar, baritone guitar
- Nate Mendel– bass
- Taylor Hawkins– drums, backing vocals, percussion
- Chris Shiflett– lead guitar, backing vocals, tenor guitar
- Bob Mould– guitar and backing vocals, backing vocals
- Krist Novoselic– bass, accordion
- Rami Jaffee– keyboards, mellotron, organ
- Jessy Greene– violin
- Fee Waybill– backing vocals
- Butch Vig – percussion
- Drew Hester− percussion
- James Brown – engineer
- Alan Moulder– mixing
- Joe LaPorta– mastering
- Emily Lazar– mastering
- Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design
- Steve Gullick – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear.
- Bridge Burning
- Rope
- Dear Rosemary
- White Limo
- Arlandria
- These Days
- Back & Forth
- A Matter of Time
- Miss the Misery
- I Should Have Known
- Walk
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Mosquito
On April 12, 2013, “Interscope” label released “Mosquito”, the fourth Yeah Yeah Yeahs studio album. It was recorded 2012-2013, at “DFA Studios”; “Stratosphere Sound” in New York City, “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, “The Square” in London, “Squeak E. Clean Studios” in Echo Park, California, and was produced by Nick Launay, James Murphy, David Andrew Sitek and Sam Spiegel.
Personnel:
- Karen O– vocals, bass, keyboards, design concept
- Nick Zinner– vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards, mixing
- David Andrew Sitek– bass, engineer, recording
- Brian Chase – vocal, drums, cymbal, percussion
- Money Mark– keyboards
- Debra Barsha – choir vocal arrangements
- Michael McElroy – choir leader
- Danielle Chambers – choir
- Shayna Cook – choir
- Bradley Dean – choir
- Laura Dean – choir
- Lucia Giannetta – choir
- Renee Goldsberry – choir
- Tanesha Gray – choir
- Danielle L. Greaves – choir
- Marva Hicks– choir
- Zonya Johnson – choir
- Chelsea Krombach – choir
- Adriane Lenox – choir
- Lisa Lynne Mathis – choir
- Travis Morin – choir
- Virginia Woodruff – choir
- Jesse Nager – choir
- Octagon– vocals
- John Eric Parker – choir
- Desiree Rodriguez – choir
- Eliseo Roman – choir
- Michael Seelbach – choir
- Beomsik Shimbe Shim – artwork
- James Murphy– engineer, recording
- Zeph Sowers – engineer, recording
- Sam Spiegel– engineer, recording
- Manuel Calderon – engineer
- Nick Launay– engineer, recording
- Abby Echiverri – engineer, mixing
- Wes Fontenot – engineer, mixing
- Charles Godfrey – engineer assistant
- Nathan Eldridge – engineer assistant
- Matt Foster – engineer assistant
- Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineer assistant
- Atom – engineer assistant
- Matt Thornley – engineer assistant
- Craig Silvey – mixing
- Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Julian Gross – design, layout
- Dan Martensen – back cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase.
- Sacrilege
- Subway
- Mosquito
- Under the Earth
- Slave
- These Paths
- Area 52
- Buried Alive
- Always
- Despair
- Wedding Song
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine
On April 10, 2012, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)”, the sixth Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded April-June 2011, and was produced by Shawn Dealey, Jim Bogios, Dave Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers and Dan Vickrey.
Personnel:
- Adam Duritz – lead and backing vocals
- Dave Bryson – acoustic and twelve-string electric guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, banjo
- David Immergluck – mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, twelve-string electric guitar; glockenspielon, pedal steel, baritone electric guitar, backing vocals
- Dan Vickrey – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo; acoustic twelve-string guitar, backing vocals
- Charlie Gillingham – piano, Hammond B-3, accordion, string composition, pizzicato strings, doorbell, backing vocals
- Millard Powers – bass guitar, upright double bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Bogios – drums, percussion; tambourine, backing vocals
- Leanne Zacharias – cello
- Dave Bryson – additional engineering, mixing
- Shawn Dealey – recording
- Brian Deck– mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Brian Dong – recording assistant
- Robert Hawes – recording assistant
- Jorge Velasco – recording assistant
- Josh Rhinehart – package design
- Ivan Sciberras – cover concept, design
Track listing:
- Untitled (Love Song) – Luke MacMaster
- Start Again – Norman Blake
- Hospital – Coby Brown
- Mercy – Kurt Stevenson, Patrick Winningham, Chris Boesel
- Meet on the Ledge – Richard Thompson
- Like Teenage Gravity – Kasey Anderson
- Amie – Craig Fuller
- Coming Around – Fran Healy
- Ooh La La – Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood
- All My Failures -Taylor Goldsmith
- Return of the Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons, Thomas Stanley Brown
- Four White Stallions – Patrick Winningham, Jeff Trott, Dan Vickrey
- Jumping Jesus – Tom Barnes, Jim Gordon
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Bob Dylan
- The Ballad of El Goodo – Alex Chilton, Chris Bell
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