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Nanci Caroline Griffith

On August 13, 2021, Nanci Caroline Griffith died aged 68. She was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, toured and recorded with The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, John Prine, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Dolores Keane, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz, The Chieftains, John Stewart, Darius Rucker and Buddy Holly’s band. In 1994, Griffith won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”, in 1995, she was awarded the “Kate Wolf Memorial Award” by the “World Folk Music Association”, and in 2008, the “Americana Music Association” awarded her its “Americana Trailblazer Award”. Griffith released 18th studio and 2 live albums.

The Wallflowers: Bringing Down the Horse

On May 21, 1996, “Interscope” label released “Bringing Down the Horse”, the second Wallflowers (The) studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1996, at “Sunset Sound” and “House of Blues Sunset” in Hollywood, “Groove Masters” in Santa Monica, “O’Henry Sound Studios” in Burbank, “Brooklyn Studios” in Brooklyn, and was produced by T – Bone Burnett.

Personnel:

  • Jakob Dylan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Michael Ward – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rami Jaffee – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Greg Richling – bass guitar
  • Jon Brion – lead guitar
  • Mike Campbell – slide guitar 
  • Leo LeBlanc – pedal steel guitar; dobro
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums
  • Stephen Bruton – backing vocals
  • Gary Louris – backing vocals
  • Michael Penn – backing vocals
  • Sam Phillips – backing vocals
  • Adam Duritz – backing vocals
  • Tom Lord-Alge – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jakob Dylan.

  1. One Headlight
  2. 6th Avenue Heartache
  3. Bleeders
  4. Three Marlenas
  5. The Difference
  6. Invisible City
  7. Laughing Out Loud
  8. Josephine
  9. God Don’t Make Lonely Girls
  10. Angel on My Bike
  11. I Wish I Felt Nothing

Counting Crows: Somewhere Under Wonderland

On September 2, 2014, “Capitol” label released “Somewhere Under Wonderland”, the seventh Counting Crows studio album. It was recorded December 2013 – February 2014, at “Fantasy Recording Studios” in Berkeley, and was produced by Brian Deck.

Personnel:

  • David Bryson – acoustic and electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • David Immerglück– guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, vocals, harmony vocals
  • Adam Duritz– lead vocals, piano, harmony vocals
  • Charlie Gillingham– keyboards, piano, Hammond B3 organ, Mellotron, harmony vocals
  • Millard Powers– bass guitar, harmony vocals
  • Jim Bogios– drums, percussion, hand claps, harmony vocals
  • Dan Vickrey– guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals
  • Brian Deck– glockenspiel, hand claps, mixing
  • Eric Hillman, Brian Holl, John Paul Roney – backing vocals
  • Chris Watson – trumpet
  • Eric Hillman – vocal engineering
  • Shawn Dealey – engineer
  • Kabir Hermon – engineer
  • Jason Butler – engineer assistant
  • Albert Hernandez – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Felipe Molina – art conception, paintings

Track listing:

All lyrics by Adam Duritz.

  1. Palisades Park – Adam Duritz
  2. Earthquake Driver – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück
  3. Dislocation – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  4. God of Ocean Tides – Adam Duritz, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  5. Scarecrow – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  6. Elvis Went to Hollywood – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück
  7. Cover Up the Sun – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  8. John Appleseed’s Lament – Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Millard Powers, Dan Vickrey
  9. Possibility Days – Adam Duritz

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:

  1. Untitled (Love Song) – Luke MacMaster
  2. Start Again – Norman Blake
  3. Hospital – Coby Brown
  4. Mercy – Kurt Stevenson, Patrick Winningham, Chris Boesel
  5. Meet on the Ledge – Richard Thompson
  6. Like Teenage Gravity – Kasey Anderson
  7. Amie – Craig Fuller
  8. Coming Around – Fran Healy
  9. Ooh La La – Ronnie Lane, Ron Wood
  10. All My Failures -Taylor Goldsmith
  11. Return of the Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons, Thomas Stanley Brown
  12. Four White Stallions – Patrick Winningham, Jeff Trott, Dan Vickrey
  13. Jumping Jesus – Tom Barnes, Jim Gordon
  14. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Bob Dylan
  15. The Ballad of El Goodo – Alex Chilton, Chris Bell