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Tom Waits: Bad As Me

On October 21, 2011, “Anti-Records” label released “Bad as Me”, the seventeenth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded February – July 2011, and was produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

Personnel:

  • Tom Waits – vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, banjo, tabla, pump organ, additional photography
  • Marc Ribot – guitar
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • David Hidalgo – guitar, violin, percussion, accordion, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Larry Taylor – guitar, bass
  • Will Bernard – guitar
  • Augie Meyers – Vox organ, piano, accordion
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica
  • James Whiton – bass
  • Marcus Shelby – bass
  • Les Claypool – bass
  • Zack Sumner – bass
  • Flea – bass
  • Casey Waits – drums
  • Gino Robair – percussion, vibraphone 
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone
  • Chris Grady – trumpet
  • Ben Jaffe – trombone, bass clarinet, tuba 
  • Dawn Harms – violin
  • Julianne Deery – assistant producer
  • Karl Derfler – engineer, mixing
  • Zack Sumner – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Trevor Hernandez – art direction
  • Jesse Dylan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

  1. Chicago
  2. Raised Right Men
  3. Talking at the Same Time
  4. Get Lost
  5. Face to the Highway
  6. Pay Me
  7. Back in the Crowd
  8. Bad as Me
  9. Kiss Me
  10. Satisfied
  11. Last Leaf
  12. Hell Broke Luce
  13. New Year’s Eve

Honeyhoney’s: 3

On June 9, 2015, “Rounder” label released “3”, the third honeyhoney’s album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Dave Cobb – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, handclaps, liner notes
  • Benjamin Jaffe – vocals, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, mellotron, handclapps
  • Adam Gardner – bass
  • Chris Powell – drums, percussion
  • Robbie Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Suzanne Santo – vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar, handclaps, liner notes
  • Kiara Perico – strings
  • Suzanne Gardner – vocals, violin
  • Kiara Perico – strings
  • Darrell Thorp – recording, mixing
  • Drew Long – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Clint Holey – mastering
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering
  • Elina Frumerman – design
  • Marina Chavez – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Jaffe and Suzanne Santo.

  1. Big Man
  2. Yours to Bear
  3. Back to You
  4. Whatchya Gonna Do Now
  5. Numb It
  6. Bad People
  7. Burned Me Out
  8. You and I
  9. Father’s Daughter
  10. God Love
  11. Sweet Thing
  12. Marry Rich

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

On November 10, 2014, “Roswell” label released “Sonic Highways”, the eighth Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded September 2013 – July 2014, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “Inner Ear” in Arlington County, Virginia, “Southern Ground” in Nashville, “6A” in Austin, “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, “Preservation Hall” in New Orleans, “Robert Lang” in Seattle, “The Magic Shop” in New York City, and was produced by Butch Vig, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hwakins and Chris Shiflett.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitar, cymbals, EBow
  • Pat Smear – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, devil pickin’, backing vocals
  • Nate Mendel – bass guitar
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing vocals
  • Joe Walsh – lead guitar
  • Gary Clark, Jr. – lead guitar
  • Rick Nielsen – baritone guitar
  • Rami Jaffee – clavinet; organ; mellotron; piano; Wurlitzer electric piano; backing vocals, space keys
  • Charlie Gabriel – clarinet
  • Mark Braud – trumpet
  • Ben Jaffe – tuba 
  • Ronell Johnson – tuba, backing vocals
  • Freddie Lonzo – trombone 
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Zac Brown – devil pickin’, backing vocals
  • Drew Hester – percussion; tambourine
  • Barrett Jones – EBow
  • Los Angeles Youth Orchestra – strings 
  • Tony Visconti – string arrangement
  • Ben Gibbard – backing vocals
  • Chris Goss – backing vocals
  • Jim Rota – backing vocals
  • Peter Stahl – backing vocals
  • Skeeter Thompson – backing vocals
  • Kristeen Young – backing vocals
  • Justin Armstrong – studio assistance
  • Brandon Bell – studio assistance
  • Charlie Bolois – studio assistance
  • Dakota Bowman – studio assistance
  • Marcel Fernandez – studio assistance
  • Kabir Hermon – studio assistance
  • John Lousteau – studio assistance
  • Matt Mangano – studio assistance
  • Greg Norman – studio assistance
  • Jon San Paolo – studio assistance
  • Matthias Schneeberger – studio assistance
  • Chris Shurtleff – studio assistance
  • Ben Simoneti – studio assistance
  • Don Zientara – studio assistance
  • James Brown – recording, mixing
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Gersh Gershunoff – drums technician
  • Morning Breath, Inc. – art direction, design
  • Stephan Martiniere – cover illustration
  • Ringo – photography
  • Andrew Stuart – photography

Track listing:

  1. Something from Nothing
  2. The Feast and the Famine
  3. Congregation
  4. What Did I Do/God as My Witness
  5. Outside
  6. In the Clear
  7. Subterranean
  8. I am a River