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Warren Zevon: The Wind

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On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
  • Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
  • Mike Campbell – electric guitar
  • Joe Walsh – electric guitar
  • James Raymond – piano
  • Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Gorman – drums
  • Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
  • Gil Bernal – saxophone
  • Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • John Waite – backing vocals
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
  • T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
  • Tom Petty – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • Greg Hayes – engineer
  • James Mitchell – engineer
  • Joe West – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Hugh Brown – art direction
  • Matthew Rolston – cover photography
  • Bridgette Barr – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Dirty Life and Times – Warren Zevon
  2. Disorder in the House
  3. Knockin’ on a Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
  4. Numb as a Statue
  5. She’s Too Good for Me – Warren Zevon
  6. Prison Grove
  7. El Amore de Mi Vida
  8. The Rest of the Night
  9. Please Stay – Warren Zevon
  10. Rub Me Raw
  11. Keep Me in Your Heart

Gov’t Mule: Peace…Like A River

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On June 16, 2023, “Fantasy” label released “Peace… Like a River”, the thirteenth Gov’t Mule studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Buck Jump Studios”, “Eusonia Studios”, “Foster Fonic Studios”, “Lucy’s Meat Market”, “Peppertree Hill Studio” and “Power Station New England” in Waterford, Connecticut, and was produced by Warren Haynes and John Paterno.

Personnel:

  • Warren Haynes – vocals, guitar, string arrangements
  • Danny Louis – keyboards, guitar, trumpet, trombone, backing vocals, programming, orchestration, string arrangements
  • Jorgen Carlsson – bass guitar, percussion,12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Matt Abts – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ruthie Foster – vocals
  • Ivan Neville – vocals
  • Billy Bob Thornton – vocals
  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • Celisse Henderson – vocals, guitar
  • Jenny Hill – saxophone
  • Pam Fleming – trumpet
  • Buford O’Sullivan – trombone
  • Bobby Allende – percussion
  • John Paterno – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Mechelle Dudley – backing vocals
  • Kymberli Joyce Rush – backing vocals
  • McLee Matthias – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Rich Borge – illustration
  • Tommy Steele – design
  • Jacob Blickenstaff – photography
  • Jay Sansone – photography
  • Stefani Scamardo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Same As It Ever Was
  2. Shake Our Way Out
  3. Made My Peace
  4. Peace I Need
  5. Your Only Friend
  6. Dreaming Out Loud
  7. Head Full of Thunder
  8. The River Only Flows One Way
  9. After the Storm
  10. Just Across the River
  11. Long Time Coming
  12. Gone Too Long

Styx: Cyclorama

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On February 18, 2003, “Sanctuary” and “CMC International” labels released “Cyclorama”, the fourteenth Styx studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Tommy Shaw, James “JY” Young and Gary Loizzo.

Personnel:

  • Lawrence Gowan – vocals, keyboards
  • Tommy Shaw – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • James “JY” Young – vocals, electric guitars
  • Glen Burtnik – vocals, bass
  • Chuck Panozzo – bass, backing vocals
  • Todd Sucherman – drums
  • Brian Wilson – vocal
  • Jude Cole – vocal
  • Gary Loizzo – vocal, guitar
  • John Waite – vocal, guitar
  • Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass) – vocal
  • Billy Bob Thornton – vocal, drums
  • Gary Loizzo, Charlie Pakaari, Craig Williams, Mark Linnett, Plinky Giglio, Dave Yackoboskie, Jimmy Hoyson, Jim Mitchell, Bruce Monical – engineer
  • Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman, Glen Burtnik – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Glen Burtnik, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw, Todd Sucherman, and James “JY” Young, except where noted.

  1. Do Things My Way
  2. Waiting for Our Time
  3. Fields of the Brave
  4. Bourgeois Pig
  5. Kiss Your Ass Goodbye
  6. These Are the Times
  7. Yes I Can – Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Lawrence Gowan, Glen Burtnik, James Young, Todd Sucherman
  8. More Love for the Money
  9. Together
  10. Fooling Yourself (Palm of Your Hands) – Tommy Shaw
  11. Captain America
  12. Killing the Thing That You Love – Glen Burtnik, Tommy Shaw, Lawrence Gowan, James Young, Todd Sucherman, Bob Burger
  13. One with Everything
  14. Genki Desu Ka (with hidden Tenacious D skit and track The Chosen One)