Tag Archives: Don Gant

The Vogues: Five O’ Clock World

In January 1966, “Co & Ce” label released “Five O’ Clock World”, the second album Vogues (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1965, at “Getaway Recordings Inc.” in Pitsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Dick Glasser and James Stroud.

Personnel:

  • Bill Burkette – lead baritone
  • Don Miller – baritone
  • Hugh Geyer – first tenor
  • Chuck Blasko – second tenor
  • Louis Lombardi – engineer
  • Bob Hoylman – design
  • Jack Mahoney Photo Associates – cover photography
  • Herbert S. Cohen – liner notes, executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Five O’ Clock World – Allen Reynolds
  2. Goodnight My Love – George Motola, John Matascalo
  3. Sunday and Me – Neil Diamond
  4. Everyone’s Gone to the Moon – Jonathan King
  5. Let’s Hang On – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell, Bib Crewe
  6. A Thousand Miles Away – James Sheppard, William H. Miller
  7. One More Sunrise – Peter Mosser, Noel Sherman
  8. Over and Over Again – Ben Weisman, Al Weisman
  9. Make the World Go Away – Hank Cochran
  10. Run Baby Run – Joe Melson, Don Gant
  11. My Troubles Are Not at the End – Curtis Williams
  12. Humpty Dumpty – Herbert Cohen, E. Rostelli

Jimmy Buffet: Living and Dying in ¾ Time

In February 1974, “Dunhill” label released “Living and Dying in ¾ Time”, the fourth Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in October 1973, at “Woodland Sound Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Lanny Fiel – acoustic, electric and slide guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric guitar
  • Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar
  • Mike Utley – keyboards
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Ferrell Morris – congas, vibes
  • Billy Puett – horns
  • Don Gant, Buzz Cason, Bergen White – backing vocals
  • Bergen White – string and horn arrangements
  • David McKinley – recording
  • Tommy Semmes – mixing
  • Bob Sowell – mastering
  • Rick Bibby – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted.

  1. Pencil Thin Mustache
  2. Come Monday
  3. Ringling, Ringling
  4. Brahma Fear
  5. Brand New Country Star – V. Arnold, Jimmy Buffett
  6. Livingston’s Gone to Texas
  7. The Wino and I Know
  8. West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown
  9. Saxophones
  10. Ballad of Spider John – Willis Alan Ramsey
  11. God’s Own Drunk – Lord Buckley

Jimmy Buffett: A1A

In December 1974, “Dunhill” label released “A1A”, the fifth Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

The Third Coral Reefer Band

  • Jimmy Buffett – vocals, guitar
  • Roger Bartlett – acoustic lead guitar
  • Steve Goodman – acoustic lead guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric lead guitar
  • Doyle Gresham – pedal steel
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Mike Utley – piano, organ
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Buzz Cason, Bergen White, Don Gant – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Making Music for Money – Alex Harvey
  2. Door Number Three – Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman
  3. Dallas – Roger Bartlett
  4. Presents to Send You – Jimmy Buffett
  5. Stories We Could Tell – John B. Sebastian
  6. Life Is Just a Tire Swing – Jimmy Buffett
  7. A Pirate Looks at Forty – Jimmy Buffett
  8. Migration – Jimmy Buffett
  9. Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season – Jimmy Buffett
  10. Nautical Wheelers – Jimmy Buffett
  11. Tin Cup Chalice – Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett: A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

On June 4, 1973, “Dunhill” label released “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean”, the third Jimmy Buffett studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Glaser Sound” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Don Gant.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
  • Steve Goodman – acoustic lead guitar
  • Reggie Young – electric lead guitar
  • Doyle Grisham – pedal Steel guitar
  • Mike Utley – piano
  • Greg “Fingers” Taylor – harmonica
  • Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer
  • Vassar Clements – fiddle
  • Ed “Lump” Williams – bass guitar
  • Sammy Creason – drums
  • Phil Royster – congas
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle
  • Ferrell Morris – percussion
  • Marvin Gardens – maracas, beer cans
  • Sand Key Chorale (Jimmy Buffett, Don Gant, Buzz Cason) – backing vocals
  • The Buffets; Carol Montgomery, Diane Harris – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Buffett, except where noted.

  1. The Great Filling Station Holdup
  2. Railroad Lady – Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker
  3. He Went to Paris
  4. Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
  5. Cuban Crime of Passion – Jimmy Buffett, Tom Corcoran
  6. Why Don’t We Get Drunk – Marvin Gardens
  7. Peanut Butter Conspiracy
  8. They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More
  9. I Have Found Me a Home
  10. My Lovely Lady
  11. Death of an Unpopular Poet