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Dr. John: Locked Down

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On April 3, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Locked Down”, the 32nd Dr. John album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach. At the 2013 “Grammy Awards”, “Locked Down” won the “Grammy Award for Best Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) – lead vocal, keyboards
  • Dan Auerbach – guitar, percussion, backing vocals, mixing
  • Brian Olive – guitar, percussion, woodwind, backing vocals
  • Leon Michels – keyboards, percussion, woodwind, backing vocals
  • Nick Movshon – upright and electric bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Richard Windmann – electric bass
  • Max Weissenfeldt – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • The McCrary Sisters (Regina, Ann & Alfreda) – backing vocals
  • Collin Dupuis – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Danny Tomczak – studio assistant
  • Michael Carney – art direction, photo coloring
  • Joshua Black Wilkins – Dr. John’s photographs
  • Alysse Gafkjen – studio photographs
  • Gabe Soria – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Mac Rebennack, Dan Auerbach, Maximilian Weissenfeldt, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Richard Windmann and Brian Olive.

  1. Locked Down
  2. Revolution
  3. Big Shot
  4. Ice Age
  5. Getaway
  6. Kingdom of Izzness
  7. You Lie
  8. Eleggua
  9. My Children, My Angels
  10. God’s Sure Good

Wes Montgomery: Willow Weep For Me

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In December 1968, “Verve” label released “Willow Weep for Me”, a posthumous Wes Montgomery album. The album was produced by Esmond Edwards. At the “Grammy Awards” of 1970 “Willow Weep for Me” won the “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group”.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Claus Ogerman – arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Dick Smith – art direction
  • Gerry Low – artwork
  • Charles Stewart – photography
  • Richard Lamb – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  2. Impressions – John Coltrane
  3. Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, Russel Robinson
  4. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. Oh, You Crazy Moon – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Four on Six – Wes Montgomery
  7. Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner

Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive and Well

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On June 15, 2018, “RCA/Silverstone Records” label released “The Blues Is Alive and Well”, the 18th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2018 and was produced by Tom Hambridge. At the 61st “Grammy Awards”, “The Blues Is Alive and Well” won the “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”. 

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeff Beck – guitar
  • Keith Richards – guitar
  • Rob McNelley – rhythm and slide guitar
  • James Bay – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin McKendree – keyboards, electric piano, organ, mellotron, upright piano, clavinet
  • Mick Jagger – harmonica
  • Willie Weeks – bass
  • Tommy MacDonald – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, mixing
  • The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
  • Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
  • Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone
  • Ducky Carlisle – recording
  • Michael Saint-Leon – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Jeff Schulz – art direction, design
  • Chuck Lanza, Paul Natkin – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Flemming and Tom Hambridge, except where noted.

  1. A Few Good Years
  2. Guilty as Charged
  3. Cognac – Buddy Guy, Richard Flemming, Tom Hambridge
  4. The Blues Is Alive and Well – Gary Nicholson, Tom Hambridge
  5. Bad Day – Mac Davis, Tom Hambridge
  6. Blue No More- Jamey Johnson, Tom Hambridge
  7. Whiskey for Sale – Tom Hambridge
  8. You Did the Crime
  9. Old Fashioned – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. When My Day Comes – Bill Sweeney, Tom Hambridge
  11. Nine Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson
  12. Ooh Daddy
  13. Somebody Up There
  14. End of the Line
  15. Milking Muther for Ya – Buddy Guy

Tina Turner

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On May 24, 2023, Anna Mae Bullock aka Tina Turner died aged 83. She was singer, author, dancer and actress, referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, began her career with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1957. In 1958, under the name Little Ann, she released her first record, “Boxtop”. In 1960, she debuted as Tina Turner with the duet single “A Fool in Love”. The duo Ike & Tina Turner became “one of the most formidable live acts in history”. In the 1980s, Turner made a great comeback, and in the decades that followed she sold over 100 million records worldwide, and became one of  the best-selling recording artists of all time. She won twelve “Grammy Awards”, three “Grammy Hall of Fame” awards and a “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked her among the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” and the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”. She was twice inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist in 2021. In 2005, she was recipient of the “Kennedy Center Honors” and “Women of the Year” award. As leader Tina Turner released nine albums.

Christine McVie

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On November 30, 2022, Christine Anne McVie née Perfect, died aged 79. She was musician (keyboards), singer and songwriter, member of the bands Sounds of Blue and Chicken Shack, but was best known as vocalist and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac. In 1998, as a member of Fleetwood Mac, McVie was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” and received the “Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music”.In 2006, McVie received a “Gold Badge of Merit Award from BASCA”, in 2014, she received the “Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement” from the “British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors” and was honored with the “Trailblazer Award at the UK Americana Awards” in 2021. McVie also won two “Grammy Awards”. As leader, McVie released four albums (one with Lindsey Buckingham).

Jerry Lee Lewis

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On October 28, 2022, Jerry Lee Lewis died aged 87. He was musician (piano), singer and songwriter, nicknamed “the Killer”, He was a pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, described as “Rock and roll’s first great wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century. Lewis won four “Grammy Awards”, including a “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” and two “Grammy Hall of Fame Awards”. He was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, the “Rockabilly Hall of Fame”, “Memphis Music Hall of Fame” and “Country Music Hall of Fame”. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked his box set “All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology”, at number 242 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, in 2004, the same magazine ranked him at number 24 of its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. A movie about his life, “Great Balls of Fire”, was released in 1989, starring Dennis Quaid. As leader, Lewis released 40 studio and 8 live albums.

Robert Palmer

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On September 26, 2003, Robert Allen Palmer died aged 54. He was musician (guitar),singer, songwriter and music producer, member of bands Joe Vinegar and The Power Station. He had powerful, distinctive, gritty, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, his music combined soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues elements. Palmer had successful solo career, received a number of awards, including “ASCAP Pop Music Award” for “Most Performed Songs” (1986 and 1990), two “Grammy Awards” for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” (1989), “MTV Video Music Award” (1986), “Pollstar Concert Industry Awards” for “Small Hall Tour Of The Year” (1987). As leader, Palmer released 15 albums.

Bella Fleck and The Flecktones: Outbound

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On July 25, 2000, “Columbia” label released “Outbound”, the eighth Béla Fleck and the Flecktones studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Bella Fleck, Jeff Coffin, Future Man and Victor Wooten. At the 43rd annual “Grammy Awards”, “Outbound” won “Best Contemporary Jazz Album”.

Personnel:

  • Béla Fleck – Gibson-style 75 banjo, Gibson-style 18 acoustic banjo, gut string banjo, Deering Crossfire electric banjo, electric sitar banjo, synth, National steel guitar, Paradis stereo guitar with VG8
  • Jeff Coffin – soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, alto flute, clarinet
  • Victor Wooten – vocals, Fodera 4 string bass, Fodera tenor bass, stereo effect, Compito 5 string fretless bass
  • Future Man – vocals, Synth-Axe Drumitar, acoustic percussion, X-Drum acoustic kick drum, Zendrum, Pear tall cajons, Roland S-760 samplers
  • Jon Anderson – vocals
  • Shawn Colvin – vocals
  • Rita Sahai – vocals
  • David Angell – violin
  • David Davidson – violin
  • Mark Feldman – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • John Catchings – cello
  • Adrian Belew – electric guitar
  • Sandip Burman – tabla
  • Paul Hanson – bassoon, harmonizer, synth, tenor saxophone
  • Paul McCandless – Soprano saxophone, pennywhistle, oboe, English horn
  • John Medeski – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Edgar Meyer – arco and pizzicato acoustic basses
  • Andy Narell – steelpans
  • Kongar-ol Ondar – Tuvan throat singing 

Track listing:

All tracks by Béla Fleck except where noted.

  1. Intro
  2. Hoedown – Aaron Copland
  3. A Moment So Close
  4. Zona Mona – Bella Fleck, Jeff Coffin
  5. Hall Of Mirrors
  6. Earth Jam – Bella Fleck, Future Man, Victor Wooten
  7. Something She Said
  8. Ovombo Summit – Future Man
  9. Aimum – Bella Fleck, The Future Man, Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin
  10. Prelude
  11. Lover’s Leap
  12. Outbound
  13. Scratch & Sniff – Bella Fleck, Victor Wooten
  14. Shuba Yatra
  15. That Old Thing
  16. Reprise

Patty Griffin: Same

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On March 8, 2019, “PGM Recordings” label released the self-titled, tenth Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Craig Frost and Patty Griffin. At the 62nd “Grammy Awards”, “Patty Griffin” won the “Best Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Patty Griffin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, mandolin
  • Craig Ross – baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, bass, organ, percussion, engineer
  • Robert Plant – backing vocals
  • David Pulkingham – guitar, piano
  • Stephen Barber – piano
  • Conrad Choucroun – drums, percussion
  • Peggy Ghorbani – marimba
  • Thor Harris – marimba
  • Eddie Lehwald – trombone
  • Lindsey Verrill – cello
  • David Boyle – engineer
  • Mike Poole – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Mishka Westell – artwork
  • Michael Wilson – photography
  • Emma Watts – photography
  • Cindi Peters – production co-ordinations

Track listing:

All tracks by Patty Griffin.

  1. Mama’s Worried
  2. River
  3. Where I Come From
  4. Hourglass
  5. Had a Good Reason
  6. Bluebeard
  7. What Now
  8. Luminous Places
  9. Coins
  10. Boys from Tralee
  11. The Wheel
  12. What I Remember
  13. Just the Same

Gary Clark Jr.: This Land

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On February 22, 2019, “Warner Bros” label released “This Land”, the third Gary Clark Jr. studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Arlyn Studios”, and was produced by Gary Clark Jr. ,Jacob Sciba, Joseph Angel, Lab Ox, Scooter Weintraub and Mike Elizondo. At the 2020 “Grammy Awards” it won “Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album”, and the title track won “Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Gary Clark Jr. – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming, engineer
  • Doyle Bramhall II – lute
  • Jon Deas – keyboards, Hammond organ
  • Mike Elizondo – bass, synth bass
  • Alex Peterson – bass
  • Brannen Temple – drums
  • J.J. Johnson – drums
  • Sheila E. – percussion
  • Keyon Harrold – horn
  • Gabe Burch – backing vocals
  • Scooter Weinbtraub – backing vocals
  • Jacob Sciba – backing vocals
  • Gaston Jouany – backing vocals
  • Joseph Holguin – backing vocals
  • Branko Presley – backing vocals
  • Katelyn O’Neal – backing vocals
  • Lazaro Zarate – backing vocals
  • Mikayla Mundy – backing vocals
  • Pam Adams – backing vocals
  • Gabe Burch – engineer
  • Jacob Sciba – engineer
  • Joseph Holguin – engineer
  • Adam Hawkins – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary Clark Jr., except where noted.

  1. This Land – Woody Guthrie
  2. What About Us
  3. I Got My Eyes on You (Locked & Loaded)
  4. I Walk Alone
  5. Feelin’ Like a Million
  6. Gotta Get into Something
  7. Got to Get Up
  8. Feed the Babies
  9. Pearl Cadillac
  10. When I’m Gone
  11. The Guitar Man
  12. Low Down Rolling Stone
  13. The Governor
  14. Don’t Wait ‘till Tomorrow
  15. Dirty Dishes Blues