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Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator

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On June 7, 2011, “Sony Masterworks” label released “Revelator”, the debut Tedeschi Trucks Band studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Swamp Raga Studios” in Jacksonville, Florida, and was produced by Jim Scott and Derek Trucks. The album won the “Grammy Award for Best Blues Album” at the 54th “Annual Grammy Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Derek Trucks – slide guitar
  • Susan Tedeschi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kofi Burbridge – keyboards, flute
  • Oteil Burbridge – bass guitar
  • Tyler Greenwell – drums, percussion
  • J. J. Johnson – drums, percussion
  • Mike Mattison – harmony vocals
  • Mark Rivers – harmony vocals
  • Kebbi Williams – saxophone
  • Maurice “Mobetta” Brown – trumpet
  • Saunders Sermons – trombone
  • Oliver Wood – vocals, guitar
  • David Ryan Harris – vocals, guitar
  • Eric Krasno – acoustic guitar
  • Alam Khan – sarod
  • Salar Nader – table
  • Ryan Shaw – harmony vocals
  • Jim Scott – engineer, mixing
  • Bobby Tis – engineer
  • Kevin Dean – additional engineering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction
  • James Minchin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Come See About Me – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Tyler Greenwell, Mike Mattison
  2. Don’t Let Me Slide – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Gary Michael Louris
  3. Midnight in Harlem – Derek Trucks
  4. Bound the Glory – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Mike Mattison
  5. Simple Things – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Michael Louris
  6. Until You Remember – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, John Leventhal
  7. Ball and Chain – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oliver Wood
  8. These Walls – Derek Trucks, Eric Krasno, Sonya Kitchell
  9. Learn How to Love – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Eric Krasno, Adam Deitch, Adam Smirnoff
  10. Shrimp and Grits (Interlude) – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Tyrel Greenwell, J. J. Johnson
  11. Love Has Something Else to Say – Derek Trucks, Mike Mattison, Oteil Burbridge, Doyle Bramhall II
  12. Shelter – Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, David Ryan Harris
  13. Ghost Light (hidden track) – Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Tyrel Greenwell, J. J. Johnson

Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise

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On July 5, 2005, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “Illinois” (Sufjan Stevens Invites You To: Come On Feel the Illinoise), the fifth Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “The Buddy Project” in New York City, and various locations in New York City, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.

Personnel:

  • Sufjan Stevens – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, bass guitar,  oboe, alto saxophone,  flute,  banjo,  glockenspiel, accordion, vibraphone, alto, sopranino, soprano, and tenor recorders, Casiotone MT-70, sleigh bells,  shaker,  tambourine, triangle, electronic organ,  drums, arrangements,  engineer, recording
  • James McAlister – drums, drum engineering
  • Craig Montoro – trumpet, backing vocals
  • Julianne Carney – violin
  • Rob Moose – violin
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Maria Bella Jeffers – cello
  • The Illinoisemaker Choir – clapping, backing vocals
  • Daniel and Elin Smith – clapping, backing vocals
  • Katrina Kerns – backing vocals
  • Shara Worden– backing vocals
  • Matt Morgan – backing vocals
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Jon Galloway – remix
  • Tom Eaton
  • Jennifer Hoover
  • Katrina Kerns
  • Beccy Lock
  • Tara McDonnel
  • Divya Srinivasan – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Sufjan Stevens.

    1. Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois
    2. The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, ‘I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!
    3. Come On! Feel the Illinoise!” (Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
    4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
    5. Jacksonville
    6. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
    7. Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
    8. One Last ‘Whoo-Hoo!’ for the Pullman!!
    9. Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!
    10. Casimir Pulaski Day
    11. To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men
    12. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
    13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
    14. A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
    15. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
    16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
    17. Let’s Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don’t Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bloomington–Normal
    18. In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
    19. The Seer’s Tower
    20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders Part I: The Great Frontier – Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now
    21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
    22. Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run