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Jill Sobule: California Years

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On April 14, 2009, “Pinko Records” label released “California Years”, the seventh Jill Sobule studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Don Was.

Personnel:

  • Jill Sobule – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, piano
  • Mark Goldenberg- vocals, guitar, slide guitar, piano
  • Bill DeMain – guitar
  • Dave Carpenter- vocals, piano
  • Greg Leisz- vocals, dobro, mandolin
  • Jamie Muhoberac- organ
  • Benmont Tench- organ
  • Jim Keltner- drums
  • Robin Eaton – vocals
  • Bryan Head – vocals
  • Geoff Pearlman – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Robin Eaton and Jill Sobule except where noted.

  1. Palm Springs
  2. San Francisco
  3. Nothing to Prove
  4. Where Is Bobbie Gentry?
  5. A Good Life
  6. Sweetheart
  7. Empty Glass – Jill Sobule, Elise Thoron
  8. League of Failures
  9. Wendell Lee
  10. Bloody Valentine
  11. Mexican Pharmacy
  12. While You Were Sleeping – Bill Demain, Jill Sobule
  13. Spiderman – Bill Demain, Jill Sobule
  14. The Donor Song – Jill Sobule

 

Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird

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On April 4, 2006, “Blue Note” label released “Thunderbird”, the 15th Cassandra Wilson album. It was recorded 2005 – 2006, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, “The Village Recorder”, “Electro Magnetic Studio” and “The Green Room” in Los Angeles, “Dangerous Music” in NY., and was produced by T-Bone Burnett and Keith Ciancia.

Personnel:

  • Cassandra Wilson– vocals, guitar
  • Keb’ Mo’– guitar
  • Colin Linden – guitar
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Grégoire Maret– harmonica
  • Reginald Veal – double bass
  • Keith Ciancia – double bass, piano, keyboards, programming, synthesizer, strings
  • Mike Elizondo – bass programming, synthesizer strings
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Bill Maxwell – drums
  • Mike Piersante – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Go to Mexico – Keith Ciancia, Mike Elizondo, Zigaboo Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter, Jr, Cassandra Wilson
  2. Closer to You – Jakob Dylan
  3. Easy Rider – traditional
  4. It Would Be So Easy – Keith Ciancia, Mike Elizondo, Mike Piersante, Cassandra Wilson
  5. Red River Valley – traditional
  6. Poet – Keith Ciancia, Cassandra Wilson
  7. I Want to be Loved – Willie Dixon
  8. Lost – Joseph Henry Burnett
  9. Strike a Match – Joseph Henry Burnett, Ethan Coen
  10. Tarot – Keith Ciancia, Jim Keltner, Cassandra Wilson

Eric Clapton: Me And Mr. Johnson

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On March 23, 2004, “Reprise” label released “Me and Mr. Johnson”, album by Eric Clapton consisting of covers of songs written and originally recorded by Robert Johnson. It was recorded in 2004, at “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Simon Climie and Eric Clapton.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton– vocals, guitar, slide guitar
  • Andy Fairweather-Low– guitar
  • Doyle Bramhall II– guitar, slide guitar
  • Jerry Portnoy– harmonica
  • Billy Preston– organ
  • Chris Stainton– piano
  • Nathan East– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Pino Palladino– bass
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Alan Douglas – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Johnson.

  1. When You Got a Good Friend
  2. Little Queen of Spades
  3. They’re Red Hot
  4. Me and the Devil Blues
  5. Traveling Riverside Blues
  6. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
  7. Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
  8. Milkcow’s Calf Blues
  9. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
  10. Come on in My Kitchen
  11. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
  12. Love in Vain
  13. 32-20 Blues
  14. Hell Hound on My Trail

J. J. Cale: Travel-Log

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In February 1990, “Silvertone” label released “Travel-Log”, the ninth J. J. Cale album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by J.J. Cale.

Personnel:

  • J. J. Cale– vocals, guitar, bass
  • James Burton- guitar
  • Christine Lakeland- organ, guitar, backing vocals
  • Spooner Oldham- keyboards
  • Doug Belli, Tim Drummond- bass
  • Jim Keltner- drums, percussion, organ
  • Jim Karstein – drums, percussion
  • Jay Mitthauer – drums
  • Hoyt Axton- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by J. J. Cale, except where noted.

  1. Shanghaid – Audie Ashworth, J. J. Cale
  2. Hold On Baby
  3. No Time
  4. Lady Luck
  5. Disadvantage- J. J. Cale, Tim Drummond, Jim Karstein, Christine Lakeland,Spooner Oldham
  6. Lean on Me
  7. End of the Line
  8. New Orleans
  9. Tijuana
  10. That Kind of Thing
  11. Who’ Talking – J. J. Cale, Tim Drummond, Tarczon
  12. Change Your Mind
  13. Humdinger
  14. River Boat Song

Neil Young: Peace Trail

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On December 9, 2016, “Reprise” label released “Peace Trail”, the thirty-seventh Neil Young studio album. It was recorded in September 2016, at “Shangri-La Studios”, and was produced by Neil Young and John Hanlon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitars
  • Paul Bushnell – bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Joe Yankee – harmonica, harmonium
  • Eric Lynn – engineer
  • Kevin Smith – engineer
  • John Hanion – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Peace Trail
  2. Can’t Stop Workin’
  3. Indian Givers
  4. Show Me
  5. Texas Rangers
  6. Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders
  7. John Oaks
  8. My Pledge
  9. Glass Accident
  10. My New Robot

The Rolling Stones: Blue & Lonesome

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On December 2, 2016, “Polydor” label released “Blue & Lonesome”, the 23rd Rolling Stones album. It was recorded in December 2015, at “British Grove Studios” and was produced by Don Was and The Glimmer Twins. It is the band’s first album to feature only cover songs. The album won “Album of the Year” at the “2017 Jazz FM Awards”. “Blue & Lonesome” was certified Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”; 2 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger– vocals, harmonica
  • Keith Richards– electric guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– electric guitar
  • Charlie Watts– drums
  • Eric Clapton– slide guitar; lead electric guitar
  • Darryl Jones– bass
  • Matt Clifford, Chuck Leavell– keyboards
  • Jim Keltner– percussion
  • Andy Cook, Jason Elliott, Derrick Stockwell – enginer assistant
  • Krish Sharma – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen, Ron McMaster – mastering
  • Pierre de Beauport – crew chief
  • Don McAulay – drum technician
  • Richard Havers – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Just Your Fool – Buddy Johnson
  2. Commit a Crime – Howlin’ Wolf
  3. Blue and Lonesome – Little Walter
  4. All of Your Love – Magic Sam
  5. I Gotta Go – Little Walter
  6. Everybody Knows About My Good Thing – Miles Grayson, Lermon Horton
  7. Ride ‘Em on Down – Eddie Taylor
  8. Hate to See You Go – Little Walter
  9. Hoo Doo Blues – Otis Hicks, Jerry West
  10. Little Rain – Ewart G.Abner Jr., Jimmy Reed
  11. Just Like I Treat You – Willie Dixon
  12. I Can’t Quit You Baby – Willie Dixon

Jack Bruce: Out Of The Storm

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In November 1974, “RSO” label released “Out of the Storm”, the fourth Jack Bruce studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and was produced by Jack Bruce and Andy Johns.

Personnel:

  • Jack Bruce– vocals, bass guitar, piano, clavinet, electric piano,  organ,  harmonium, harmonica, arrangements
  • Steve Hunter– acoustic and electric guitars
  • Jim Keltner, Jim Gordon– drums
  • Andy Johns – engineer
  • Dennis Weinreich – remix engineer

Track listing:

All lyrics by Pete Brown, music by Jack Bruce, except where noted.

  1. Pieces of Mind
  2. Golden Days
  3. Running Through Our Hands – music co-authored by Janet Godfrey
  4. Keep on Wondering
  5. Keep It Down
  6. Into the Storm
  7. One
  8. Timeslip

Joe Cocker: Something To Say

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In November 1972, “Cube” label released “Something To Say”, the third Joe Cocker  studio album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, and was produced by Denny Cordell and Nigel Thomas.

Personnel:

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • Neil Hubbard – guitar
  • Chris Stainton – piano, organ
  • Allan Spenner – bass
  • Jim Keltner, Alan White, Conrad Isidore – drums
  • Felix Falcon – percussion
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah- congas
  • Fred Scerbo, Milton Sloane, Jim Horn- saxophone
  • Rick (Alphonso) Alfonso – trumpet
  • Gloria Jones, Viola Wills, Virginia Ayers, Beverly Gardner – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Cocker and Chris Stainton, except where noted.

  1. Pardon Me Sir
  2. High Time We Went
  3. She Don’t Mind
  4. Black-Eyed Blues
  5. Something to Say – Joe Cocker, Peter Nicholls
  6. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman, Robert Payne
  7. Do Right Woman (live)- Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  8. Woman to Woman
  9. James Infirmary (live)– Frey Assunto

Ry Cooder: Boomer’s Story

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In November 1972, “Reprise” label released “Boomer’s Story”, the third Ry Cooder studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Amigo Studios” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Jim Dickinson and Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Ry Cooder – vocals, guitars, mandolin, bottleneck guitar
  • Sleepy John Estes- vocals, guitar
  • Randy Newman- piano
  • Jim Dickinson- piano, bass, vocals
  • Gene Finney – harmonica
  • Dan Penn- vocals
  • Tommy McClure – bass
  • Jim Keltner, Roger Hawkins- drums
  • Milt Holland- percussion
  • George Bohanon- horns
  • Charles Lawing – clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Boomer’s Story – traditional
  2. Cherry Ball Blues – Skip James
  3. Crow Black Chicken – Lawrence Wilson
  4. Ax Sweet Mama – Sleepy John Estes
  5. Maria Elena – Bob Russell, Lorenzo Barcelata
  6. The Dark End of the Street – Dan Penn, Chips Moman
  7. Rally ‘Round the Flag – George F. Root
  8. Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
  9. President Kennedy – Sleepy John Estes
  10. Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man – traditional

Carly Simon: Anticipation

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In November 1971, “Elektra” label released “Anticipation”, the second Carly Simon studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith.

Personnel:

  • Carly Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano
  • Jim Ryan – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, guitar, electric bass
  • Paul Glanz – piano
  • John Ryan – bass
  • Andy Newmark– drums, percussion
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Del Newman – horn arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Carly Simon, except where noted.

  1. Anticipation
  2. Legend in Your Own Time
  3. Our First Day Together
  4. The Girl You Think You See – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  5. Summer’s Coming Around Again – Carly Simon, Jimmy Ryan, Paul Glanz
  6. Share the End – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  7. The Garden – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
  8. Three Days
  9. Julie Through the Glass
  10. I’ve Got to Have You – Kris Kristofferson