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The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall

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On September 15, 1992, “American” label released “Hollywood Town Hall”, the third Jayhawks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “Hollywood Studio”, “Pachyderm Studio”, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Mark Olson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Gary Louris – vocals, electric guitar, fuzz guitar
  • Marc Perlman – bass
  • Ken Callahan – drums
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Benmont Tench – piano, organ
  • Charley Drayton – drums
  • Tom Herbers – engineer
  • Brian Jenkins – engineer
  • Brendan O’Brien – engineer
  • Jim Rondinelli – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Martyn Atkins – art direction
  • Andrew Catlin – cover photography
  • Dale Lavi – photography
  • Joe Henry – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Olson and Gary Louris, except where noted.

  1. Waiting for the Sun
  2. Crowded in the Wings
  3. Clouds
  4. Two Angels
  5. Take Me with You (When You Go)
  6. Sister Cry
  7. Settled Down Like Rain
  8. Wichita – Mark Olosn, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman
  9. Nevada, California
  10. Martin’s Song

Julian Lage: Speak To Me

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On March 1, 2024, “Blue Note” label released “Speak to Me”, the 16th Julian Lage album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Julian Lage – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • Kris Davis – piano
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, zither, strings 
  • Levon Henry – tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto clarinet
  • Jorge Roeder – double bass, electric bass, vibraphone, arrangements
  • David King – drums
  • Mark Goodell – engineer, mixing
  • Samuel Wahl – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Powell – mastering
  • Kim Rosen – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Julian Lage.

  1. Hymnal
  2. Northern Shuffle
  3. Omission
  4. Serenade
  5. Myself Around You
  6. South Mountain
  7. Speak to Me
  8. Two and One
  9. Vanishing Point
  10. Tiburon
  11. As It Were
  12. 76
  13. Nothing Happens Here

John Denver: Back Home Again

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On June 15, 1974, “RCA Victor” label released “Back Home Again”, the eighth John Denver studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “RCA’s Music Center of the World” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin.

Personnel:

  • John Denver – vocals, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars
  • Julie Connor – vocals
  • John Sommers – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, backing vocals
  • Steve Weisberg – acoustic guitar, dulcimer, dobro, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Jim Connor – vocals, banjo, harmonica
  • Glen Hardin – piano
  • David Jackson – bass
  • Dick Kniss – bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums, percussion
  • Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
  • Buddy Collette – clarinet
  • Lee Holdridge – orchestral arrangements
  • Don Wardell – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Denver, except where noted.

  1. Back Home Again
  2. On the Road – Carl Franzen
  3.  Grandma’s Feather Bed – Jim Connor
  4. Matthew
  5. Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Sommers
  6. The Music Is You
  7. Annie’s Song
  8. It’s Up to You – Steve Weisberg
  9. Cool an’ Green an’ Shady – John Denver, Joe Henry
  10. Eclipse
  11. Sweet Surrender
  12. This Old Guitar

Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi

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On April 21, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released “The Bright Mississippi”, the tenth Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded in March 2008, and was produced by Joe Henry. 

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint – vocals, piano
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • David Piltch – upright bass
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Nicholas Payton – trumpet
  • Don Byron – clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Egyptian Fantasy – Sidney Bechet, John Reid
  2. Dear Old Southland – Raymond Bloch
  3. St. James Infirmary – traditional
  4. Singin’ the Blues – Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson
  5. Whinin’ Boy Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
  6. West End Blues – Joe Oliver, Clarence Williams
  7. Blue Drag – Django Reinhardt
  8. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – traditional
  9. Bright Mississippi – Thelonious Monk
  10. Day Dream – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  11. Long, Long Journey – Leonard Feather
  12. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry: Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad

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On September 23, 2016, “Cooking Viny;” label released “Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad”, an album of field recordings made by Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, as they performed in waiting rooms and trackside at railway stations on a journey between Chicago and Los Angeles in March 2016. The album was produced by Billy Brag and Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Billy Bragg – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Joe Henry – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica
  • Ryan Freeland – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Rock Island Line – traditional, arranged by Billy Bragg, Joe Henry
  2. The L&N Don’t Stop Here Any More – Jean Ritchie
  3. Midnight Special – Huddie Ledbetter
  4. Railroad Bill – traditional, arranged by Billy Bragg, Joe Henry
  5. Lonesome Whistle – Hank Williams; Jimmie Davis
  6. KC Moan – Tewee Blackman
  7. Waiting for a Train – Jimmie Rodgers
  8. In the Pines – traditional, arranged by Billy Bragg, Joe Henry
  9. Gentle on My Mind – John Hartford
  10. Hobo’s Lullaby – Goebel Reeves
  11. Railroading on the Great Divide – Sara Carter
  12. John Henry – traditional, arranged by Billy Bragg, Joe Henry
  13. Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot

Kristin Hersh: Strange Angels

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On February 3, 1998, “4AD” label released “Strange Angels”, the second Kristin Hersh album. It was recorded July – November 1997, and was produced by Kristin Hersh, Joe Henry and Steve Rizzo.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh – vocals, guitar
  • Ivo Watts-Russell- executive producer
  • Shinro Ohtake- artwork
  • Vaughan Oliver- design
  • John Patrick Salisbury – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kristin Hersh

  1. Home
  2. Like You
  3. Aching For You
  4. Cold Water Coming
  5. Some Catch Flies
  6. Stained
  7. Shake
  8. Hope
  9. Pale
  10. Baseball Field
  11. Heaven
  12. Gazebo Tree
  13. Gut Pageant
  14. Rock Candy Brains
  15. Cartoons

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint: The River in Reverse

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On June 6, 2006, “Verve Forecast” label released “The River in Reverse”, album by Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. It was recorded November 27 – December 10, 2005, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Hammond organ, tambourine, tremolo
  • Allen Toussaint–lead and backing vocals, electric piano, horn arrangements
  • Anthony “AB” Brown – guitar
  • Davey Faragher– bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Nieve– piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, Farfisa organ
  • Pete Thomas- drums, percussion
  • Sam Williams- trombone
  • Carl Blouin – baritone saxophone
  • Amadee Castenell – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Brian Cayolle – baritone saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Allen Toussaint, except where noted..

  1. On Your Way Down
  2. Nearer to You
  3. Tears, Tears and More Tears
  4. The Sharpest Thorn – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  5. Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further?
  6. The River in Reverse – Elvis Costello
  7. Freedom for the Stallion
  8. Broken Promise Land – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  9. Ascension Day – Roy “Professor Longhair” Byrd, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  10. International Echo – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint
  11. All These Things
  12. Wonder Woman
  13. Six-Fingered Man – Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint: American Tunes

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On June 10, 2016, “Nonesuch” label released “American Tunes”, the twentieth and the final Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded May 2013 – October  2015, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint– vocals, piano
  • Rhiannon Giddens– vocals
  • Bill Frisell– electric guitar
  • Adam Levy– gut-string guitar
  • Van Dyke Parks– second piano, orchestral arrangement
  • David Piltch – upright bass
  • Jay Bellerose– drums, percussion
  • Greg Leisz– weissenborn
  • Charles Lloyd– tenor saxophone
  • Cameron Stone – cello
  • Amy Shulman – harp

Track listing:

  1. Delores’ Boyfriend – Allen Toussaint
  2. Viper’s Drag – Thomas “Fats” Waller
  3. Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al Neiburg
  4. Mardis Gras in New Orleans – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
  5. Lotus Blossom – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evareleased ns
  7. Big Chief – Earl King
  8. Rocks in My Bed – Duke Ellington
  9. Danza, Op. 33 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  10. Hey Little Girl – Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd
  11. Rosetta – Earl “Fatha” Hines
  12. Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
  13. Southern Nights – Allen Toussaint
  14. American Tune – Paul Simon

Joe Henry: Fuse

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On March 9, 1999, Mammoth” label released “Fuse”, the seventh Joe Henry album. It was recorded in 1989, and was produced by Joe Henry.

Personnel:

  • Joe Henry – vocals, guitar, organ, bass
  • Jakob Dylan- vocals
  • Jean McClain – vocals
  • Jamie Muhoberac- piano, organ
  • Dave Palmer – piano
  • Randy Jacobs – bass, guitar
  • Chris Whitley- guitar (4, 8)
  • Anthony Wilson – guitar
  • Jennifer Condos – bass
  • Daniel Lanois- bass, claves
  • Greg Richling – bass
  • Freddie “Ready Freddie” Washington- bass
  • Carla Azar- drums
  • Curt Bisquera- drums
  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
    • Revert Andrews – trombone
    • Gregory Davis – trumpet
    • Brian Swartz – trumpet
    • Efrem Towns – trumpet
    • Kevin Harris – saxophone
    • R. King – saxophone
    • Roger Lewis – saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by Joe Henry, except where noted.

  1. Monkey
  2. Angels
  3. Fuse
  4. Skin and Teeth
  5. Fat
  6. Want Too Much
  7. Curt Flood
  8. Like She Was a Hammer
  9. Great Lake
  10. Beautiful Hat
  11. We’ll Meet Again – Ross Parker, Hughie Charles

Meshell Ndegeocello: Bitter

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Bitter

On August 24, 1999, “Maverick Records” label released “Bitter”, the third Meshell Ndegeocello solo studio album. It was recorded 1989 – 1999, and was produced by Craig Street.

Personnel:

  • Meshell Ndegéocello- vocals, electric bass, additional instruments
  • Lisa Coleman- piano, keyboards
  • Wendy Melvoin- guitar
  • Chris Bruce – guitar
  • Doyle Bramhall II- guitar
  • Ronny Drayton- electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz- pedal steel guitar
  • David Torn- guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel Jr.- drums, percussion
  • Daniel Sadownick -percussion
  • Joe Henry- vocals
  • Sandra Park -violin
  • Sharon Yamada – violin
  • Robert Rinehart -viola
  • Alan Stepansky -cello
  • Biti Straug -backing vocals
  • Arif St. Michael – backing vocals
  • Steve Barber –string arrangements
  • Dusty Wakeman –engineer
  • Husky Hoskuids – additional recordings engineer
  • Tom Schick – additional recordings engineer
  • Chris Ribando – second engineer
  • Rafael Serrano – second engineer
  • Elijah Bradford – second engineer
  • Roger Moutenot – mixing
  • Josh Turner – mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Kevin Reagan – art direction, design
  • Gail Swanlund– design
  • Sheryl Nields –photography
  • Paul Thompson – production assistant
  • Kai Morrison – project coordination

Track lsiting:

  1. Adam – Meshell Ndegéocello
  2. Fool of Me – Meshell Ndegéocello, Frederico Gonzalez Peña
  3. Faithful – Meshell Ndegéocello, David Gamson
  4. Satisfy – Meshell Ndegéocello, Frederico Gonzales Peña
  5. Bitter – Meshell Ndegéocello
  6. May This Be Love – Jimi Hendrix
  7. Sincerity – Meshell Ndegéocello,Doyle Bramhall II
  8. Loyalty – Meshell Ndegéocello, Allen Cato
  9. Beautiful – Meshell Ndegéocello
  10. Eve – David Torn, Roger Moutenot
  11. Wasted Time – Meshell Ndegéocello
  12. Grace – Meshell Ndegéocello