In October 1973, “Celluloid Records” label released “Hustlers Convention”, album by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, his debut album under the pseudonym Lightnin’ Rod.
Personnel:
- Lightnin’ Rod – vocal
- Kool and the Gang
- Full Moon (Neil Larsen, Buzzy Feiten)
- Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale – guitar
- King Curtis, Trevor Lawrence, Maurice Smith, Andrew Love, Lou Collins – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Mitchell – baritone saxophone
- Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur “Dud” Bascomb, Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Jack Hale – trombone
- Richard Tee, Truman Thomas – piano
- Billy Preston – organ
- Fred Backmeier, Jerry Jemmott, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- George McCleary – drums, congas
- Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson – drums
Track listing:
- Sport
- Spoon
- The Café Black Rose
- Brother Hominy Grit
- Coppin’ Some Fronts For The Set
- Hamhock’s Hall Was Big (And There Was a Whole Lot to Dig!)
- The Bones Fly from Spoon’s Hand
- The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed the Crowd
- Four Bitches Is What I Got
- Grit’s Den
- The Shit Hits the Fan Again
- Sentenced to the Chair
