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Zac Brown Band: Jekyll + Hyde

On April 28, 2015, “Big Machine Records” label released “Jekyll + Hyde”, the fourth Zac Brown Band studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Zac Brown, CeeLo Green, Jim Hoke, In the Arena Production, Jay Joyce and Darrell Scott.

Personnel:

  • Zac Brown – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, programming
  • Coy Bowles – electric guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • John Driskell Hopkins – baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Clay Cook – piano, keyboards, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, National guitar, ukulele, Mellotron, Hammond organ, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Matt Mangano – acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Chris Fryar – drums
  • Daniel de los Reyes – percussion
  • Jimmy De Martini – violin, fiddle, strings, cello, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar and electric guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar, acoustic stringed instrument, piano, backing vocals
  • Donald Dunlavey – electric guitar
  • Béla Fleck – banjo
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica 
  • Byron House – upright bass
  • Jay Joyce – percussion, programming
  • Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone, flute 
  • Randy Leago – baritone saxophone
  • Ben Simonetti – trumpet, programming
  • Steve Herrmann – trumpet
  • John Hinchey – trumpet
  • Vinnie Ciesleski – trumpet 
  • Barry Green – trombone 
  • Michael McGoldrick – Uileann pipes, Irish flute, pennywhistle
  • Chris Cornell – duet vocals
  • Sara Bareilles – duet vocals
  • Jewel – backing vocals
  • Darrell Scott, Maureen Murphy, Sarah Dugas, John Cowan, Odessa Settles, Rick Jones, Jason Eskridge – choir
  • Niko Moon – programming, backing vocals
  • Nicholas Fournier – engineer
  • Kyle Lehning – engineer
  • Sean Phelan – engineer
  • Anthony Ruotolo – engineer
  • Martin Cooke – engineer
  • Paul Cossette – engineer
  • Kyle Stevens – engineer
  • Tom Syrowski – enginer
  • Brandon Bell – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Hall – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Simonetti – engineer, mixing
  • Jay Joyce – mixing
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering 

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Drug – Zac Brown, Niko Moon
  2. Loving You Easy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Al Anderson
  3. Remedy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Keb’ Mo
  4. Homegrown – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  5. Mango Tree – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Anna Harwood
  6. Heavy is the Head – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, Jimmy De Martini, Darrell Scott
  7. Bittersweet – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  8. Castaway – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins
  9. Tomorrow Never Comes – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  10. One Day – Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Rich Robinson, Sarah Dugas, Christian Dugas, Matt Mangano
  11. Dress Blues – Jason Isbell
  12. Young and Wild – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Amos Lee, Coy Bowles
  13. Junkyard (contains elements of Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd) – Zac Brown, Roger Waters
  14. I’ll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins, Darrell Scott
  15. Wildfire – Zac Brown, Eric Church, Wyatt Durrette, Liz Rose, Clay Cook
  16. Tomorrow Never Comes (acoustic version) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

On November 10, 2014, “Roswell” label released “Sonic Highways”, the eighth Foo Fighters studio album. It was recorded September 2013 – July 2014, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “Inner Ear” in Arlington County, Virginia, “Southern Ground” in Nashville, “6A” in Austin, “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree, California, “Preservation Hall” in New Orleans, “Robert Lang” in Seattle, “The Magic Shop” in New York City, and was produced by Butch Vig, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hwakins and Chris Shiflett.

Personnel:

  • Dave Grohl – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitar, cymbals, EBow
  • Pat Smear – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, devil pickin’, backing vocals
  • Nate Mendel – bass guitar
  • Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing vocals
  • Joe Walsh – lead guitar
  • Gary Clark, Jr. – lead guitar
  • Rick Nielsen – baritone guitar
  • Rami Jaffee – clavinet; organ; mellotron; piano; Wurlitzer electric piano; backing vocals, space keys
  • Charlie Gabriel – clarinet
  • Mark Braud – trumpet
  • Ben Jaffe – tuba 
  • Ronell Johnson – tuba, backing vocals
  • Freddie Lonzo – trombone 
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone, backing vocals
  • Zac Brown – devil pickin’, backing vocals
  • Drew Hester – percussion; tambourine
  • Barrett Jones – EBow
  • Los Angeles Youth Orchestra – strings 
  • Tony Visconti – string arrangement
  • Ben Gibbard – backing vocals
  • Chris Goss – backing vocals
  • Jim Rota – backing vocals
  • Peter Stahl – backing vocals
  • Skeeter Thompson – backing vocals
  • Kristeen Young – backing vocals
  • Justin Armstrong – studio assistance
  • Brandon Bell – studio assistance
  • Charlie Bolois – studio assistance
  • Dakota Bowman – studio assistance
  • Marcel Fernandez – studio assistance
  • Kabir Hermon – studio assistance
  • John Lousteau – studio assistance
  • Matt Mangano – studio assistance
  • Greg Norman – studio assistance
  • Jon San Paolo – studio assistance
  • Matthias Schneeberger – studio assistance
  • Chris Shurtleff – studio assistance
  • Ben Simoneti – studio assistance
  • Don Zientara – studio assistance
  • James Brown – recording, mixing
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Gersh Gershunoff – drums technician
  • Morning Breath, Inc. – art direction, design
  • Stephan Martiniere – cover illustration
  • Ringo – photography
  • Andrew Stuart – photography

Track listing:

  1. Something from Nothing
  2. The Feast and the Famine
  3. Congregation
  4. What Did I Do/God as My Witness
  5. Outside
  6. In the Clear
  7. Subterranean
  8. I am a River