On September 10, 1996, “Matador” label released “What Would the Community Think”, the third Cat Power studio album. It was recorded in February 1996, at “Easley Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Steve Shelley.
On September 5, 1989, “MCA” label released “Up to Here”, the debut Tragically Hip (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Don Smith. The album was certified Diamond status in Canada.
Personnel:
Gord Downie – vocals
Rob Baker – guitar
Gord Sinclair – vocals, bass
Paul Langlois – vocals, guitars
Johnny Fay – drums
Bruce Barris – engineer, mixing
Don Smith – engineer, mixing
Andy Udoff – engineer assistant
Jeff DeMorris – engineer assistant
Paul Eberson – engineer assistant
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Jeanne Bradshaw – design
Michael Going – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair, Paul Langlois and Johnny Fay.
Blow at High Dough
I’ll Believe in You (Or I’ll Be Leaving You Tonight)
On September 5, 1971, “Epic” label released “From the Inside”, the third Poco studio album. It was recorded in May 1971, at “Trans Maximus Inc. Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, “Columbia Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Steve Cropper.
Personnel:
Richie Furay – vocals, acoustic and rhythm electric guitar
Paul Cotton – vocals, acoustic and lead electric guitar
Rusty Young – vocals, pedal steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro
On August 19, 2023, “Nonesuch” label released “You’re the One”, the third Rhiannon Giddens studio album. It was recorded in 2023 at “The Hit Factory Criteria”, “Irish World Academy Of Music And Dance”, “Fresh Young Minds”, “Sound Of Music Recording Studios”, “Sound Emporium”, “Studio 176” in Greensboro, NC, “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by Jack Splash.
Personnel:
Rhiannon Giddens – vocals, banjo, viola
Jack Splash – guitar, electric piano, percussion, drum programming, horn arrangements, engineer, recording
Niwel Tsumbu – classical guitar
Eric Escanes – electric guitar
Gene Sxip Shirley – resonator guitar
Franceso Turrisi – piano, tamburello, piano accordion, frame drum
Dwayne Bennett – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
Dirk Powell – accordion, piano, fiddle, guitar
Jason Sypher – electric upright bass
Tadarius McCombs – electric bass
Terrence Grizzle, Jr. – drums
Humberto Ibarra – percussion
Amelia Powell – triangle, backing vocals
Scott Klarman – saxophone, flute
Ted Zimmerman – trumpet
Jose Miranda – trombone
Andy Yum, Jennifer Puckett, Yennifer Correia – violin
Aaron Tubergen, Beth Luscombe – viola
Jonathan Kirkscey, Leyla McCalla – cello
Jason Isbell – vocals
Eryn Allen Kane, Lalenja Harrington – backing vocals
Lester Snell – string arrangements
Dan-O Deckelman – recording
Lawrence Mitchell – recording
Ben Rawlins, Grant Wilson, Justin Harrington – recording
Ian Mercel – engineer
Andrew Selchow – engineer assistant
Kennie Takahashi – mixing
Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
JN-H – lacquer cut
Jeri Heiden, SMOG Design, Inc. – design
Ebru Yildiz – photography
Alex Kadvan, David Bither – executive producer
Track listing:
Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
You’re the One – Lalenja Harrington, Rhiannon Giddens
Yet To Be – Marcus Hummon, Rhiannon Giddens
Wrong Kind of Right – Rhiannon Giddens
Another waste Life – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
You Louisiana Man – Rhiannon Giddens
If You Don’t Know How Sweet It Is – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
Hen in the Foxhouse – Rhiannon Giddens
Who Are You Dreaming Of – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
You Put the Sugar in My Bowl – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
On July 1, 1990, “MCA” label released “The Hard Way”, the fourth Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 1990, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Joe Hardy and Steve Earle.
Personnel:
Steve Earle – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, Mandoblaster, 6-string bass, guitar synthesizer, percussion programme, harmonies
The Dukes
Bucky Baxter – Mullins pedal steel guitar
Ken Moore – organ, synthesizer, string arrangements
Dwayne “Zip” Gibson – vocals, electric guitars
Kelly Looney – vocals, bass
Craig Wright – drums
John Jarvis – piano
Lester Snell – organ, chorus director
Patrick Earle – percussion
Stacey Earle Mims – harmony
The Christ Missionary Baptist Church Choir – chorus
Amy Dotson, Billy Baker, Billy Steele, Chip Phillips, Chuck Allen, Craig Wright, Denis Colby, Doug Baker, Ian Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Katryna Haddrick, Kelly Looney, Ken Moore, Patrick Earle, Peter Keppler, Robyn Gibson, Scot Bonner, Stacey Earle Mims, Tommy McRae, Zip Gibson – backing vocals
Patricia Snell, Susan Jerome, William C. Brown III – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.
The Other Kind
Promise You Anything – Steve Earle, Maria McKee, Patrick Sugg
On June 6, 1989, “Epic” label released “In Step”, the fourth Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble studio album. It was recorded January – March 1989, at “Kiva Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, “Sound Castle” and “Summa Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jim Gaines, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Reese Wynans, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton.
Personnel:
Stevie Ray Vaughan – vocals, guitar
Reese Wynans – keyboards
Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
Chris Layton – drums, percussion
Texacali Horns:
Joe Sublett – saxophone
Darrell Leonard – trumpet
Track listing:
The House Is Rockin’ – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Crossfire – Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth
Tightrope – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughn
Let Me Love You Baby – Willie Dixon
Leave My Girl Alone – Buddy Guy
Travis Walk – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Wall of Denial – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Scratch-N-Sniff – Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan
In May 1972, “Warner Bros” label released “Bump City”, the second Tower of Power album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Trans Maximus Inc. Recording Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Ron Capone, Rick Stevens, Skip Mesquite, Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Mic Gillette, Francis Rocco Prestia, Willie James Fulton, David Garibaldi and Brent Byars.
Personnel:
Rick Stevens – lead vocals
Willie James Fulton – vocals, guitar
Francis Rocco Prestia – bass
David Garibaldi – drums
Brent Byars – conga drums, vocals
Skip Mesquite – vocals, first tenor saxophone, flute
Emilio Castillo – vocals, second tenor saxophone
Stephen “Doc” Kupka – vocals, baritone saxophone
Greg Adams – vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn, piano
Mic Gillette – vocals, trumpet, trombone, French horn
Jay Spell – piano
Memphis Strings
Greg Adams – conductor, strings arrangements
Ron Capone, Steve Cropper – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Emilio Castillo and Stephen “Doc” Kupka, except where noted.
You Got to Funkifize
What Happened to the World That Day?
Flash in the Pan
Gone (in Memory of Jacqueline Mesquite) – Greg Adams, Skip Mesquite
You Strike My Main Nerve – Stephen “Doc” Kupka, Emilio Castillo, L. Williams, L. Gordon
Down to the Nightclub – Stephen Kupka, Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi
On May 13, 2022, “Dead Oceans” label released “This Is a Photograph”, the seventh Kevin Morby studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Slow Fawn” in Accord, New York, “Sam Phillips Recording Studio” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Sam Cohen.
Personnel:
Kevin Morby – vocals, guitar, piano, hand claps, melodica, samples, snaps
Sam Cohen – bass, guitar, piano, organ, drums, drum machine, snaps, lapsteel, tambourine, hand claps, engineer
On May 5, 1997, “Mercury” label released “Sweet Potato Pie”, the tenth Robert Cray album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Ardent Studiios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Robert Cray.
On March 10, 1965, “Capitol” label released “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail”, album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos (the eight Buck Owens album overall). It was recorded in December 1964, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.
Personnel:
Buck Owens – lead vocals, guitar
Don Rich – vocals, guitar, fiddle
Jelly Sanders – guitar, fiddle
Jay McDonald – pedal steel guitar
Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar, guitar
Doyle Holly – vocals, bass, guitar
Bob Morris – bass, vocals
Willie Cantu – drums
Mel King – drums
Capitol Photo Studio – photography
Ken Veeder – photography
Bashful Bobby Wooten – liner notes
Track listing:
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail – Harlan Howard, Buck Owens
Trouble and Me – Harlan Howard
Let the Sad Times Roll On – Buck Owens, Red Simpson
Wham Bam – Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich
If You Fall Out of Love with Me – Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens
Fallin’ for You – Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Don Rich
We’re Gonna Let the Good Times Roll – Buck Owens
The Band Keeps Playin’ On – Red Simpson, Fuzzy Owen
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