On September 19, 2025, Sonny Curtis died aged 88. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, collaborated with Buddy Holly, but was best known as member of The Crickets. His two best known songs are “Walk Right Back” performed by The Everly Brother, and “I Fought the Law”, performed by Bobby Fuller Fou, The Clash and Green Day. As leader, Curtis released eight albums.
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Son Volt: Trace
On September 19, 1995, “Warner Bros” label released “Trace”, the debut Son Volt studio album. It was recorded November – December 1994, at “Salmagundi” in Northfield, MN, and was produced by Brian Pulson, Jay Farrar, Dave Boquist, Jim Boquist and Mike Heidorn.
Personnel:
- Jay Farrar – vocals, guitar
- Dave Boquist – guitar, banjo, fiddle, lap steel guitar, dobro
- Jim Boquist – bass, backing vocals
- Mike Heidorn – drums
- Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar
- Dan Newton – accordion
- Marc Perlman – bass
- Craig Krampf – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jay Farrar, except where noted.
- Windfall
- Live Free
- Tear-Stained Eye
- Route
- Ten Second News
- Drown
- Loose String
- Out of the Picture
- Catching On
- Too Early
- Mystifies Me – Ronnie Wood
Blackfoot: No Reservations
On September 19, 1975, “Antilles” label released “No Reservations”, the debut Blackfoot studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Muscle Shoals Studio” in Sheffield, Alabama, and was produced by Jimmy Johnson and David Hood.
Personnel:
- Rickey Medlocke – lead vocals, rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, dobro, mandolin
- Charlie Hargrett – acoustic, lead and rhythm guitar
- Greg T. Walker – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Jakson Spires – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Shorty Medlocke – lead vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar
- Barbara Wyrick, Laura Struzick, Suzy Storm – backing vocals
- Barry Beckett – keyboards overdubs
- Roger Hawkins – percussion overdubs
- George Marino – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Jakson Spires, except where noted.
- Railroad Man – Shorty Medlocke
- Indian World
- Stars
- Not Another Maker
- Born to Rock & Roll
- Take a Train
- Big Wheels
- I Stand Alone
- Railroad Man – Shorty Medlocke
Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems
On September 19, 2014, “Columbia” label released “Popular Problems”, the thirteenth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Patrick Leonard.
Personnel:
- Leonard Cohen – vocals
- James Harrah – guitar
- Patrick Leonard – keyboards
- Joe Ayoub – bass
- Brian MacLeod – drums
- Alexandru Bublitchi – violin
- Charlean Carmon – backing vocals
- Dana Glover – backing vocals
- Donna De Lory – backing vocals
- Jesse E. String – recording, mixing
- Bill Bottrell – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Kezban Ozcan -photography
Track listing:
Written by Leonard Cohen and Patrick Leonard, except where noted.
- Slow
- Almost Like the Blues
- Samson in New Orleans
- A Street – Leonard Cohen, Anjani Thomas
- Did I Ever Love You
- My Oh My
- Nevermind
- Born in Chains – Leonard Cohen
- You Got Me Singing
John Hicks: Steadfast
On September 19, 1991, “Strata-East” and “Bellaphon” labels released “Steadfast”, album by John Hicks. It was recorded in May 1975, in London.
Personnel:
- John Hicks – piano
- Duncan Stanbury – digital transfer
- Malcolm Addey – digital mastering
- Ulrich Hofmann – design
- Manfred Rinderspacher – photography
Track listing:
- One for Mixon – John Hicks
- Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn
- Pensativa – Clare Fischer
- Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
- Hamp’s Dance – John Hicks
- My One and Only Love – Robert Mellin, Guy Wood
- Steadfast – John Hicks
- Serenade – J. Walters
- Without a Song – Vincent Youmans
- In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz
- Soul Eyes – Mat Waldron
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin
- The Bright Eyes – John Hicks
The Waterboys: An Appointment with Mr. Yeats
On September 19, 2011, “W14/Proper Records” labels released “An Appointment with Mr. Yeats”, the tenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in London and Dublin, and was produced by Mike Scott and Marc Aciero.
Personnel:
- Mike Scott – vocals, 6 and 12-string acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards organ, flute organ, Mellotron, synthesizers, 8-string bouzouki, percussion, programming, effects, treatments
- James Hallawell – keyboards (including Hammond organ, Nord organs, piano, synthesizers
- Marc Arciero – bass guitar
- Ralph Salmins – drums, tambourine
- Joe Chester – guitars, harmonium, additional vocals
- Steve Wickham – fiddles, “white birds”
- Kate St. John – saxophone, oboe, Cor Anglais
- Blaise Margail – trombone
- Sarah Allen – flute
- Katie Kim – vocals
- Freddie Stevenson – vocals
Track listing:
- The Hosting of the Shee
- Song of Wandering Aengus
- News for the Delphic Oracle
- A Full Moon in March
- Sweet Dancer
- White Birds
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- Mad As the Mist and Snow
- Before the World Was Made
- September 1913
- An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
- Politics
- Let the Earth Bear Witness
- The Faery’s Last Song
Lee Kerslake
On September 19, 2020, Lee Kerslake died aged 73. He was musician (drums, percussion, keyboards, trumpet, kazoo, vocal), recorded and performed with The Gods, Head Machine, Toe Fat, National Head Band, Ken Hensley, David Byron, Living Loud, Ozzy Osborne, but was best known as drummer of Uriah Heep. With Swedish singer Stefan Berggren he formed Berggren Kerslake Band.
Pere Ubu: Why I Hate Women
On September 19, 2006, “Smog Veil” label released “Why I Hate Women”, the thirteenth Pere Ubu album. It was recorded in 2006 and was produced by David Thomas.
Personnel:
- David Thomas- vocals
- Keith Moliné- guitar, bass, backing vocals
- Robert Wheeler – EML synthesizer, theremin
- Michele Temple – lead vocals, bass
- Steve Mehlman – drums, clave
- Rodolphe Burger – stylophone
- Robert Kidney – lead guitar
- Jack Kidney – harp, tenor saxophone
- Andy Diagram- trumpet
Track listing:
- Two Girls (One Bar)
- Babylonian Warehouses
- Blue Velvet
- Caroleen
- Flames Over Nebraska
- Love Song
- Mona
- My Boyfriend’s Back
- Stolen Cadillac
- Synth Farm
- Texas Overture
Mew: And The Glass Handed Kites
On September 19, 2005, “Sony BMG” label released “And the Glass Handed Kites”, the fourth Mew studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at Michael Beinhorn’s place in Venice Beach, California, “Mox Studios” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Michael Beinhorn.
Personnel:
- Jonas Bjerre– vocals, electric guitars, piano, harmonium, synthesizers
- Bo Madsen– electric guitars
- Johan Wohlert– bass, guitars
- Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen – drums, percussion
- Lasse Mauritzen – french horn
- J Mascis– additional vocals, additional background vocals
- Bo Rande – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Rebecca Stark – soprano vocals
- Damon Tutunjian – additional guitar
- Boys’ choir
- Mathias Aagaard Christensen
- Frederik Peter Jakobsen
- Niklas Emil De Fries
- Frederik Stadager Larsen
- Michael Beinhorn– engineer
- Mads Nørgård – engineer
- Felipe Tichauer – engineer
- Frank Filipetti– engineer
- Kevin Bacon– mixing
- Jonathan Quarmby– mixing
- George Marino– mastering
- M/M Paris- art direction, design
- Gaël Amzalag – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, Johan Wohlert and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen.
- Circuitry of the Wolf
- Chinaberry Tree
- Why Are You Looking Grave?
- Fox Club
- Apocalypso
- Special
- The Zookeeper’s Boy
- A Dark Design
- Saviours of Jazz Ballet – contains hidden instrumental Fear Me, December
- An Envoy to the Open Fields
- Small Ambulance
- The Seething Rain Weeps for You – contains hidden instrumental Uda Pruda
- White Lips Kissed
- Louise Louisa
Mel Parsons: Grey Blue
On September 19, 2011, “Cape Road Recordings” label released “Grey Blue”, the second Mel Parsons studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Mel Parsons and Jeremy Toy.
Personnel:
- Mel Parsons – vocals, guitar
- Jeremy Toy – guitar
- Neil Watson – guitar
- Bruce Lynch- double bass
- Alistair Deverick – drums
- Paul Taylor – percussion
- Don McGlashan- baritone horn, euphonium
- Anika Moa- vocal harmony
- Greg Johnson- vocal harmony
- Anji Sami – vocal harmony
Track listing:
All tracks by Mel Parsons, except where noted.
- In My heart
- I Won’t Let You Down
- I’ll Go – Mel Parsons, Jeremy Toy
- Bones
- Damage
- Saturday Night
- Springtime Sun
- Things Will Get Good
- True Story
- We Will Find Love Again
- End of the Day
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