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Les McCann: Layers

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In February 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Layers”, the 33rd  Les McCann album. It was recorded in November 1972, at “Regent Sound Studios” in New York, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Les McCann – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, clavinet, drums, timpani
  • Jimmy Rowser – bass, electric bass, bells, percussion
  • Donald Dean – drums, bells, percussion
  • Buck Clarke – congas, drums, bongos, blocks, bells, percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald – congas, bells, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Les McCann

  1. Sometimes I Cry
  2. Let’s Gather
  3. Anticipation
  4. The Dunbar High School Marching Band
  5. Soaring (At Dawn) Part I
  6. The Harlem Buck Dance Strut
  7. Interlude
  8. Before I Rest
  9. Let’s Play (’til Mom Calls)
  10. It Never Stopped in My Home Town
  11. Soaring (At Sunset) Part II

Chris Stapleton: Traveller

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On May 5, 2015, “Mercury Nashville” label released “Traveller”, the debut Chris Stapleton studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Historic RCA Studio A” and “Blckbird” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton.

Personnel:

  • Chris Stapleton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Robby Turner – pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Webb – Mellotron, organ, piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • J.T. Cure – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Derek Mixon – drums, percussion
  • Morgane Stapleton – backing vocals
  • Vance Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Drew Long – assistant
  • Ed Spear – assistant
  • Steve Blackmon – assistant
  • Sorrel Brigman – assistant
  • Mary Hooper – design
  • Becky Fluke – photography
  • Shane Stern – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton, except where noted.

  1. Traveller – Chris Stapleton
  2. Fire Away – Danny Green, Chris Stepleton
  3. Tennessee Whiskey – Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
  4. Parachute – Chris Stapleton, Jim Beavers
  5. Whiskey and You – Chris Stapleton, Lee Thomas Miller
  6. Nobody to Blame – Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman
  7. More of You – Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman
  8. When the Stars Come Out – Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson
  9. Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore – Chris Stapleton
  10. Might as Well Get Stoned – Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Alan Stewart, Justin McGhee
  11. Was It 26 – Don Sampson
  12. The Devil Named Music – Chris Stapleton
  13. Outlaw State of Mind – Chris Stapleton, Jerry Salley, Ronnie Bowman
  14. Sometimes I Cry – Clint Ingersoll, Chris Stapleton