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Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home

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On May 20, 2022, “Anti-Made” label released “Carry Me Home”, album by Mavis Staples and Levon Helm. It was recorded in 2011, at Helm’s studio, and was produced by Larry Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Levon Helm – drums, vocals, executive production
  • Larry Campbell – guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals
  • Jim Weider – guitar
  • Brian Mitchell – piano, keyboards
  • Byron Isaacs – bass guitar
  • Jay Collins – tenor saxophone
  • Erik Lawrence – baritone saxophone
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet
  • Clark Gayton – trombone
  • Amy Helm – harmony vocals
  • Teresa Williams – harmony vocals

Mavis Staples Band

  • Mavis Staples – vocals, executive production
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Jeff Turmes – bass guitar
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Donny Gerrard – harmony vocals
  • Vicki Randle – harmony vocals
  • Yvonne Staples – harmony vocals
  • Justin Guip – engineer
  • Brendan McDonough – assistant engineering
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Landon Speers – photography

Track listing:

  1. This Is My Country – Curtis Mayfield
  2. Trouble in My Mind – Richard M. Jones
  3. Farther Along – W. B. Stevens
  4. Hand Writing on the Wall – Dottie Peoples, Harvey Lee Watkins, Jr.
  5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Dick Dallas, Bill Taylor
  6. Move Along Train – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  7. This May Be the Last Time – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  8. When I Go Away – Larry Campbell
  9. Wide River to Cross – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  10. You Got to Move – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  11. You Got to Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
  12. The Weight – Robbie Robertson

Charlie Musselwhite: The Well

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On August 24, 2010, “Alligator” label released “The Well”, the twenty seventh Charlie Musselwhite studio album. It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Chris Goldsmith.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Musselwhite – vocals, harmonica
  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Dave Gonzales – vocals, guitar
  • John Bazz – bass
  • Stephen Hodges – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Musselwhite

  1. Rambler’s Blues
  2. Dig the Pain
  3. The Well
  4. Where Hwy 61 Runs
  5. Sad and Beautiful World
  6. Sonny Payne Special
  7. Good Times
  8. Just You, Just Blues
  9. Cadillac Women
  10. Hoodoo Queen
  11. Clarksdale Getaway
  12. Cook County Blues
  13. Sorcerer’s Dream

Mavis Staple: If All I Was Was Black

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On November 17, 2017, “ANTI-Records” label released “If All I Was Was Black”, the thirteenth Mavis Staples album. It was recorded in May 2017, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums, percussion
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Glenn Kotche – percussion
  • Scott Ligon – clavinet, piano, organ, Wurly, guitar
  • Jeff Turnes – bass
  • Stephen Hodges – drums, percussion
  • Donny Gerrard – backing vocals
  • Kelly Hogan – backing vocals
  • Akenya – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy, except where noted.

  1. Little Bit
  2. If All I Was Was Black – Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples
  3. Who Told You That
  4. Ain’t No Doubt About It
  5. Peaceful Dream
  6. No Time for Crying – Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples
  7. Build a Bridge
  8. We Go High – Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples
  9. Try Harder
  10. All Over Again

Mavis Staple: Livin’ On A High Note

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On February 19, 2016, “Epitaph” label released “Livin’ on a High Note”, the Mavis Staples studio album. It was recorded in August 2015, at “Agoura Borealis” in Agoura Hills, California, “Kingsize” in Los Angeles, and “CRC” in Chicago, and was produced by Matthew Ward.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Donny Gerrard – vocals
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Tucker Martine – tambourine, mixing
  • Matthew Ward – guitars, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Jeff Turmes – bass
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Alex Budman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • David Moyer – baritone saxophone
  • Sean Billings – trumpet
  • Nathaniel Walcott – trumpet, clavinet, horn arrangements
  • Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – trumpet, trombone
  • Humberto Ruiz – trombone
  • Vicki Randle – backing vocals
  • Pierre de Reeder, Josh Kvale, Mat Lejeune – engineer
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Masaki Koike – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Take Us Back – Benjamin Booker
  2. Love and Trust – Ben Harper
  3. If It’s a Light – Charity Rose Thielen
  4. Action – Merrill Garbus
  5. High Note – Valerie June
  6. Don’t Cry – Matthew Ward
  7. Tomorrow – Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc
  8. Dedicated – Justine Vernon, Matthew Ward
  9. History Now – Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs
  10. One Love – Aaron Livingston
  11. Jesus Lay Down Beside Me – Nick Cave
  12. MLK Song – Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew Ward

Tom Waits: Rain Dogs

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Rain Dogs

On September 30, 1985, “Island” label released “Rain Dogs” , the eighth Tom Waits album. The middle album of the trilogy that includes “Swordfishtrombones” and “Franks Wild Years”, was recorded at the “RCA Studios” and was produced by Tom Waits. In 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Rain Dogs” at  number 397 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel

  • Tom Waits– vocals , guitar, organ, piano ,pump organ, harmonium, banjo
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Chris Spedding– guitar
  • Robert Quine– guitar
  • Smith– guitar
  • Keith Richards– guitar, backing vocals
  • Robert Musso – banjo
  • Robby Kilgore – organ
  • William Schimmel– accordion
  • Tony Levin– bass
  • Tony Garnier– double bass
  • Larry Taylor– double bass , bass
  • Greg Cohen– double bass
  • Michael Blair – percussion, marimba, drums, congas, bowed saw, parade drum
  • Stephen Hodges– drums , parade drum
  • Mickey Curry– drums
  • Bobby Previte– percussion, marimba
  • John Lurie– alto saxophone
  • Ralph Carney– baritone saxophone, saxophone, clarinet
  • Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophone
  • “Hollywood” Paul Litteral – trumpet
  • Bob Funk – trombone
  • Ross Levinson – violin

Track listing

All tracks by Tom Waits except where noted.

  1. Singapore
  2. Clap Hands
  3. Cemetery Polka
  4. Jockey Full of Bourbon
  5. Tango Till They’re Sore
  6. Big Black Mariah
  7. Diamonds & Gold
  8. Hang Down Your Head – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
  9. Time
  10. Rain Dogs
  11. Midtown
  12. 9th& Hennepin
  13. Gun Street Girl
  14. Union Square
  15. Blind Love
  16. Walking Spanish
  17. Downtown Train
  18. Bride of Rain Dog
  19. Anywhere I Lay My Head