Tag Archives: Toby Leaman

Dr. Dog: Easy Beat

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On March 15, 2005, “Park the Van” label released “Easy Beat”, the second Dr. Dog studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at Dr. Dog’s home studio, and was produced by Scott McMicken, Andrew Jones, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman and Juston Stens.

Personnel:

  • Scott McMicken – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Andrew Jones – guitar, engineer
  • Zach Miller – keyboards, engineer
  • Toby Leaman – vocals, bass, engineer
  • Juston Stens – vocals, drums, engineer
  • Dimitri Manos – drums
  • Uncle Mark – bowed bass
  • Jesse Moynihan – violin
  • Brendan Cooney – string arrangements
  • Bill Moriarty – mixing
  • Steven Vertel – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are by Scott McMicken, Andrew Jones, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman and Juston Stens.

  1. The World May Never Know
  2. The Pretender
  3. Oh No
  4. Easy Beat
  5. Dutchman Falls
  6. Fools Life
  7. Say Something
  8. Today
  9. Wake Up

Dr. Dog: Critical Equation

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On April 27, 2018, “Thirty Tigers” label released “Critical Equation”, the tenth Dr. Dog album. It was recorded in 2018, in Fillipinotown, Los Angeles, and was produced by Gus Seyffert.

Personnel:

  • Scott McMicken – lead guitar, artwork, design
  • Frank McElroy – rhythm guitar, artwork, design
  • Zach Miller – keyboards, artwork, design
  • Toby Leaman – vocal, bass guitar, artwork, design
  • Michael Libramento – vocal, bass, acoustic and lap steel guitar, percussion, artwork, design
  • Eric Slick – drums, artwork, design
  • Gus Seyffert – engineering, mixing
  • Sean Cook – engineer
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Leann Cornelius – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Scott McMicken, Frank McElroy, Zach Miller, Tony Leaman, Michael Libramento and Eric Slick.

  1. Listening In
  2. Go Out Fighting
  3. Buzzing in the Light
  4. Virginia Please
  5. Critical Equation
  6. True Love
  7. Heart Killer
  8. Night
  9. Under the Wheels
  10. Coming Out of the Darkness

Dr. Dog: Fate

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On July 22, 2008, “Park the Van” label released “Fate”, the fifth Dr. Dog studio album.

Personnel:

  • Scott McMicken – vocals, lead guitar, piano
  • Frank McElroy – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Zach Miller – keyboards, piano, guitar
  • Toby Leaman – vocals, bass, upright bass
  • Juston Stens – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Tommy Bindle – percussion
  • Danny Scofield – saxophones
  • Kimbal Brown – trumpet
  • John Pettit – trumpet
  • Steve Duffy – trombone
  • Heather Fortune – flute
  • Laura Foxx – clarinet
  • Megan Smith – oboe
  • Janka Perniss – violin
  • Victoria Baltimore – cello
  • Eliza Jones – vocals
  • Brendan Cooney – string and horn arrangements
  • Bill Moriarty – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Ken Ellis – paintings
  • T. William Moriarty – production coordination
  • Kyle Pulley – production assistant, mixing assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Toby Leaman and Scott McMicken, all music by Frank McElroy, Juston Stens, Zach miller, Tobty Leaman and Scott McMicken.

  1. The Breeze
  2. Hang On
  3. The Old Days
  4. Army of Ancients
  5. The Rabbit, the Bat and the Reindeer
  6. The Ark
  7. From
  8. 100 Years
  9. Uncovering the Old
  10. The Beach
  11. My Friend

M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion

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On April 6, 2012, “Merge” label released “A Wasteland Companion”, the seventh M. Ward studio album. It was recorded in 2012 and was produced by M.Ward,

Personnel:

  • M. Ward – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Zooey Deschanel– vocals
  • John Graboff – pedal steel
  • Howe Gelb– piano
  • Nathan Jr. Andersen – piano
  • Mike Mogis– organ, orchestra bells
  • Toby Leaman – bass
  • Tyler Tornfelt – bass
  • Mike Coykendall– percussion, bass, acoustic guitar
  • John Parish– percussion, marimba
  • Jordan Hudson – percussion
  • Steve Shelley– percussion
  • Scott McPherson – percussion
  • Tom Hagerman– strings
  • Amanda Lawrence – violin
  • Susan Sanchez – backing vocals
  • Rachel Cox – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by M. Ward (Matthew Stephen Ward).

  1. Clean Slate
  2. Primitive Girl
  3. Me and My Shadow
  4. Sweetheart
  5. I Get Ideas
  6. The First Time I Ran Away
  7. A Wasteland Companion
  8. Watch the Show
  9. There’s a Key
  10. Crawl After You
  11. Wild Goose
  12. Pure Joy