On March 2, 1979, “Warner Bros” label released “Thanks I’ll Eat It Here”, the only Lowell George solo album. It was recorded in 1078, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lowell George. The cover art, painted by Neon Park, is a version of Édouard Manet’s painting “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe” with Marlene Dietrich, Fidel Castro and Bob Dylan as the diners.
Personnel:
- Lowell George – vocals, guitar
- Ron Koss – guitar, engineer
- Turner Stephen Bruton- guitar
- Dean Parks- guitar, keyboards
- Luis Damian – guitar, keyboards
- Jimmy Greenspoon – guitar, piano
- Roberto Gutierrez – vocals, guitar, drums
- Bonnie Raitt- vocals
- Maxine Dixon – piano
- Arthur Gerst – piano
- Peggy Sandvig – piano
- Nicky Hopkins- keyboards
- Gordon DeWitty – keyboards, piano
- James Newton Howard- keyboards
- Denny Christianson – keyboards, horns
- David Foster- keyboards
- David Paich- keyboards
- Bruce Paulson – keyboards
- Bill Payne- keyboards, vocals
- D. Souther- vocals, bass
- Paul Stallworth – bass, guitar
- Dennis Belfield – bass
- Chuck Rainey- bass
- Chilli Charles – drums
- Jim Keltner- drums
- Jim Gordon- drums
- Michael Baird- drums
- Jeff Porcaro- drums
- Floyd Sneed – vocals, drums
- Richie Hayward- drums
- Jerry Jumonville – saxophone, guitar
- Darrell Leonard – vocals, horn
- Jim Price- horns
- Bobby Bruce – violin, guitar
- Maxayn Lewis- vocals
- Herb Pedersen- vocals
- Joel Peskin – vocals, saxophone
- John Phillips- saxophone, drums
- James Self – tuba
- Steve Madaio – horns
- Fred Tackett- guitar, vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
- Donn Landee, George Massenburg– engineer
- Billy Youdelman, Bruce Botnick, Doug Botnick – engineer assistant
- Michael Ward – truck driver, drum tech
- Brad Kanawyer, Michael Hollyfield – design
- Elizabeth George, Bob Marks, Nancy Goldfarb – photography
Track listing:
- What Do You Want the Girl to Do – Allen Toussaint
- Honest Man – Lowell George, Fred Tackett
- Two Trains – Lowell George
- I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernie Miller
- Cheek to Cheek – Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks, Martin Kibbee (aka Fred Martin))
- Easy Money – Rickie Lee Jones
- Twenty Million Things – Lowell George, Jed Levy
- Find a River – Fred Tackett
- Himmler’s Ring – Jimmy Webb
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