Side One
1. The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – 1965
2. La Bottine Souriante: Overture to En Spectacle – 1996 *
3. La Bottine Souriante: Le Reveillon du jour de l’an – 1987 *
4. La Bottine Souriante: Reel a Ti-mile – 2003 *
5. Ojnab: La marché au camp – 1995 *
6. Sonny Boy Williamson: Pontiac Blues – 1951
7. Sonny Boy Williamson: Nine Below Zero –
8. Sonny Boy Williamson: Bring It On Home To Me – 1963
9. The Temptations: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – 1966
10. Plaid: Melifer – 2016
11. Voivod: Astronomy Domine – 1989 *
12. The Sadies: Lucifer Sam – *
12. The Sadies: So Much Blood – 2013 *
13. The Sadies: The Very Ending – 2013 *
14. Bill Connors: Cookies – 1984
15. Jennifer Noxon: Everyday – 2001 *
Side Two
1. Brian Hebert: Sassy’s Jig – 1999 *
2. The Kinks: 20th Century Man – 1971
3. The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset – 1967
4. The Kinks: Dead End Street – 1966
5. Koobas: Royston Rose – 1969
6. Manteca: Jungle Beast – 1984 *
7. Gene Clark: Silver Raven – 1974
8. Gene Clark: No Other – 1974
9. Gene Clark: If I Could Read Your Mind – 1984
10. The Shakers: Mustang Ford – 1981 *
11. Pink Floyd: Obscured by Clouds – 1972
12. The Yardbirds: Over Under Sideways Down – 1966
13. The Yardbirds: Evil Hearted You – 1965
14. The Yardbirds: I’m Not Talking – 1966
15. The Troggs: I Can’t Control Myself – 1966
16. Al DiMeola: Advantage – 1982
17. Genya Ravan: Don’t Press Me – 1973
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The Details
Side One
1. The Beatles: Eight Days A Week
(Lennon / McCartney)
Beatles VI: Capitol Records Canada T-2358
Liverpool
John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, handclaps
Paul McCartney – harmony vocals, bass guitar, handclaps
George Harrison – backing vocals, lead guitars, handclaps
Ringo Starr – drums, handclaps
Produced by George Martin, 1964
Released in Canada 1965
2. La Bottine Souriante: Overture to En Spectacle: Bees Wax, Sheep Skin / Turlutte du Bateaux / Reel de Don Messer / Reel de la Main Blanche
(Arranged by Jean Fréchette and La Bottine Souriante)
En Spectacle: Mille-Pattes / EMI MPCD-2039
Joliette, QC
Michel Bordeleau – mandolin, violin, guitars, foot work, percussion
Martin Racine – violin, guitars
Denis Fréchette – piano, accordion
Réjean Archambault – contra bass, electric bass
Jean Fréchette – sax
Robert Ellis – trombone
André Verreault – trombone
Jocelyn Lapointe – trumpet
Yves Lambert – accordion, harmonica
Produced by Michel Therrien et Daniel Ste-Marie, 1996
Recorded by the Karisma Studio mobile unit
Recorded by Marcel Gouin & Benoit Gauvin at Théâtre des Grands Ballets Canadiens Montreal
La Bottine Souriante means the happy boot and celebrates traditional music du Quebec by rocking out to infectious boot tapping jazz. They started out in 1976 after Rene Levesque’s Parti Quebecois came to office. Usually a four piece – sometimes five – then after several albums they became a machine. With the addition of a four piece brass section, La Bottine decided it was time to up the game a bit with fabulous jazz infused arrangements to traditional songs and tunes.
En Spectacle was recorded live in Montreal in 1996 and the crowd went wild. This was just the first cut on the album and they’ve already drove the crowd insane.
3. La Bottine Souriante: Le reveillon du jour de l’an
(trad)
Tout comme au jour de l'an: Mille-Pattes - MP-2035
Joliette QC
Michel Bordeleau, mandolin, mandola
Yves Lambert, accordion, harmonica
André Marchand, guitar, feet
Martin Racine, violin, mandola
Réjean Archambault, bass
Denis Fréchette, piano
Mario Forest, spoons
Produced by Mario Forest 1987
Recorded by André L’esperance & André Marchand
This was a song about new year’s played before invited guests of the band to give it that live, party fever in the traditional chanson et rependre way.
Up until this time the band were a quartet playing trad music in a traditional way. With the addition of contrabasse and piano they started to swing a little more, opening the door to a jazzy horn section that would totally transform them into a dynamic force that nobody could compete with. Recipients of 3 Junos and numerous Felix Awards (in Quebec). Although they have no original members left, the band continues to wow audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
4. La Bottine Souriante: Reel a Ti-mile
(André Brunet)
J’ai jamais tant ri: Mille-Pattes MPCD 2043
Joliette QC
Réjean Archambault – contra bass, electric bass
Ėric Beaudry – guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, foot work
Pierre Bélisle – keys, trumpet
André Brunet – violin, foot work, percussion
Pierre-Luc Dupuis – accordions, harmonicas
Jean Fréchette – sax
Robert Ellis – trombone
André Verreault – trombone
Jocelyn Lapointe – trumpet
Produced by Jean Fréchette, 2003
Recorded and Mastered at Studio Champagne, Terrebonne QC
By now there were no original members of the group anymore but that never stopped them from barreling down the tracks. A younger generation began to sit under the tutelage of the brass section. It was about the same time as some the original members began performing a bit as a Bottine alumnae band.
5. OJNAB: La Marche au Camp
(Jean-Paul Loyer)
Ojnab le messager: Ojnab Musique - DC 01
Joliette, QC
Jean-Paul Loyer: banjo
Mario Forest: harmonica
Daniel Lemieux: violin
Paul Marchand: guitar
Christopher Layer: pipes, flutes
Produced by Jean-Paul Loyer, 1995
Mastered by Jean-Paul Loyer and Denis Fréchette
Recorded by Denis Fréchette at #4 Rang Studio, Joliette
6. Sonny Boy Williamson II: Pontiac Blues
(Rice Miller)
King Biscuit Time: Arhoolie Records 2020
Helena Arkansas
Rice Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson: harmonica, vocal
Clarence Lonnie: piano
Frock: drums
Willie Wilkins: guitar
Cliff Bivens: bass, vocals
Produced by Lillian McMurry, 1951
Compilation Produced by Chris Strachwitz, 1970
Recorded Jackson, Mississippi
Original 78s were recorded on portable equipment at ACA Studios, Houston
Alex or Aleck Ford aka Rice Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson
b. Dec 5, 1912 Greenwood or Glendora Mississippi / d. Helena Arkansas May 24, 1965 (52)
There was always the issue of the name Sonny Boy Williamson, as the original blues singer who used that name died in 1948. Rice Miller used the name to get better gigs while the original Sonny Boy was still alive! He always claimed to be the original Sonny Boy, even though he wasn’t. Still, he was one of the greatest blues singers and blues harp players. His last recordings were made in England, backed by either The Yardbirds or The Animals.
7. Sonny Boy Williamson: Nine Below Zero
(Rice Miller)
King Biscuit Time: Arhoolie 2020
Helena Arkansas
Sonny Boy Williamson: vocal, harmonica
Clarence Lonnie: piano
Cliff Bivins: bass
Frock: drums
Jo Willie Wilkins: guitar
Produced by Chris Strachwitz, 1970
Recorded Jackson Mississippi late 1951
This is a collection of Williamson’s earliest recordings from the early 1950s featuring three similar line ups. It’s the real deal blues in its rawest form.
8. Sonny Boy Williamson II: Bring It On Home
(Willie Dixon)
Blues From “Big Bill’s” CopaCabana: Chess Records LPS 1533
Chicago IL
Sonny Boy Williamson: harmonica, vocal
Others not listed
Produced by Ralph Bass, 1963
Recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago by Phil Chess
Chess Records Re-Issue 1967
Originally released on Chess Records subsidiary Argo Records as ‘Folk Festival of the Blues’. While most of the tracks (featuring Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf) were recorded live at Big Bill’s CopaCabana club in Chicago, Sonny Boy’s song was actually recorded at Chess studios with fake audience to simulate a live recording.
Played in Miss. 1930s mostly as Rice Miller. Contemporary of Robert Johnson & Robert Jr. Lockwood. Played a lot w Elmore James. By 1940 he called himself after Chicago blues man Sonny Boy Williamson aka Lee Curtis Williamson who died in 1948.
In 1941 talked KFFA Radio Helena Arkansas into giving him a daily spot sponsored by the King Biscuit Flour Co thus King Biscuit Time. Did this live gig, off and on, till the day he died in 1965. Last recordings were made with the Yardbirds & Animals in UK in 1963 – 4.
9. The Temptations: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
(E Holland / Norman Whitfield)
Getting Ready: Gordy Records 918
Detroit MI
Otis Williams: vocals
David Ruffin: vocals
Melvin Franklin: vocals
Eddie Kendricks: vocals
Paul Williams: vocals
The Funk Brothers band
Produced by Norman Whitfield, 1966
This was Whitfield’s first jab at producing The Temptations. Until then they were under the tutelage of Smokey Robinson. Since their last hit single, ‘Get Ready’, didn’t chart very well, Whitfield was given his chance to produce them and he did his job well. The song was a mega-hit that went all the way up the Billboard charts to number 3!
10. Plaid: Melifer
(Plaid)
The Digging Remedy: Warp Records – LP277B
London UK
Andy Turner and Ed Handley: electronics
Benet Walsh: flute, guitar
Produced by Plaid 2016
Mastered by Noel Summerville
Plaid released their first album in 1991. They’ve collaborated with various artists over the years, including Björk.
This is their 11th LP. It was given to me by Benet Walsh whom a met in a Ludlow pub called The Blue Boar in Shropshire. Walsh plays several instruments in various different bands, like Thistletown where he played bass. Also in an old time country band where he plays banjo.
11. Voivod: Astronomy Domine
(Syd Barrett)
Nothingface: MCA Records – MCAC-6326
Jonquière, Quebec
Snake (Denis Bélanger): vocals
Piggy (Denis D'Amour): guitar, assistant engineer
Blacky (Jean-Yves Thériault): bass guitar, assistant engineer
Away (Michel Langevin): drums, artwork
Produced by Glen Robinson, 1989
Recorded at Victor Studio, Montreal Nov 11-17, 1985
Voivod have released fourteen studio albums since their inception in Northern Québec in 1982. The band found mainstream success in the late 1980s with their fifth studio album Nothingface. It’s Voivod's only album to enter the Billboard charts, peaking at number 114. Their latest album, The Wake, released in 2018 won a Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year.
12. The Sadies: Lucifer Sam
(Syd Barrett)
In Concert: Outside - 23339-9015-2
Richmond Hill, ON
Dallas Good: guitar, vocals
Travis Good: guitar, vocals
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Mike Burlington: drums, shakers
Gary Louris: vocals, guitar
Produced by The Sadies, 2006
Mastered by Peter Moore at the E Room, Toronto
A great cover version of a Syd Barrett’s song from Pink Floyd’s first album, Piper At The Gates of Dawn. Recorded live in Lee’s Palace. I’ve heard them do other early Floyd songs at their live shows. It perfectly captures the essence of the song.
12. The Sadies: So Much Blood
(The Sadies)
Internal Sounds: YepRoc Records YEP-2353
S. Ontario
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Dallas Good: guitar, organ, vocal
Travis Good: guitars, fiddle, vocal
Produced by Dallas Good, 2013
Mastered by Peter J Moore at The E Room, Toronto
13. The Sadies: The Very Ending
(Sadies)
Internal Sounds: YepRoc Records YEP-2353
S. Ontario
Mike Belitsky: drums
Sean Dean: bass
Dallas Good: guitar, organ, vocal
Travis Good: guitars, fiddle, vocal
Produced by Dallas Good, 2013
Mastered by Peter J Moore at The E Room, Toronto
14. Bill Connors: Cookies
(Bill Connors)
Step It: Pathfinder Records PTF 8503
Los Angeles
Bill Connors: guitar
Tom Kennedy: bass
Dave Weck: drums
Produced by Steve Khan and Doug Epstein, 1985
Recorded at Mediasound, NYC by Doug Epstein, October 1984
Mixed by Doug Epstein, Steve Khan, Bill Connors and David Weckl
Mastered by Craig Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Bill Connors b.
September 24, 1949, Los Angeles
15. Jennifer Noxon: Everyday
(J Noxon)
Sweet: JN002
Ottawa, ON
Jennifer Noxon: electric guitar, vocals
James Stephens: electric bass
Peter von Althen: drums, percussion
Chris Bartos: electric lead guitar
Rob Graves: percussion (fish, cowbell)
Produced by James Stephens & Jennifer Noxon, 2001
Recorded by James Stephens at Slowpoke Studios, Ottawa
Mixed by David Bignell and James Stephens at Heat of Sound, Ottawa
Jennifer Noxon
b. Calgary AB Nov 15, 1967
She only released two really good albums of her music and currently spends most of her energy painting abstract canvasses in really cool colours. This album – her second called ‘Sweet’, should have spurred her career along but didn’t. It’s a great album and I love this song, Everyday. Just great players were used and James Stephens (of Six Mile Bridge) has his fingerprints all over it – in a good way. Jennifer’s still involved with music but hasn’t submitted a third CD of original songs yet but I hear she’s working on it.
Side Two
1. Brian Hebert: Sassy’s Jig
(B Hebert)
The Timber Train Collection: Shaggy Mane Music SMCD 9907
Pembroke ON / Shady Nook, ON
Brian Hebert: fiddle
Al Brisco – steel
Tim Hermitte –
Dean Lavoy –
Vito Rezza – drums
Produced by Brian Hebert & Peter ‘SAB’ Sabourin, circa 2000
Recorded by Ken Hull, North Bay
2. The Kinks: 20th Century Man
(Ray Davies)
Muswell Hillbillies: RCA Victor - LSP-4644
Muswell Hill, London UK
Ray Davies: guitar, vocal
Dave Davies: lead guitar
John Dalton: bass
Mick Avory: drums
Produced by Ray Davies 1971
Recorded by Mike Babak & Roger Quested at Morgan Studios, London
3. The Kinks: Waterloo Sunset
(Ray Davies)
45 Single bw Act Nice And Gentle: Pye Records - PYE 821
London UK
Mick Avory drums, percussion
John Dalton bass guitar, background vocals
Dave Davies lead guitar, background vocals
Ray Davies lead and background vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards (harpsichord and piano)
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1967
Recorded April 1966: May 1967 at Pye Studios, London
Released 5 May 1967
This was from the 1966-67 era that really began for me with A Well Respected Man, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon time which ended with the album Face To Face. Ray Davies’ fragile voice cuts through to the heart and soul of London society. I remember buy it at Sam’s because I liked the title. It always leaves me wondering what that scene was like during sunset at Waterloo.
4. The Kinks: Dead End Street
(Ray Davies)
45 bw Big Black Smoke: Pye Records 813
London
Ray Davies, guitar
Dave Davies, guitar
Mick Avory, bass
Pete Quaife, drums
Mike Cotton Sound: horns
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1966
Recorded at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
Released 18 November 1966
Dead End Street’s a great song from that era which ends with bedlam bells clanging ‘all right’. Dead End Street was another great song from the head of Ray Davies. A great use of horns by the Mike Cotton Sound. Individual horn player’s names were usually not mentioned.
5. The Koobas: Roystone Rose
(Koobas)
Koobas: Columbia Records EMI SCX 6271
Liverpool UK
Stuart Leathwood: guitar, vocals
Roy Morris: guitar
Keith Ellis: bass
Tony O’Reilly: drums
Produced by David Paramor
Recorded by George Emerick at Abby Road Studios, London 1968
Released January 1969
A Liverpool band who were at the forefront of the Mercy beat along with contemporaries The Beatles, Searchers, Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J Kramer etc. After doing a stint in Hamburg, the band returned to the UK in 1964 and were signed to a management contract with Brian Epstein. They were supposed to appear in the 1965 Gerry & The Pacemakers film “Ferry Cross the Mersey” as the losers in a battle of the bands contest, but the footage was cut from the film's final release. They kept at it although success seemed to elude them. After opening for Jimi Hendrix and The Who on European tours.
In the latter ‘60s, they changed from R&B to a psychedelic sound but still found little to jump for joy for. They broke up in 1968, shortly before the release of their only album. Drummer Tony O’Reilly then went to play with Yes for a short time, replacing Bill Bruford.
6. Manteca: Jungle Beast
(Jim McGrath)
Strength In Numbers: Ready Records – LR 050
Toronto ON
Henry Heillig: bass
Matt Zimbel: congas, percussion
Aaron Davis: keys
Herb Koffman: trumpet, flugelhorn
John Johnson: alto, tenor, soprano sax, piccolo
Ralph Bowen: sax
Dave James: drums
Norman Jones: timbales, percussion
Rick Tait: trumpet, flugelhorn, synth
Produced by Matt Zimbel, 1984
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert at Inception Sound Studios, Toronto
7. Gene Clark: Silver Raven
(Gene Clark)
No Other: Asylum 7E 1016
Sherman Oaks, CA
Gene Clark - guitar, vocals
Chris Hillman - mandolin
Jesse Ed Davis - guitar
Stephen Bruton - guitar
Bill Cuomo - organ
Craig Doerge - keyboards
Howard "Buzz" Feiten - guitar
Danny Kortchmar - guitar
Russ Kunkel - drums
Joe Lala – percussion
Ted Machell - cello
Jerry McGee - guitar
Lee Sklar - bass
Butch Trucks - drums
Michael Utley - keyboards
Richard Greene, Beryl Marriott - violin
Sherlie Matthews, Cindy Bullens, Ronnie Barron, Clydie King, Claudia Lennear, Venetta Fields, Timothy B. Schmit, Carlena Williams - background vocals
Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye, 1974
Recorded at The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles
Harold Eugene "Gene" Clark
b Tipton, Missouri, November 17, 1944 - d May 24, 1991, aged 46, Sherman Oaks, CA
One of the founders of The Byrds, he was the first to leave the band in early 1966 and have a solo career. He also got together with Doug Dillards of The Dillards family bluegrass band and released two albums, The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark (1968) and Through the Morning, Through the Night (1969). ‘No Other’ was Clark’s first album recorded for Asylum Records. It went way over budget, was not promoted properly and didn’t sell well. But Rock critics loved it and claimed it to be a real masterpiece.
8. Gene Clark: No Other
(Gene Clark)
No Other: Asylum Records 7E-1016
Sherman Oaks, CA
Gene Clark: guitar, vocals
Lee Sklar: bass
Butch Trucks: drums
Michael Utley: keyboards
Joe Lala: percussion
Jerry McGee: guitar
Ronnie Barron, Cindy Bullens, Claudia Lennear: bg vocals
Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye, 1974
Recorded at The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles by Tony Reale and Joe Tuzen
Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, Studio D, San Francisco
9. Gene Clark: If I Could Read Your Mind
(Gordon Lightfoot)
Firebyrd: Takoma CTA 7112
Sherman Oaks, CA
Bass Guitar – Bret Bloomfield
Co-producer [Associate] – Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Drums, Backing Vocals – Andy Kandanes
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Gene Clark
Harmony Vocals – Herb Pedersen
Keyboards, Synthesizer – David Ossie Ahlers
Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar – Greg Douglas
Produced By Andy Kandanes, 1984
10. The Shakers: Mustang Ford
(Chuck Berry)
Rock And Roll EP: Warpt Records WRC1 1515
Hamilton ON
Claude Desroches: drums
Tim Gibbons: lead guitar
Rick Andrew: bass
Dave ‘Rave’ Desroches: rhythm guitar, vocals
Produced by Daniel Lanois, 1981
Recorded by Daniel Lanois in Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton ON
The Shakers, from 1979 to 1983. Only put out 2 LPs: 1981 (In Time) and ‘83 called Weekend. Dave Rave went on to play rhythm guitar for Teenage Head. He also formed a group called "The Dave Rave Conspiracy" The Shakers have done some reunion shows the past few years.
11. Pink Floyd: Obscured By Clouds
(Roger Waters / Dave Gilmore)
Obscured by Clouds: Harvest Records ST 11078
London UK
Roger Waters: bass
Dave Gilmore: guitars
Rick Wright: keys
Nick Mason: drums
Produced by Pink Floyd, 1972
Recorded at Strawberry Studios, UK and Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France
12. The Yardbirds: Over, Under, Sideways, Down
(Beck / McCarty / Dreja / Samwell-Smith / Relf)
The Hits of the Yardbirds: Capitol Records Canada T 6229
London UK
Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica
Jeff Beck – lead guitar, bass guitar
Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jim McCarty – drums, backing vocals
Paul Samwell-Smith – backing vocals
Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith and Simon Napier-Bell, 1966
Recorded at Advision Studios, London
13. The Yardbirds: Evil Hearted You
(Graham Gouldman)
The Hits Of The Yardbirds: Capitol Canada T 6229
London
(Originally on ‘Having A Rave Up’ LP, 1965)
Jeff Beck: lead guitar
Keith Relf: vocals, harmonica
Chris Dreja: guitar
Paul Samwell-Smith: bass, music director
Jim McCarty: drums
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, 1965
Compilation LP produced 1967
Geoffrey Arnold Beck
b. 24 June 1944 Wallington, Surrey, England / d. 10 January 2023 (78) East Sussex
Hits of the Yardbirds was a Canadian release by Capitol Records of Canada, most likely put together by Paul White. I bought my copy at Sayvette’s, Town & Country Square, Yonge & Steeles December 67. Side one features Jeff Beck while side 2 does Eric Clapton with the Yardbirds. Beck replaced Clapton after he left in ’65 to join John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Jimmy Page would soon join the Yardbirds and played with Beck until he quit the band in 1966.
14. The Yardbirds: I’m Not Talking
(Mose Allison)
45 single bw Shapes Of Things: Capitol Records Canada 72349
London UK
Keith Relf: lead vocals, harmonica
Jeff Beck: lead guitar, backing vocals
Chris Dreja: rhythm guitar
Paul Samwell-Smith: bass, backing vocals
Jim McCarty: drums, backing vocals, percussion
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, 1966
Another great Mose Allison song!
15. The Troggs: I Can’t Control Myself
(Reg Presley)
45 single bw Gonna Make You: Fontana Records – F 1557
Andover UK
Reg Presley: vocal
Ronnie Bond: drums
Peter Staples: bass
Chris Britton: guitar
Produced by Larry Page, Page One Records – 1966
Recorded in England at Olympic Studios, London by Keith Grant
Originally called The Troglodytes – one who dwells in caves or creeps in and out of holes or caverns. "I Can't Control Myself" was a UK number 2 in September 1966
16. Al DiMeola: Advantage
(Jan Hammer)
Al Di Meola: Tour De Force: Columbia Records FC 38373
Jersey City, NJ
Al Di Meola: guitar
Jan Hammer: keys
Steve Gadd: drums
Anthony Jackson: bass
Mingo Lewis: percussion
Victor Godsey: keys
Phillippe Saisse: keys
Sammy Figueroa: percussion
Produced by Al Di Meola, 1982
Recorded live at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia by The Record Plant Mobile by Dennis MacKay
Mixed at Wizard Recording, Briacliff Manor, NYC
Al Laurence Di Meola
b. July 22, 1954, Jersey City, NJ
When he was eight years old, he was inspired by Elvis Presley and the Ventures to start playing guitar. His teacher directed him toward jazz standards. He cites as influences jazz guitarists George Benson and Kenny Burrell and bluegrass and country guitarists Clarence White and Doc Watson. He attended Berklee College of Music in 1971. At nineteen, he was hired by Chick Corea to replace Bill Connors in the pioneering jazz fusion band Return to Forever. After that band broke up in 1976, he began his solo career. His early albums were influential among rock and jazz guitarists.
17. Genya Ravan: Don’t Press Me
(Genya Ravan / Jim Price)
They Love Me, They Love Me Not: Dunhill Records DSX 50143
New York City
Genya Ravan: vocals
Jim Price: keys
Jay Graydon: guitars
John Uribe: electric guitar
Dave Farrell: bass
Don Poncher: drums
Ray Cooper: percussion
Jim Horn: sax, flute
Bobby Keys: tenor sax
Produced by Jim Price and Joe Zagarino, 1973
Recorded by Joe Zagarino and Tony Reale at various studios
Genyusha Zelkovicz; b. Lodz, Poland April 19, 1940
She was lead singer of The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and Ten Wheel Drive. She also did a lot of producing of bands like the Dead Boys
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