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Boz Scaggs – Memphis
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Label: 429 Records – FTN17933
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: Mar 5, 2013
Genre: Blues
Style: Electric Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues
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Tracklist
A1 Gone Baby Gone
Composed By – Boz Scaggs
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Jim Cox
Organ – Charles Hodges
A2 So Good To Be Here
Arranged By [Horns] – Steve Jordan
Arranged By [Strings] – Lester Snell, Willie Mitchell
Composed By – Al Green, Michael Allen (2)
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Lester Snell
Organ – Charles Hodges
A3 Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl
Composed By – Willy DeVille
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Spooner Oldham
Piano – Jim Cox
A4 Rainy Night In Georgia
Arranged By [Strings] – Steve Jordan
Composed By – Tony Joe White
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Charles Hodges
Piano, Organ – Spooner Oldham
A5 Love On A Two Way Street
Composed By – B. B. Keys*, Sylvia Robinson
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Spooner Oldham
Organ – Charles Hodges
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Jim Cox
Vibraphone – Jack Ashford
A6 Pearl Of The Quarter
Arranged By [Horns & Strings] – Lester Snell
Composed By – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Organ – Charles Hodges
Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Jim Cox
B1 Cadillac Walk
Composed By – Moon Martin
Piano – Jim Cox
B2 Corrina, Corrina
Composed By – Traditional
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Spooner Oldham
B3 Can I Change My Mind
Composed By – Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Lester Snell
Guitar – Eddie Willis
Organ – Charles Hodges
Voice [Spoken] – Monet Owens*
B4 Dry Spell
Composed By – Jack "Applejack" Walroth*
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Spooner Oldham
Harmonica – Charlie Musselwhite
Resonator Guitar [Slide Dobro] – Keb' Mo*
B5 You Got Me Cryin'
Bass – David Hungate
Composed By – Ewart Abner*, Jimmy Reed
Drums – Shannon Forrest
Guitar – Boz Scaggs, Rick Vito
B6 Sunny Gone
Composed By – Boz Scaggs
Organ, Piano – Jim Cox
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Companies, etc.
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Recorded At – Royal Recording Studios, Memphis
Recorded At – The Barn, Napa Valley
Mixed At – Royal Recording Studios, Memphis
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Lacquer Cut at – Sterling Sound
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – SLG, LLC
Copyright © – SLG, LLC
Published By – Windover Lake Songs
Published By – Al Green Music, Inc.
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – Glenwood Music Corp.
Published By – Combine Music Corp.
Published By – Gambi Music Inc.
Published By – Universal Music Corp.
Published By – Red Giant Music, Inc.
Published By – Bug Music
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By – Jack Walroth Music
Published By – BMG Platinum Songs
Published By – Conrad Music
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Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Boz Scaggs, Ray Parker Jr.
Art Direction – David Alan Kogut
Backing Vocals – Boz Scaggs, Claytoven Richardson, Monet Owens*, Steve Jordan
Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Booking – Brad Goodman
Cello – Jonathan Kirkscey, Mark Wallace (7)
Drums, Percussion – Steve Jordan
Electric Bass, Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Willie Weeks
Electric Guitar – Boz Scaggs, Ray Parker Jr.
Engineer [Additional Recording] – Boo Mitchell, Chris Tabarez, J. Michael Rodriguez*
Engineer [Pro Tools] – Chris Tabarez
Engineer [Recording] – Niko Bolas, Steve Jordan
Lacquer Cut By – RJ*
Lead Vocals – Boz Scaggs
Management – Jack Rovner, Joel Hoffner, Ken Levitan
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mastered By [Additional] – Steve Fallone
Mixed By – Niko Bolas, Steve Jordan
Photography By – Deborah Feingold
Photography By [Assistant] – Matt McGinley (2)
Producer – Steve Jordan
Tenor Saxophone – Lannie McMillan
Trombone – Jack Hale*
Trumpet – Ben Cauley
Viola – Beth Luscome*, Jennifer Puckett
Violin – Barrie Cooper, Jessie Munson, Wen-Yih Yu
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Notes
Pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl
Recorded & mixed at Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, TN
Additional recording at The Barn, Napa Valley, CA
Mastered at Sterling Sound
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℗ © 2013 SLG, LLC
A1, B6 published by Windover Lake Songs (ASCAP)
A2 published by Al Green Music, Inc. (BMI)/Irving Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
A3 published by EMI Glenwood Music Corp. (BMI)
A4 published by Combine Music Corp. (BMI)
A5 published by Gambi Music, Inc (BMI)
A6 published by Universal Music Corp. obo Red Giant Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
B1 published by Bug Music (BMI)
B3 published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
B4 published by Jack Walroth Music (ASCAP)
B5 published by BMG Platinum Songs obo Conrad Music (BMI)
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.............. Tracklisting ..............
1
Gone baby gone ..............
2
So good to be here ..............
3
Mixed up, shook up girl ..............
4
Rainy night in Georgia ..............
5
Love on a two way street ..............
6
Pearl of the quarter ..............
7
Cadillac walk ..............
8
Corrina, Corrina ..............
9
Can I change my mind ..............
10
Dry spell ..............
11
You got me cryin' ..............
12
Sonny gone ..............
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.............. Rezension: ..............
Es geht natürlich einmal mehr um Soul, um Blues und um die Nahtstelle zwischen beiden. Auf einem Niveau allerdings, vor dem man nur in die Knie gehen kann. Aufgenommen wurde in den Royal Recording Studios des seligen Willie Mitchell, sein Geist saß wahrscheinlich selbst mit an den Reglern. Die Band ist stellar: Gitarrist Ray Parker, jr., spielte bereits auf Marvin Gayes "What's Going On" und Stevie Wonders "Talking Book"; Bassist Willie Weeks war dann auf des Letzteren "Innervisions" zu hören, außerdem auf einer Unzahl von Alben von Leuten wie Donny Hathaway, Aretha, Herbie Mann, George Harrison oder den Stones; Drummer (und Produzent) Steve Jordan ist zwar etwas jünger, kann aber mit Alben von Don Cherry, Taj Mahal, den Blues Brothers oder Keith Richards ebenfalls auf eine eindrucksvolle Diskographie zurückblicken. Dazu gesellen sich dann noch Spooner Oldhams Wurlitzer, Keb' Mo' und Charlie Musselwhite kamen auch für einen Song vorbei. Aber es ist natürlich Boz Scaggs' Platte, seine Verbeugung vor Al Green und anderen Meistern des Memphis Soul. Deren Glanzzeit er natürlich selbst miterlebt hat, und denen er als Sänger wie als großer Stilist auch stets auf Augenhöhe begegnen konnte. Mag sein, daß es Momente gibt, in denen man ihm seine fast 70 Lenze anhört (warum auch nicht), aber sein Gänsehaut-Falsett ist absolut intakt. Die Anzahl der Jahre, in denen solche Platten noch erscheinen können, ist freilich überschaubar: Dies hier ist ja nicht "Retro", es ist echt… (2013) ..............
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.............. Mit dem Album "Memphis" veröffentlicht Grammy-Gewinner Boz Scaggs das erste neue Material seit zehn Jahren. Das Album wurde in den Royal Studios von Willie Mitchell aufgenommen - natürlich in Memphis.
Scaggs, dessen selbstbetiteltes Album in den "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" des Rolling Stone zu finden ist, zeigt sich mit dreizehn neuen Tracks befreit und von einer natürlichen Seite wie selten zuvor.
Mit dem Drummer Steve Jordan produziert (u. a. John Mayer) bietet es wunderschöne Blues-Songs, die durch Boz' sanfte Stimme glänzen.
Als Gastmusiker sind u. a. Keb' Mo, Spooner Oldham und Eddie Willis dabei. Die Songauswahl reicht von Al Green über Willie DeVille bis zu Moon Martin. ..............
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.............. Product Information ..............
Grammy Award-winning rock legend Boz Scaggs has put the finishing touches on his latest studio album, Memphis. The multi-platinum selling musician has signed with 429 Records, which will release the album on March 5. Showcasing both original songs and choice covers, Memphis was produced by Steve Jordan (John Mayer) and was recorded at Willie Mitchell's legendary Royal Studio in Memphis, where the late Mitchell recorded Al Green and other Hi Records artists. Joining Scaggs on Memphis are Willie Weeks (bass), Ray Parker Jr. (guitars), Spooner Oldham (keyboards), the Memphis Horns, Lester Snell (string arrangements) and Steve Jordan (drums).
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William Royce "Boz" Scaggs began a long and storied career in 1965 with the release of his first solo recording Boz. Scaggs quickly developed into an iconic singer songwriter cutting his teeth playing with Steve Miller on several highly successful projects and honing his rock and R&B chops working with the likes of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Duane Allman. Scaggs hit it big in 1976 achieving multi-platinum success with Silk Degrees and its follow ups. Scaggs continued on a lauded and multi-genre musical journey to the present day. He and his band continue to tour worldwide and Scaggs also performs alongside Donald Fagan and Michael McDonald in their band billed as The Dukes of September.
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Raised in Texas with an abiding respect for a wide spectrum of American roots music, Scaggs has combined rock, jazz, R&B and blues to create a trademark sound. With an extensive and distinctive career that has spanned 30 years and many accolades, Scaggs continues to prove himself as one of music's most creative and original artists. ..............
(bozscaggs. com)
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.............. Rezensionen ..............
,,Ganz schlicht, ganz altmodisch und ganz großartig interpretiert Boz Scaggs auf dem jüngsten Longplay Eigenkompositionen und handverlesene Fremdtitel aus den Genres Soul, R&B und Blues." (Stereo, April 2013) ..............
,,Sein erstes Album nach zehnjähriger Pause zählt zur Kategorie ,,gut abgehangenes Spätwerk"." (Audio, April 2013) ..............
,,Mit 68 Jahren hat Boz Scaggs nun in Memphis gearbeitet. Die zwölf Songs atmen den Soul-Blues-Markensound der Stadt und wurden fein an die Crooner-Stimme angepasst." (stereoplay, April 2013)
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