XXI Century Blues - Present and Future of The Blues
Solomon Hicks - Carrying The Torch Of The Blues
Solomon Hicks
"Carrying On the Torch of the Blues"
Organic Recordings - n/a
12 Tracks - 2015
Solomon Hicks - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - 2015
Tracklist
1 - You Don't Want Me Anymore
2 - Homework (feat. Southside Johnny)
3 - Carrying On the Torch of the Blues (feat. Jake Clemons)
4 - Jukin' At the Cotton Club
5 - I Saw Her Standing There
6 - Fooling Around
7 - I Want to See You Again
8 - The Hook of Love
9 - I Never Thought
10 - Around the World
11 - Paul B. Allen, Omaha, Nebraska, Pt. II (feat. Jeff Levine)
12 - My Baby
Solomon Hicks - Johnny B Goode - Live 2015 - Video
Musicians
Solomon Hicks - guitars & vocals
Jeff Levine - organ (Hammond B3), grand piano, clavinet (6), Wurlitzer electric piano (2)
Gary Dates - drums on all tracks except (11), percussion (4) (12)
John O’Neill - drums (11)
Eric Udell - bass on all tracks except (2) (11)
Angelo “Buddy” Savino - bass (2)
Gary Mazzaroppi - upright bass (4)
Rick Brunermer - alto sax (4), tenor sax (1) (4) (7), baritone sax (1) (4) (7) (8)
Tom LaBella - alto & tenor sax (1) (7)
Rob Elinson - alto & tenor sax (4)
Jake Clemons - tenor sax (3)
John Berry - trumpets (1)
Mac Gallehon - trumpets (4) (7)
Curt Ramm - trumpets (7)
Bob Funk - trombone (4) (7)
Southside Johnny - harmonica (2)
Freddie Salem - 2nd rhythm guitar (10)
Steve Hoffman - percussion (1) ( 8) (10)
Engineered, mixed and mastered by:
Jeff Levine at Organic Sounds, Long Branch, New Jersey
assistant engineers for Organ over-dubs: Steve Hoffman, Maggie Nuse
grand piano recorded at Shorefire Recording, Long Branch, NJ by Joe DeMaio
all horn music scores and rhythm arrangements: Jeff Levine
Toby Scott - additional mixing on “I Want To See You Again”
Curt Ramm - recorded trumpets on track 7 at Five Mile Productions, New London, CT
John Terrell - recorded sax