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Solomon Hicks - Carrying The Torch 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

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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

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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

 

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