: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
PAUL YOUNG / THE CROSSING
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
WE'D STOP, AND HE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON HOW WE COULD IMPROVE THE TRACK,
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
PAUL JACKSON Jr. - ELECTRIC GUITAR
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
LUIS CONTE - TAMBOURINE
ENGINEERED BY : RICHARD WHALEY
DON WAS - VIBES
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
NOVI NOVAG - VIOLINS
ASSISTED BY : TALLEY SHERWOOD
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
ROY HAY - GUITAR & KEY BOARDS
DAVEY FARAGHER - BASS
PRODUCED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ENGINEERED BY : SIMON HURRELL
1. HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD
4:19 JEFF
DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
ANITA SHERMAN - BACKGROUND VOCAL
CHARLIE BISHARAT - VIOLINS
ARNO LUCAS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
SYLVIA MASON-JAMES - BACKGROUND VOCAL
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
ENGINEERED BY : GABE VELTRI
5. WON'T LOOK BACK
5:23 JEFF
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
BENMONT TENCH - B-3
REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
DON WAS - MELLOTRON
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
2. PRODUCED BY : PETER VALE
THEN BACK HE'D GO AND LAY IT DOWN JUST AS FUNKY AS BEFORE, SMILING AWAY AS HE LEANED WAY INTO THE DRUM KIT.
LUIS BLANCANELLO - KEY BOARDS PROGRAMMING
MIXED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
DEAN PARKS. - ELECTRIC GUITAR
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
LUIS CONTE - CONGAS, TIMBALES, SHAKER
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
BOB THIELE - KEYBOARDS, BACKGROUND VOCAL
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A SOLID RHYTHM BACKBONE TO THE TRACK.
THIS ALBUM IS DEDICATED TO JEFF PORCARO.
SALES DATE : 1993.
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
CHARLIE BISHARAT - VIOLINS
RON CLARK - VIOLINS
KIRK WHALUM - SAXOPHONE
5. WON'T LOOK BACK
MIXED BY : CHRIS LORD ALGE
JAMIE MUHOBERAC - ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
PHIL ROY - GUITAR, BACKGROUND VOCAL
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & DOUG JAMES
MIXED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
3. PRODUCED BY : CHRIS NEIL
BENMONT TENCH - B-3
REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
PORTIA GRIFFIN - BACKGROUND VOCAL
PINO PALADINO - BASS
LARRY CORBETT - CELLOS
NEIL HUBBARD - RHYTHM GUITAR
ANGEL ROGERS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : KEN KESSIE
SONG TRACKS :
MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
JESSICA WILLIAMS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
SUZIE KATAYAMA - CELLOS
WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
BEVERLEY SKEATE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & DREW BARFIELD
BILLY VALENTINE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
2. NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE
ASSISTED BY : VERY YOUNG DANIEL BOSWORTH
ADDITIONAL VOCALS MIXED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
ASSISTED BY : PAUL MORTIMER
ON DRUMS
DELTA DICKERSON - BACKGROUND VOCAL
9. HALF A STEP WAY
RON CLARK - VIOLINS
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & DREW BARFIELD
LESLIE SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
6. ONLY GAME IN TOWN
MARK FELTMAN - HARMONICA
3. BRING ME HOME
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
MIXED BY : CHRIS NEIL
4. PRODUCED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
2. NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE
4:00
PINO PALADINO - BASS
ROBBIE BUCHANAN - KEYBOARDS
LARRY CORBETT - CELLOS
NOVI NOVAG - VIOLA
JON CLARKE - WOODWINDS
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : GEORGE MASSENBERG
3. BRING ME HOME
4:03 PETER VAN HOOKE
4. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
4:21
SUZIE KATAYAMA - CELLOS
WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
WAYNE MURRY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
JAMES "HUTCH" HUTCHINSON - BASS
MIXED BY : BILL SCHNEE
6. ONLY GAME IN TOWN
4:19 JEFF
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
ENGINEERED BY : RICHARD WHALEY
CHARLIE BISHARAT - VIOLINS
WRITTEN BY : O'DOHERTY
FRANCINE REED - BACKGROUND VOCAL
NO CREDIT
13. COLD SWEAT
SUZIE KATAYAMA - CELLOS
LARRY CORBETT - CELLOS
DESIGN : VINCE FROST, PENTAGRAM
7. LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
3:46 JEFF
RON CLARK - VIOLINS
NOVI NOVAG - VIOLA
EVERETTT DRAKE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ASSISTED BY : DAN BOSWORTH
DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR & SLIDE GUITAR SOLO
PHOTOGRAPHY : THE DOUGLAS BROTHERS
LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
8. DOWN IN CHINATOWN
5:36
MIXED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
KEN WILD - BASS
JON CLARKE - WOODWINDS
THE MEMPHIS HORNS :
WAYNE JACKSON - TRUMPET & TROMBONE
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATION FOR PAUL YOUNG : CLIVE BANKS & JOHN REID MANAGEMENT WORKS LTD.
9. HALF A STEP WAY
5:00 JEFF
10. FOLLOW ON
4:10 JEFF
PETER VALE - KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, PROGRAMMING, BASS, BACKGROUND VOCAL
DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
THANKS TO :
11. IT WILL BE YOU
4:42 ED GREENE
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
WRITTEN BY : BROWNE & ELLIS
NO CREDIT
LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
ANDREW LOVE - SAXOPHONE
8. DOWN IN CHINATOWN
STACEY & LEVI - LOVE YOU BOTH, MARK PINDER, GUISEPPE FRANCO - WHAT A GUY! THE Q-TIPS FOR "ZIPPIN' UP MY BOOTS...
12. MAN OF STEEL
3:56
TOMMY MORGAN - BASS HARP
"IT HELPS !, LOS PACAMINOS - GRACIAS MUCHACHOS, JOHN & AMIN FOR CLEANING MY CLOSET.
13. COLD SWEAT
5:00
MUSICIANS :
PATTY SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
CLIVE, SAM & ALL AT MANAGEMENT WORKS FOR SEEING THE WAY AHEAD-LET'S GO!!
PAUL YOUNG / THE CROSSING
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
WE DEDICATED ON THIS ALBUM TO GET A BAND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WORKING UNIT FOR MOST OF THE SONGS.
WRITTEN BY : SHANNON RUBICAM & GEORGE MERRILL
PRODUCED BY : CHRIS NEIL
FRANCINE REED - BACKGROUND VOCAL
EVERETTT DRAKE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
AS THE PIECES WERE COMING TOGETHER, I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM DON.
1. HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD
WAYNE MURRY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
11. IT WILL BE YOU
"I THINK THE ONE GUY WHO'S GONNA BE ABLE TO PLAY DRUMS ON ALL OF THIS STUFF IS JEFF PORCARO".
"ARE YOU SURE ?" I SAID. AFTER ALL, WE HAD A WHOLE RANGE OF STYLES TOUCHING ON POP, COUNTRY, SOUL BALLADS,
WRITTEN BY : BOB THIELE & PHIL ROY
HAD ROCKERS AND BLUES SWING. BUT DON WAS CERTAIN WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION WE CUT TWO SONGS, "FOLLOW ON" AND "LOVE HAS NO PRIDE",
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
BOTH VERY DELICATE SONGS NEEDING A SENSITIVE READING.
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN
ASSISTED BY : PAUL MORTIMER
AFTER THE FIRST TAKE WE LISTENED BACK IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE AIR LEFT IN THE TRACK.
MIXED BY : CHRIS NEIL
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
PAUL JACKSON Jr. - ELECTRIC GUITAR
a
INTANGIBLE THING THAT MAKES AN ARRANGEMENT COMPLEMENT THE LYRIC.
JEFF JUST SAT THERE, GROOVING AWAY ON EVERY SONG.
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
PAUL YOUNG - BACKGROUND VOCAL
7. LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & MARTIN PAGE
BILLY PRESTON - HAMMOND B-3
TIM RENWICK - GUITAR
PETER VAN HOOKE - DRUMS
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
ENGINEERED BY : SIMON HURRELL
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
HORNS ARRANGED BY : LEE THORNBURG
ED GREENE - DRUMS
JAMES "HUTCH" HUTCHINSON - BASS
BENMONT TENCH - B-3
PAM SHEYNE - PROGRAMMING BACKGROUND VOCAL
ADRIAN LEE - KEY BOARDS, BASS,
CREDITS :
1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13. PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
FREDDIE WASHINGTON - BASS
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
ROBBIE BUCHANAN - KEYBOARDS
ASSISTED BY : MARNIE RILEY
ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS PRODUCED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
LINDA TAYLOR - PROGRAMMING BACKGROUND VOCAL
4. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
MIXED BY : BILL SCHNEE
REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
THE REASON WE TRIED AGAIN WOULD BE TO GET THAT MAGIC,
JIM COX - ORGAN
GREG PHILLINGANES - PIANO
PAUL JACKSON Jr. - GUITAR
DARYL PHINNESSEE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
JIM GILSTRAP - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ALAN ESTES - VIBES
GARY HERBIG - SAXOPHONE SOLO
KEVIN DORSEY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
12. MAN OF STEEL
DORIAN HOLLEY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
STEPHEN KUJALA - FLUTE
WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ARNO LUCAS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
WRITTEN BY : BOB THIELE & PHIL ROY
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
LESLIE SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
10. FOLLOW ON
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
ENGINEERED BY : GABE VELTRI
SAXOPHONE MIXED BY : ED CHERNEY
ASSISTED BY : MARNIE RILEY
THANKS TO LAWRENCE KASDAN
MIXED BY : KEN KESSIE AT CAN-AM STUDIO, TARZANA
WRITTEN BY : PAUL BRADY
ASSISTED BY : DANNY ALONSO
ARRANGING BY : LUIS BLANCANELLO
MARK ISHAM - TRUMPET
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
JON CLARKE - WOODWINDS
MARTIN PAGE - KEY BOARDS, PIANO, PROGRAMMING & BACKGROUND VOCAL
PINO PALADINO - BASS
MARK GOLDENGERG - GUITAR
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG, DON WAS & DREW BARFIELD
LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
BENMONT TENCH - B-3
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
KIRK WHALUM - SAXOPHONE
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : ERIC KAZ & LIBBY TITUS
LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
SAXOPHONE MIXED BY : ED CHERNEY
REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
ASSISTED BY : MARNIE RILEY
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ARRANGEMENT BY : LUIS BIANCANIELLO
LUIS BIANCANIELLO - KEYBOARDS, SEQUENCING
WRITTEN BY : MICK LEESON & PETER VALE
PRODUCED BY : PETER VALE
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
IT WAS AS THOUGH I COULD SEE JEFF'S ARMS MOVING AROUND FROM CYMBAL TO CYMBAL, SNARE TO HI-HAT,
ASSISTED BY : ALEX REED & RANDALL J. WINE
GENTLY DRIVING THE SONG THROGH IT'S STRUCTURE.
AFTER A WHILE I REALISED THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANY QUESTION OF BAD FEEL OR TIMING ON A TRACK;
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS