samedi 23 avril 2022

LOWELL GEORGE

 




THANKS I'LL EAT IT HERE
1979
U.S.

MUSICIENS :
Lowell George – guitar, vocals, production
Bonnie Raitt – vocals
James Newton Howard – keyboards
Chuck Rainey – bass
Denny Christianson – keyboards, horns
David Foster – keyboards
Chilli Charles – drums
Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
Jim Price – horns
Jim Keltner – drums
Jim Gordon – drums
Michael Baird – drums
Dennis Belfield – bass
Bobby Bruce – violin, guitar
Turner Stephen Bruton – guitar
Luis Damian – guitar, keyboards
Gordon DeWitty – keyboards, piano
Maxine Dixon – piano
Arthur Gerst – piano
Jimmy Greenspoon – guitar, piano
Roberto Gutierrez – vocals, guitar, drums
Richie Hayward – drums
Jerry Jumonville – saxophone, guitar
Ron Koss – guitar, engineering
Darrell Leonard – horn, vocals
Maxayn Lewis – vocals
David Paich – keyboards
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Dean Parks – guitar, keyboards
Bruce Paulson – keyboards
Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals
Herb Pedersen – vocals
Joel Peskin – vocals, saxophone
John Phillips – saxophone, drums
Peggy Sandvig – piano
James Self – tuba
Steve Madaio – horns
Floyd Sneed – drums, vocals
J.D. Souther – bass, vocals
Paul Stallworth – bass, guitar
Fred Tackett – guitar, vocals
Maxine Willard Waters – vocals

TITRES :
1. What Do You Want The Girl To Do
2. Honest Man
3. Two Trains
4. Can't Stand The Rain
5. Cheek To Cheek
6. Easy Money
7. Twenty Million Things
8. Find A River
9. Himmler's Ring
Cet album, publié en 1979 en pleine crise de leadership au sein de son groupe Little Feat, est absolument réussi de bout en bout. Variant les styles tout en conservant un certain rythme funky sur la longueur, cet album est le seul disque solo de George.
C'est un album sans aucune prétention où seul le plaisir de faire de la bonne musique importe, ou du moins le style de musique qui plaisait à son interprète. Dégoûté du tournant jazz-rock que prenait son groupe Little Feat, on sent qu'il jubile à faire ici sa propre musique au-delà de toute considération commerciale.
Dommage qu'au moment où il lançait sa carrière solo prometteuse et qu'il
souhaitait faire le ménage dans Little Feat pour en reprendre le contrôle, il disparut subitement à 34 ans d'une crise cardiaque.
(Blue Boy)



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