Marcia Ball
Peace, Love & BBQ [CD]
Marcia digs deep for some of the most stirring, personal performances of her career, driven by soul-touching vocals and her always killer piano playing. Dr. John, Tracy Nelson, Wayne Toups and Terrance Simien guest. "A sensational, saucy singer and superb pianist...where Texas stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-swamp meet" -- USA TODAY
2009 Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Of The Year Award--Blues Music Awards
MARCIA BALL – PIANO AND VOCALS, ACCORDION ON “MIRACLE IN KNOXVILLE.”
DON BENNETT – BASS.
COREY KELLER – DRUMS.
MIKE KELLER - ELECTRIC GUITAR.
THAD SCOTT - SAXOPHONES.
IAN MCLAGAN - HAMMOND B-3.
MAC REBENNACK - ORGAN AND VOCALS ON “I’LL NEVER BE FREE,” CLAVINET ON “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.”
STEPHEN BRUTON - ELECTRIC GUITAR ON “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,” “PEACE, LOVE & BBQ,” “I’LL NEVER BE FREE,” ACOUSTIC GUITAR ON “WHERE DO YOU GO?” “MIRACLE IN KNOXVILLE,” “RIDE IT OUT,” “MARRIED LIFE,” MANDOLIN ON “MIRACLE IN KNOXVILLE” AND “RIDE IT OUT.”
CINDY CASHDOLLAR - LAP STEEL ON “MIRACLE IN KNOXVILLE” AND “MARRIED LIFE.”
WAYNE TOUPS - ACCORDION ON “MARRIED LIFE” AND “RIDE IT OUT.”
TERRANCE SIMIEN - ACCORDION ON “PARTY TOWN.”
DAVID BARARD – BASS ON “I’LL NEVER BE FREE” AND “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.”
HERMAN ERNEST – DRUMS ON “I’LL NEVER BE FREE” AND “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.”
BARRY “FROSTY” SMITH – CONGA, BONGOS, TRIANGLE AND COWBELL.
L.A. HORNS: LEE THORNBURG - TRUMPET AND TROMBONE AND LON PRICE - SAXOPHONES ON “PEACE, LOVE & BBQ,” “PARTY TOWN,” “I’LL NEVER BE FREE,” “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD” AND “WHERE DO YOU GO?”
TRACY NELSON, VICKI CARRICO, TERRY TUCKER - HARMONY ON “WHERE DO YOU GO?”
CHRISTINE ALBERT AND CHRIS GAGE - HARMONY ON “PEACE, LOVE & BBQ” AND “I WISH YOU WELL.”
CHORUS ON “PARTY TOWN” - MAC REBENNACK, WAYNE TOUPS, TERRANCE SIMIEN, STEPHEN BRUTON, SYDNEY SCOTT, DON BENNETT, COREY KELLER AND MIKE KELLER.
WARDELL QUEZERGUE - HORN ARRANGEMENTS ON “I’LL NEVER BE FREE,” “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD” AND “WHERE DO YOU GO?”
PRODUCED BY STEPHEN BRUTON.
ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY CHET HIMES AT WIRE RECORDING AND ASM STUDIOS, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
STUDIO ASSISTANTS, WIRE: NATHAN MCKENZIE, BRAD BELL AND JOEY BENJAMIN.
STUDIO ASSISTANT, ASM: ELI SMITH.
MASTERED BY JERRY TUBB AT TERRA NOVA DIGITAL AUDIO, INC., AUSTIN, TEXAS.
L.A. HORNS RECORDED BY ROSS HOGARTH AT MARK GREEN STUDIO, STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA.
“I’LL NEVER BE FREE” AND “DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD” RECORDED BY CHRIS FINNEY
AT THE MUSIC SHED, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
COVER PHOTOS BY MARY KEATING BRUTON AT mkbphotography.com.
BBQ PLATE PHOTO AT SAM’S BARBECUE, AUSTIN, TEXAS BY GORDON FOWLER.
CD PACKAGE DESIGN BY LUKE DUPONT.
STEPHEN BRUTON APPEARS COURTESY OF NEW WEST RECORDS.
MAC REBENNACK APPEARS COURTESY OF 429 RECORDS.
WAYNE TOUPS APPEARS COURTESY OF D&R RECORDS.
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