Album US 2018 on Moderne Shellac Music label
Jazz and Pop (Easy Listening)
Ballads In Otherness, the sixth record in a series of original guitar music from the pen and fingers of Richard Bennett; record producer, studio musician and long-time guitarist with Mark Knopfler and Neil Diamond. It is an unusual title for an album especially as all the songs are not exactly ballads in the modern sense but in the traditional one of a song or melody that tells a story at any tempo. These are ballads with a beat and all 13 of them tell a story of otherness. Along the way you will here some Southern r&b, a gumshoe serenade delivered on a console steel guitar, something vaguely Asian, a slice of dream-pop, duet for English Horn and Stratocaster, a nod to Hamburg, Germany's recording history, a hillbilly waltz and something for solo electric guitar. Dive into the otherness, the water's fine.
Richard Bennett b, acg, eg, *1951 US steel guitar, producer, written by, guitar, solo, album by | |
George Bradfute voc, g, org, US bass, producer, recorded by, mixed by | |
Roger Spencer b, bass | |
Austin Hoke vc, US cello | |
Phil Lee acg, g, *1943 GB drums | |
Ted Tretiak drums | |
Robbie Shankle fl, cl, english horn | |
Steve Herrman tr, US flugelhorn | |
Andy Reiss eg, guitar | |
Nick Bennett , guitar, layout, design | |
Spooner Oldham key, *1943 US organ, hammond | |
Lindsay Bennett voc, piano, keyboards, trombone, voice | |
Jim Hoke , US saxophone, arranged by, strings | |
Arturo Velasco tb, US trombone | |
Charlie McCoy h, *1941 US vibraphone | |
Avery Bright vn, viola | |
David Davidson vn, str, violin | |
Katelyn Westergard vn, US violin |
Richard Bennett |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | This Side Of The Truth | Richard Bennett | 04:09 | ||
2 | Eye For Hire | Richard Bennett | 04:24 | ||
3 | Bo-Kay | Richard Bennett | 03:40 | ||
4 | Pretty Willow | Richard Bennett | 03:58 | ||
5 | When Yesterday Comes | Richard Bennett | 04:04 | ||
6 | Come Summer's Sun | Richard Bennett | 03:25 | ||
7 | Dauphine Noir | Richard Bennett | 04:30 | ||
8 | Intermezzo | Richard Bennett | 00:56 | ||
9 | No Matter The Odds | Richard Bennett | 03:45 | ||
10 | Autumn Over Hamburg | Richard Bennett | 04:08 | ||
11 | Soul Supper | Richard Bennett | 04:49 | ||
12 | Waltz For A Wayward | Richard Bennett | 03:36 | ||
13 | This Love Remembered | Richard Bennett | 02:34 |
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