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Tom Coster
Hammond B-3 organ, Fender Rhodes,
accordion
Frank Gambale
guitar
Baron Browne
acoustic & electric basses
Steve Smith drums
Tracks
Disc 1: First set
1. Dr. Demento (recorded at The
Basement, Sydney, Australia, June 18)
2. Moby Dick (recorded at The Bamboo
Club, Toronto, Canada, April 5)
3. Swamp Stomp (recorded at Melkweg,
Amsterdam, Holland, March 14)
4.
Cranial Jam (recorded at The Bamboo
Club, Toronto, Canada, April 5)
5. Happy House (recorded at The
Basement, Sydney, Australia, June 18)
6. Fortaleza (recorded at The
Basement, Sydney, Australia, June 18)
7. First Thing This Morning
(recorded at The Bamboo Club, Toronto,
Canada, April 5)
8. The Perfect
Date (recorded atThe Beat Kitchen,
Chicago, USA, April 2)
Disc 2: Second Set
1.
The Drum Also Waltzes (recorded at The
Basement, Sydney, Australia, June 17)
2. Take Eight (recorded at The
Basement, Sydney, Australia, June 17)
3. Listen Up! (recorded at The
Basement, Sydney, Australia, June 18)
4. Europa (recorded at Melkweg,
Amsterdam, Holland, March 14)
5.
Do You Read Me? (recorded at The Bamboo
Club, Toronto, Canada, April 5)
6. Over and Out (recorded at The Bamboo
Club, Toronto, Canada, April 5)
7. Mr. PC (recorded at The Basement,
Sydney, Australia, June 18)
Album
Credits
Produced by Steve Smith
Mixed
by Robert M. Biles at Vox Humana Music,
LA, CA Sept. 17, 18 and 20, Oct. 29,
30, 31, 1999 Mastered by Scott Hull
at Classic Sound, NYC Photos by Alex
Solca and Steve Jennings
Melkweg
recorded by M.R. Vanderbob
Beat
Kitchen recorded by Kevin Chalfant
assisted by Rick Powell
Bamboo
Club recorded on the Live Wire remote
truck by Doug McClement assisted by Pete
Hamilton and Wayne Bach
Basement
recorded by Peter Pagac and Veren
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Liner
Notes for Live Around the World - Where We Come
From Tour
Live Around The World! Who would have thought
that our Where We Come From recording would have
generated enough interest to bring us all over
the world, but it happened. With a new direction
that brought Tom Coster's Hammond B-3 to the
forefront, along with Frank Gambale's jazz
guitar roots, my renewed interest in R&B grooves
and newcomer Baron Browne injecting it all with
a shot of fresh "funkified" energy, we were off
on a whirlwind tour that kept us working for
almost a year. The fans who had been with us
from way back were digging our new sound and we
seemed to have gathered some new listeners in
the process.
As
you'll hear on these two discs, we were able to
expand on the original recordings of these songs
significantly. Playing the music night after
night always opens us up to many new ideas and
interpretations of the same piece of music. When
Stefan Gross of Intuition Music came to our
concert near Frankfurt, Germany, at the
beginning of our European Tour he heard we had
already taken the music beyond the original
Where We Come From recording. He suggested a
live album and as we further discussed the idea
we settled on recording performances in
different venues "Around The World."
We
first recorded in Amsterdam, Holland a few weeks
later and from that concert we have the
beautiful Coster/Carlos Santana composition,
"Europa." We have been playing this piece for
years but the way Tom plays it on his accordion
brought new life to this timeless tune.
The next concert that we recorded was in
Chicago, USA. We captured an exciting rendition
of another tune that we've been playing for
years, "The Perfect Date."
Two days later
found us in Toronto, Canada. As we grew more
comfortable with the live recording process we
had an especially prolific night throwing down
definitive versions of "Moby Dick," "Swamp
Stomp," "Cranial Jam," "First Thing This
Morning, "Do You Read Me?" and "Over And Out"!
By
the time we recorded two nights in Sydney,
Australia near the end of the tour, the music
had really evolved. "Dr. Demento," "Happy
House," "Fortaleza," "The Drum Also Waltzes,"
"Take Eight," "Listen Up!", and "Mr. PC" were
taken from those high energy nights.
After we got home I had the job of listening to
all the music that was recorded and zeroing in
on the takes I felt best represented each tune.
That was hard work! Every night had a very
different version of each tune and there were a
few tunes that I couldn't chose which version I
liked better. After playing them for Tom, Frank
and Baron we were able to make the final
selections for this album.
The order of
the tunes is as we eventually played them when
we
had a two set club gig. We also decided to
include a new studio "bonus" track on each disc.
"It's A Jungle Out There" is a jam that started
with me playing a tom tom groove using the Vic
Firth "Emil Richards" Timp-Maracas that have
have shakers built into the handles themselves.
Baron really paid tribute to Jaco on this one.
"Soulful Drums" is a classic drum feature
originally recorded by Joe Dukes on a Jack
McDuff album called "Screamin'." I wanted to do
a remake and we all got into the spirit of the
original 60's recording.
We enjoyed
ourselves immensely touring and making this
recording for you. Tom, Frank, Baron and I feel
it's a privileged to be able to play our music
for audiences all over the world. Thank you very
much for listening to us and we'll see you on
the next "Around The World" tour.
--
Steve Smith |
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