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Ghost Writer (album)

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Released
  
1977 (1977)

Ghost Writer (1977)
  
One-Eyed Jack (1978)

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
A&M Records

Recorded
  
1977

Artist
  
Garland Jeffreys

Genre
  
Pop

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Studio
  
Atlantic Studios, New York City

Producer
  
Roy Cicala, David Spinozza, Garland Jeffreys

Similar
  
Escape Artist, The King of In Between, American Boy & Girl, Vintage Violence

Garland jeffreys ghost writer


Ghost Writer is the second solo album by Garland Jeffreys, released by A&M Records in 1977. It was recorded with an all-star lineup of session musicians, including Dr. John, The Brecker Brothers, Anthony Jackson, Steve Gadd, Hugh McCracken and David Spinozza. Another notable contributor was keyboard player Leon Pendarvis, who has been a member of the Saturday Night Live band since 1980. Alongside the tracks specially recorded for the album, it includes Jeffreys' earlier song "Wild in the Streets", recorded with Dr. John and his band and released as a single by Atlantic Records in 1973.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys

  1. "Rough and Ready"
  2. "I May Not Be Your Kind"
  3. "New York Skyline"
  4. "Cool Down Boy"
  5. "Ghost Writer"
  6. "Lift Me Up"
  7. "Why-O"
  8. "Wild in the Streets"
  9. "35 Millimeter Dreams"
  10. "Spanish Town"

Personnel

  • Garland Jeffreys - guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Anthony Jackson - bass
  • John Boudreaux, Rick Marotta, Steve Gadd - drums
  • Alan Freedman, Sugar Bears - guitar
  • Hugh McCracken - guitar, harmonica
  • David Spinozza - guitar, keyboards
  • Don Grolnick, Dr. John, Leon Pendarvis - keyboards
  • Rubens Bassini - percussion
  • Al Cohn, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker - saxophone
  • Phil Messina - trombone
  • Burt Collins, Danny Cahn, Randy Brecker - trumpet
  • Arnold McCuller, David Lasley, David Peel, James Taylor, Lynn Pitney - backing vocals

    • Songs

    1Rough and Ready2:57
    2I May Not Be Your Kind3:46
    3New York Skyline3:29

    References

    Ghost Writer (album) Wikipedia
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