I will be donating %50 of all net revenues generated for every CD complete digital download to the The Musicares Covid-19 Relief Fund to help musicians in need and out of work because of the Covid pandemic. www.grammy.com/musicares/donations, as well I will be donating $1 for every CD download of this CD to The Mike Finnigan School of Music at the Stiefel Theatre in Salina, Kansas in honor of my friend.
RIP Mike Finnigan, thank you for all the great music and friendship, you will be missed.
Zen Blues Quartet began as an experiment in "Art for the sake of good Art". We had no expectations, no goals, no ideas that anyone would even hear what we were doing, other then our friends and fellow musicians. We recorded the first ZBQ CD in one day, with no rehearsal and no plan, just to see what would happen. We did some gigs, sold a bunch of CD's, ended up being reviewed quite well, and a lot of people liked what we did. In fact enough so that we decided we wanted to do another one.
When Mike Finnigan joined us for a few gigs, (when Jeff Young left to go on tour with Steely Dan), it was pretty obvious that he and Tim had a magic quality that really clicks in when they sing together. The sound of the band got really huge when Mike joined, and so we decided it was time to do another CD.
We had always agreed that, should we go along and make another CD, we would introduce more original materials. On the first CD we covered some of our favorite tunes. On this CD we still do some unusual covers, but we also showcase great original music by the band members.
We spent two days at Westlake Recording, again with the support and encouragement of my good friend Steve Burdick, owner of Westlake. The sound of the band just blossomed, and then when Bill Churchville and the LA horns came on board the whole sound just exploded beautifully!
It seems to us that people have forgotten that great music is that which call our attention so intently, so passionately, to the moment, to this moment. Blues is powerful music because it is the heart speaking the truth in the moment. These days with computers and sequencing and cut and paste music, the soul of music seems to be eroding. We wanted, as always, to show that musicians in a room, playing powerful and exciting music, can make something unique that shines in ways that a lot of this "paint by numbers" music does not offer. What excited us about music when we all started playing, was musicians on the edge, taking chances and having the dedication and craft that allowed them to do that.
This CD is definitely a labor of love. A love for music that comes from the heart, the soul, for the music of the Blues. We are not trying to re-invent the wheel here, nor sound like what has come before. We are trying to be honest and true to who we all are as individuals and as a collective. In the end run that is really what the Blues is about; being true to the moment, the passion of that truth expressed in powerful music.
"The music on this CD is part of the brief and beautiful flame of my life. Precious and swift is this dream we all share. Music, and the gift of music, binds us in its ineffable call to attend the passion of the moment. I need this "music of the moment", because it risks stumbling, (even though that is not really possible with good music), and in so doing, creates something fragile and powerful, beautiful and fleeting. I am honored that the dream of my life has lead me here to this brief and flickering moment. To play music with my friends, and make something beautiful for no reason, other then simply because we can, because we must! That, for me, is a life well lived. To choose to make something unique and honest and powerful, simply because it needs to exist. Our world needs more senseless acts of beauty.
May all beings be free from the root causes of suffering, Again and yet again may it be so..."
John March 11/29/07
PS
If you have listened to this CD on Bandcamp for free and enjoyed it, then I would like to encourage you to: PLEASE ACTUALLY CONSIDER BUYING THIS CD! I would encourage you to consider supporting live music and artists like myself and my collaborators, and actually pay to download and own this CD. I am a serious environmental activist, and cannot justify pressing a physical CD and putting more plastic out into the world, just to support my artistic endeavors.
I will be donating %50 of all net revenues generated for every CD complete digital download to the The Musicares Covid-19 Relief Fund to help musicians in need and out of work because of the Covid pandemic. www.grammy.com/musicares/donations
Thank you for listening to this music, and supporting independent music!
credits
released October 27, 2012
The Musicians and credits:
Credits:
Mike Finnigan - Hammond B3 Organ, Piano, Vocals
Tim Scott - Bass and Vocals
John March - Guitar
Steve Ferrone - Drums
Special guests The LA Horns, Featuring; Rev. Dave Boruff - Saxophones, Bill Churchville - Trumpets, Ed Wynne- Saxophones.
Specials Guests; Carmen Grillo - Background Vocals, Curtis Salgado - Blues Harmonica, Marty Grebb - Rhodes Piano
Horn Arrangements by Bill Churchville
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by John March
Principal recording February 2007 2nd and 3rd at Westlake Recording,
Vocal Overdubs at Big Surprise Music Studio
Keyboard overdubs at High Fidelity studios
Guitar overdubs at IAGstudios.
Mixed at IAGstudios.
Additional engineering credits: Westlake recording: Brian Warwick (Protools Op/Assistant Engineer), Eric Rennaker (Assistant Engineer), Brian Naguit (Assistant Engineer), Sara Clark (Organizational Goddess)
Carmen Grillo and Johnny Lee Schell
Audio consultants: Bruce Nazarian and Jim Baldree, without whom I would not have been able to mix this CD because they came, they listened, and they gave me honest perspective and invaluable support and advice when I was lost in the mixes! Thank You!!
John would like to thank and acknowledge:
Eliot Ivanhoe and Barbara Freidman for their invaluable and unconditional support that allowed me to be able to make this CD, My son Jesse, Deb and Paul and the entire Dempsey clan for love and friendship and great sing-alongs, Cheri Huber for her wisdom and Guidance in all things Zen, Myles Rose for his unflagging generosity and support, Steve Burdick and Westlake recording and for his constant willingness to take risks and support good music, Carmen Grillo and all the musicians on this CD who contributed their time and talents.
Tim would like to thank:
My Creator, family and friends, my co-creator in music and on these CD's and support buddy John, and the great fans of ZBQ.
Acknowledgements: Mesa/Boogie Amps, Spirit Musical Products, Fernandes Guitars, Dean Markley Strings, NADY Systems Ltd, AKG Microphones, Voodoo Lab.
Mixed at IAGstudios September - November 2007
Mastered by Robert Vosgien at Capitol Mastering in Hollywood 11/07
CD artwork by D'Lanie Blaze, Leisa Ciaverelli and Jailhouse Graphics.
Endorsements/acknowledgements:
Tim Scott endorses the following products and wishes to thank:
Alfonzo Pinzon at Fernandes Guitars
Tien Lawrence at Mesa/Boogie
David Lienhard at Dean Markley Strings
Mike Perez at Nady Systems, Inc.
Tom Stotler at AKG Acoustics
Josh Fiden at Voodoo Lab
Steve Ferrone endorses the following products and wishes to thank:
Pearl Drums
Sabian Cymbals
Remo heads
Promark Sticks
The various members of this project have, at different times, toured/recorded and or performed with:
Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills and Nash, Etta James, Dave Mason, The Butterfield Blues Band, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, The Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Lionel Richie, Michael Bolton, B. B. King, Sheila E., Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tower of Power, Chaka Kahn, Cyndie Lauper, Average White Band, Sir Elton John, Chicago, Dave Mustane of Megadeath, Phil Collins, Kenny Loggins, Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Mister, Eddie Money, Amy Grant, Don Henley, Boz Scaggs, Prince, Earth, Wind and Fire, Madonna, Toto, Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder, Greg Allman, Carly Simon, Sly, Chicago, Brenda Russell, David Foster, Natalie Cole, Juice Newton, Bill Champlin, Dolly Parton, Mary Clayton, Dusty Springfield, Mary Travers, Michael Nesmith, Jackie Wilson, Thomas Dolby, Anita Baker, The Joan Rivers Show, Kiss, The Sons Of Champlin, Elvin Bishop, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, Narada Michael Walden, Lionel Richie, Ringo Starr, Harvey Mason, Rita Coolidge, Richard Page, Steve Gadd, Glen Campbell, The Four Tops, Sheena Easton, Melissa Manchester, Vinny Coliuta, Thelma Houston, Valerie Carter, Steve Plunkett, Patti Austin, Taj Mahal, Barbara Streisand, Dan Ackroyd, Rosanne Arnold, Tom Arnold, Atlantic Starr, Azteca, Pete Barbutti, B.B.Chun King, Jim Belushi, George Benson, Crystal Bernard, Kurtis Blow, Sir Harry Bowens, Bekka Bramlett, Rick Braun, Julie Brown, Billy Burnette, Rocky Burnette, Gary Busey, Jonathan Butler, Cameo, Tia Carerra, Felix Cavalierre, George Clinton & P-Funk, Albert Collins, Rita Coolidge, Larry Coryell, Scott Cossu, Robert Cray, Gavin Christopher, Steve Cropper, Rich Dangel, Sarah Dash, Kal David, Taylor Dayne, Al Dimeola, The Drifters, El Chicano, Richard Elliot, Keith Emerson, Melissa Etheridge, Buzz Feiten, Corey Feldman, Mick Fleetwood, Robben Ford, Ronnie Foster, John Goodman, Guitar Shorty, Ellis Hall, Herbie Hancock, Woody Harrelson, Ron Holden, Brenda Holloway, Mark Hudson, The Inkspots, Chris Isaak, Jack Mack & The Heart Attack, Millie Jackson, Al Jarreau, Jay & the Techniques, Kid Frost, The Kingsmen, The Kingston Trio, Sam Kinison, Janie Lane, David Lanz, Neil Larsen, Eugene Levy, Mark Lindsay, Little Anthony, Cheech Marin, Roscoe Martinez, Michael McDonald, Mellow Man Ace, Lee Michaels, Buddy Miles, Sam Moore, Gary Morris, Maria Muldaur, Shaun Murphy, Bill Murray, Rick Neilson (Cheap Trick), Ivan Neville, Edward James Olmos, Lee Oskar, Freda Payne, Michael Penn, Billy Preston, Johnny Rivers, Howard Roberts, Merrilee Rush, Katy Sagal, Curtis Salgado, Timothy B. Schmit, Diane Schuur, Marilyn Scott, Steven Seagal, Brian Setzer, B.J. Sharp, Jeff Silbar, Jeff Simmons, Slash, J.D. Souther, Mavis Staples, Stephen Stills, Sharon Stone, Keith Sweat, Mick Taylor, Sam “The Man” Taylor, Tierra, Tony-Toni-Tone, Ralph Towner, Kathy Troccolli, Tanya Tucker, Big Joe Turner, Phil Upchurch, Steve Vai, Tata Vega, The Ventures, Pat & Lolly Vegas (Redbone), John Waite, War, Wild Orchid, Lenny Williams, Bruce Willis & the Accelerators, Pauline Wilson, Edgar Winter, Peter Wolf, Wolfman Jack, Bobby Womack, Ali Woodson, Dwight Yoakum, as well as headlining many times at the Hard Rock Hotel in Bali and performing at the 2003 Superbowl in San Diego.
John March is a professional guitarist/musician, teacher, meditation facilitator, audio and video craftsman/technologist and
media production consultant with over 45 years in the Industry.
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