atty1chgo
1201 posts
Dec 01, 2014
2:39 AM
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Featuring Charlie Musselwhite on harp
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atty1chgo
1202 posts
Dec 01, 2014
2:43 AM
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"The Story of Tell 'Em I'm Gone, a short film by Danny Clinch, takes a look inside Yusuf / Cat Stevens' 2014 album Tell 'Em I'm Gone.
Recorded all over the world, including Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels, and London, the album features 10 brand-new studio recordings, including five originals and five carefully-chosen cover songs. Tell ’Em I’m Gone features musical contributions from Richard Thompson, blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite, singer-songwriter Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Tuareg group Tinariwen, and guitarist Matt Sweeney. The album was produced by Yusuf and Rick Rubin and was mixed by Yusuf and Paul Samwell-Smith.
Each track on Tell ’Em I’m Gone revives the age-old themes of freedom and peace that have prevailed through more than four decades of Yusuf’s musical career. On this album, Yusuf returns to the roots of his teenage musical inspiration: American blues and R&B, using these genres to explore humanity’s climb to freedom with songs that recall the spirit of his earliest days as a nascent singer-songwriter in London."
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Goldbrick
782 posts
Dec 01, 2014
4:26 AM
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Great harp play a long here
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atty1chgo
1203 posts
Dec 01, 2014
5:06 AM
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Great video, but no harp on that one. :)
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A440
260 posts
Dec 01, 2014
5:08 AM
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a nice project from Yusuf and friends
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Goldbrick
784 posts
Dec 01, 2014
9:11 AM
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I meant that we play along with Cat at home on this track
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atty1chgo
1204 posts
Dec 01, 2014
1:46 PM
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@ Goldbrick - yeah that's a nice version and a great video, although I think that the song is just right w/o harp. I have tickets for the December 9 show at the Chicago Theatre - my girlfriend bought them for my birthday. They were almost impossible to get online but she managed. She bought the album and participated in the pre-sale as the result. This is one of the hottest tickets in the country because he hasn't toured in so long. His Facebook page posted set lists from his first few shows. On one show he played 39 songs in 2 sets, my understanding is that all of his shows are of similar length.
The only gripe that I have with the record is that they didn't turn Charlie Musselwhite's volume up enough, and I think that the two songs he played on would have been even stronger than they are.
Last Edited by atty1chgo on Dec 01, 2014 1:48 PM
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atty1chgo
1205 posts
Dec 01, 2014
6:57 PM
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@ Greg Heumann - Is Charlie playing with one of your mics on this record, or is it too difficult to tell? He probably is.
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