Cafe Days [Other People's Music]

by Chris Spedding

Overview

Chris Spedding's last solo effort for a decade is a solid rock & roll album, steeped in rootsy, bluesy sounds, and while the guitar playing is its most impressive attribute, the vocals aren't bad, either. With a band that included Steve Berlin on keyboards and various other instruments, and Gary Ferguson on drums (with Southside Johnny providing backing vocals on one track), the music is as good as any back-to-basics effort of the period, and that's saying something considering that much of what's here -- apart from Mose Allison's "Parchman Farm" -- is original. "Put It on Hold" is the best-sounding track, but it's all eminently listenable, and ought to have done better in the marketplace. [Cafe Days was reissued in 2001 by Other People's Music in an expanded edition with six bonus tracks, but either version is well worth hearing.]

Product Details

Release Date:	11/30/2004
Label:	Other People's Music
UPC:	0623235212323
catalogNumber:	2123
Rank:	138229

Tracks

1. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots
2. Catch 22
3. New York City
4. Smoke My Cigarette
5. Cafe Days
6. Hey Little Boy (Little Girl)
7. Girl in the Video
8. 99 Lbs.
9. Pseudo Blues
10. Louisianne
11. Portobello
12. Hostage
13. Parchman Farm
14. Flirt
15. Put It on Hold
16. Save a Life
17. Call of the Wild

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chris Spedding   Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Kenny Aaronson   Bass
Steve Berlin   Percussion,Keyboards
Bobby Chouinard   Drums
Steve Ferrone   Drums
Tony Garnier   Bass
Tony Griffiths   Bass
Chrissie Hynde   Vocals
Bruce Moffett   Drums
John Philip Shenale   Drums
Keith Whittaker   Background Vocals
Kurt Schefter   Guitar
Toby Swann   Background Vocals
Gary Ferguson   Drums

Technical Credits

Mose Allison   Composer
John Carter   Engineer
Chris Spedding   Composer,Producer,Horn Arrangements,Remixing
Robert Gordon   Composer
Steve Berlin   Producer
Jon Brant   Composer
Jan Haust   Producer,Executive Producer
John Henning   Engineer
Mark Linnet   Producer,Engineer
M. McClintock   Composer
Bill Railey   Composer
Philippe Rault   Producer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Jon Tiven   Producer
Tom Tremuth   Producer
Tony Visconti   Producer
Randall Grass   Executive Producer
Rob Sanzo   Remixing
Tod Cutler   Engineer
Alain Duplantier   Cover Photo
B. Adler   Composer
Alex Ivey   Executive Producer