Pulse

From Mark Craney;

This compilation CD started with a suggestion from Ian Anderson. He couldn’t be here for the benefit so he said why don’t I just donate a track and we’ll put together a C.D. It’s called "Something With A Pulse", and has 14 tracks. I’m on six of them which are all live. There’s a never before released, live Gino Vannelli cut, another live one with Tower of Power, there’s a live trio gig I did with Terry in our home town in Sioux Falls. Two new tracks we cut last April with Mike Miller on guitar, Jimmy Haslip on bass, Mike Fisher on percussion, Bill Champlin on keyboards and guitar, and from Santana, Alex Ligertwood on vocals and Richard Baker on keyboards. There's a new Eric Burdon track and another Ian Anderson track that he did specifically for the C.D. There's a cut by "Thread", a group Doane Perry is in with singer Ellis Hall who’s also on the Tower of Power track. It shows you how diverse his vocal stuff is because you’d never know it was the same guy. Terry Bozzio did a track, solo drumming. There’s a track from David Garibaldi and two percussionist friends of his. There’s a Fairport Convention track. There’s a track with Mike Keneally, a friend of mine who played with Zappa, and a track by James Taylor is the closing track. Everyone donated their publishing royalties on my behalf so it’s kind of an unusual CD. It’s also the first CD I’ve been involved in from start to finish which can really be a pain in the ass, getting the cover art right and all that. Now its off and running, on Laughing Gull Records which is Doane Perrys personal label. It could also come out on a major label with a distribution deal that we're looking at.

I wrote the lyrics to Listen to Your Heart. I wanted to write some kind of a song we could record for the C.D. and my friend Richard Baker had the music, but no lyrics. I brought the lyrics in and Alex the singer and I made them fit the music and that was our song. The reason I’m learning piano is so that I can write my own music, but I’m real pleased with this, it’s called Listen to Your Heart and it’s all about giving or receiving and sharing ids why we are in this and Make the Connection is part of the chorus. So it was written about the event and everyone coming in to record.

July 17, 1997
By Mark Craney,
Edited from taped interview,

Make the connection,
we all need one another
Make the connection
Whether giving or receiving,
It’s the sharing that’s bringing us together
.

Produced by Doane Perry, Bill Forth & Mark Craney.
Ian Anderson introduces Mark....
Track Listing

1. Jethro Tull	Black Sunday (live)	7:05
2. Eric Burdon	I'm Your Man	4:05
3. Tower of Power	What is Hip? (live)	5:19
4. Mark's Brother's	Listen to your Heart	4:27
5. Gino Vannelli	Brother to Brother (live)	8:06
6. Talking Drums	Guaramina (excerpt)	3:27
7. Fairport Convention	Slipjigs and Reels	4:52
8. Mike Keneally	Craney	2:35
9. Miller/Craney/Miller	Blockhead (live)	5:08
10. Terry Bozzio	Klangfarben Melodie	4:37
11. Mark's Brothers	They don't make 'em like they used to	4:36
12. Thread	Hands of Kindness (excerpt)	4:55
13. Ian Anderson	Song for Jeffrey	3:50
14. James Taylor	New Hymn (live)	2:52
Click here to read Doane Perrys Liner Notes Click here for info on buying the Pulse CD direct. CD CREDITS 1. Black Sunday. By Ian Anderson; Ian Anderson Music, Chrysalis Music Ltd., ASCAP. Jethro Tull at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, November, 1980. Ian Anderson: flute and vocals, Dave Pegg: Bass, Eddie Jobson, keyboards & violin, Martin Barre: guitar, Mark Craney: drums. 2. I'm Your Man. By Leonard Cohen; Stranger Music and Sony Music. Performed by Eric Burdon: vocals, Andrew Giddings: all instruments. Produced by Andrew Giddings. 3. What is Hip? By S. Kupka, E. Castillo, D. Garibaldi; Kuptillo Music, ASCAP. Tower of Power at Cotati, California, June, 1986. Ellis Hall: keyboards & vocals, Emilio Castillo, tenor sax, Greg Adams: trumpet, Steve "Doc" Kupka: baritone sax, Lee Thornberg: trumpet, Richard Elliott: tenor sax, Rocco Prestia: bass, Willie James Fulton: guitar, Mark Craney: drums. 4. Listen to Your Heart. By Richard Baker, Mark Craney and Alex Ligertwood; Richard Baker Music, SOCAN; Bramark, BMI; ALJWood Music, ASCAP. Mark's Brothers, Recorded at Artisan studios, March 1997. Engineered by John Lowry. Alex Ligertwood: vocals, Mark Craney: drums, Richard Baker: keyboards, Bill Champlin: Hammond B3 Organ, Mike Miller: guitar, Jimmy Haslip: bass, Mike Fisher: percussion. 5. Brother to Brother. By Gino Vannelli; Almo Music / Giva Music (p) © 1979 Vie Records, Agoura Hills, CA. Gino Vannelli, Recorded at Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, April 1979. Gino Vannelli: vocals, Joe Vannelli: keyboards, Mark Craney: drums, Bill Meyers: keyboards, Brad Cole: keyboards, Daryl Stuermer: guitar, Dave Marotta: bass, Mike Fisher: percussion, Alphie Silas, Von Faggett, Sandra Kirkwood, backing vocals. Live Engineer: Ross Vannelli. Studio Engineer: Norm Kinney,. Mixed at Smoketree Ranch, Chatsworth CA. 6. Guaramina (excerpt.) By David Garibaldi, Michael Spiro and Jesus Diaz. © 1992 David Garibaldi, Michael Spiro and Jesus Diaz. Garibaldi Music, Judio Music and Bombo Music. Excerpt taken from "Talking Drums" ® Instructional Videotape by Warner Bros. Publications © 1994 DCI Music Video Productions, Inc. Michael Spiro: shekere, congas, timbales/bells. Jesus Diaz: congas/conga solos. David Garibaldi: drumset/bells. 7. Slipjigs and Reels. By Steve Tilston. Runriver Publishing. >From "Jewel in the Crown" - Fairport Convention. (p) 1995 Woodworm Records ©1995 Green Linnet Records (cat #, phone #) Simon Nicol: lead vocal, acoustic guitar. Maartin Allcock: bouzar, accordion, tambourine and backing vocals. Ric Sanders: violin. Dave Pegg: bass and backing vocals. Dave Mattacks: drums. 8. Craney. By Mike Keneally; © 1997, Spen, BMI. Mike Keneally: all instruments. Recorded at Double Time, San Diego. Engineered by Jeff Forrest, mixed by Jeff and M.K.., produced by M.K.. Mike Keneally appears courtesy of Immune Records. 9. Blockhead. By Mike Miller. Wakonda Music, BMI. Recorded at the Sioux Falls Brewing Company, August, 1995. Miller/Craney/Miller. Mike Miller: guitar, Terry Miller: bass, Mark Craney: drums. 10. Klangfarben Melodie. By Terry Bozzio, Private Life Music, ASCAP. Terry Bozzio: drums and percussion. This track originally appeared on Terry Bozzio's "Solo Drum Music, From Melodic Drumming and the Ostinato, Vols. I and II." Available from Slam International, Austin Texas. Tel: (512) 263-5422. 11. They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To. By Bill Champlin and Andreas Carlson. Night Worm Publishing, Warner/Chappell ASCAP. Recorded at Artisan studios, March 1997. Engineered by John Lowry. Mark's Brothers: Bill Champlin: lead vocal, Hammond Organ, 12-string guitar, Alex Ligertwood: background vocals, Mark Craney: drums, Mike Miller: guitar and guitar solo, Jimmy Haslip: bass, Mike Fisher: percussion, Richard Baker: keyboards. 12. Hands of Kindness (excerpt.) By Vince DiCola and Doane Perry; DiCola Music and Grampus Music ASCAP. From the CD Thread on Laughing Gull Records, 1996. Produced by Thread. Ellis Hall: vocals, Vince DiCola: keyboards, keyboard bass & background vocals, Doane Perry: drums, Mark Boals: guitar. 13. Song for Jeffrey. By Ian Anderson; Ian Anderson Music/ Chrysalis Music Ltd., ASCAP. Ian Anderson: vocals, harmonica, flute. Martin Barre: guitar, Andy Giddings: bass and drum programming, keyboards. Produced by Ian Anderson. Recorded March 1997. Ian Anderson appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records, London, England. 14. New Hymn. By James Taylor and Reynolds Price. Country Road Music, Inc. and Reynolds Price, Atheneum, BMI. From James Taylor Live, Columbia Records, 1993. Sony Music Entertainment. Produced by Don Grolnick and George Massenburg. James Taylor: lead vocal and guitar, Don Grolnick: piano, Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller: vocals, Clifford Carter: organ. Read the Liner Notes ....... [ Story ] [ Real Audio ] [ Pulse ] [ Info ]

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