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March 10, 2010

East Ridge Gang - 40 Years Later
 

This recording commemorates 40 years of ininterrupted friendship and messing around with music.

Recorded between February 2007 and February 2008, except Bill in the 90's which is a couple of years older.

The whole project was concieved and organized by Alan Paprocki

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The Songs
 

2 Angst For The Memories - Tom Lanze
  Tom ©2002 T. Lanze BMI cootieSound Publishing
Bob Martin: Rhythm Guitar, String Pads, Percussion.
Mathew Cox: Violin.
Tom Lanze: Lead Guitar, Bass

3 Hannah's Ride - Bob Martin
  Bob ©2007 Bob Martin
Bob Martin: Composition and performance

4 What Was It You Wanted - Don Strenczewilk
  Don ©Bob Dylan ASCAP
Don Strenczewilk: Vocals and all instruments

5 Waiting for your Reply - Michael Hitch Paprocki
  Hitch ©1979 Billy Rush War Music and Amunoo Music
Hitch Paprocki: Vocals and all instruments

6 The Carousel Organ From Uranus - Don Strenczewilk
  Don ©Don Strenczewilk
Don Strenczewilk: Composition and performance

7 Remember the Old Times - Sam Gruttadauria
  Sam ©2007 Sam Gruttadauria Ultra Huge Music BMI
Sam Gruttadauria: All keyboard parts, drum programming, all vocals, bass.
Dave Profetta: All guitar parts.

8 Eatin' with the Boogie - Michael Hitch Paprocki
  Hitch ©1952 Gallard
Performed by The Bluto Band (Hitch, Don, Tom, Pee Wee, Brian, with background vocals by Mark Rossiter)
Hitch Paprocki: Vocals
Don Strenczewilk: Bass guitar, drum programming and sundry noises.
Tom Lanze: Guitars
Pee Wee: Sax Solo
Brian Soule: Piano, bacground and doubled vocals
Mark Rossiter: Background vocals.

9 Bill in the '90s - Bob Martin
  Bob ©2000 Bob Martin
Bob Martin: Composition and performance

10 Oh Emily - Alan Paprocki
  Alan ©Alan Paprocki
Alan Paprocki: Composition and performance

11 Heavier - Don Strenczewilk
  Don ©Don Strenczewilk
Don Strenczewilk: Composition and performance

12 EV150 - Steve Letkauskas
  Steve ©Steve Letkauskas
Steve Letkauskas: Composition and performance

13 Writhe - Alan Paprocki
  Alan ©Alan Paprocki
Alan Paprocki: Composition and performance

14 Anything/Nadine/The End - Brian Soule
  Brian "Anything" by Tom Lanze, Jeff LaTournette, and Brian Soule
"Nadine" by Chuck Berry Pub. Arc Music BMI
"The End" by Lennon-McCartney Pub, EMI Records Ltd. ASCAP
Arranged and performed by Brian Soule

EXTRAS - Songs That Didn't Make It Onto The CD
 

Note: Play these songs in the MP3 player above.

Bob:  Ken'sPowerPOP
Ken'sPowerPOP is a 1 minute song that illustrates the versatility of the guitar I play (a Parker Fly). My buddy Ken Parker came up with the Fly and asked me to do something that demonstrates how cool the guitar is in about a minute.

So, I recorded that piece.

Bob:  Shine
I've been collaborating with a singer songwriter who I met online late one night. She lives in the middle of Connecticut and for my money writes with the best of them.  The song is called "Shine" and it is written and sung by Wesla Lee.

All of the music and the arrangement, etc is me.

Sam:  When Someone Says Your Name
Copyright Sam Gruttadauria, Ultrahuge Music BMI

Keyboards:  Sam Gruttadauria, Andy Calabrese
Vocals:  Jennifer Saunders
Nylon Acoustic Guitar:  Joe Chiaponne
Drums:  Dave Cohen
Bass:  Ralph Ortiz

Recorded by Sam at Ultrahuge Studio

Alan:  She’s a Hall
This is a sketch that I turned out not to be able to finish in time.

Were this a real recording, you would have heard a more debonair vocal and somewhat more professional bongo playing.  Even with that, it may have not turned out good enough anyway, or it may have.

 

Download the cover art (by Bob Martin) HERE