Be What You Want To
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Be What You Want To is the 1973 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee
Indian Link Wray
. The album was recorded in 1972 with many guest musicians, including Jerry Garcia
, Commander Cody
, and David Bromberg
.
Shawnee
The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...
Indian Link Wray
Link Wray
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....
. The album was recorded in 1972 with many guest musicians, including Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
, Commander Cody
Commander Cody
Commander Cody may refer to:*The stage name of George Frayne, leader of the rock and roll band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and, informally, the band itself...
, and David Bromberg
David Bromberg
David Bromberg is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Bromberg has an eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the...
.
Track listing
All tracks by Link Wray unless noted.- "Be What You Want To" - 5:57
- "All Cried Out" (M.P.Curtis/M.Deborah) - 3:48
- "Lawdy Miss ClawdyLawdy Miss Clawdy"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a song by Lloyd Price. It was first recorded by Price at the New Orleans recording studio of Specialty Records in March 1952. It was released under the Specialty label in April and was number one on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart for seven weeks and stayed on the chart...
" (Lloyd PriceLloyd PriceLloyd Price is an American R&B vocalist. Known as "Mr. Personality", after the name of one of his biggest million-selling hits...
) - 2:41 - "Tucson, Arizona" - 4:18
- "Riverbend" - 2:40
- "You Walked By" - 3:17
- "Walk Easy, Walk Slow" - 5:20
- "All the Love in My Life" - 4:05
- "You Really Got a Hold on Me" - 4:04
- "Shine the Light" - 4:43
- "Morning" - 2:02
Personnel
- Link WrayLink WrayFred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....
- Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
- Guitar, Pedal Steel - Commander Cody - Piano, Keyboards
- Lance Dickerson - Drums
- Andy SteinAndy SteinAndy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He is also known for the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and the movie. He has played on a...
- Fiddle - Bobby Black - Steel Guitar
- David BrombergDavid BrombergDavid Bromberg is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Bromberg has an eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the...
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Chris Michie - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Composer
- Tom Salisbury - Organ, Piano, Clavinet, Background Vocals, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Peter KaukonenPeter KaukonenPeter Kaukonen is a San Francisco bay area guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter. He is the younger brother of Jorma Kaukonen from Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna...
- Electric Guitar - John McFeeJohn McFeeJohn McFee is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long time member of the Doobie Brothers.-Biography:...
- Electric Guitar - Paul Barlow - Bass
- Teresa Adams - Cello
- Jules Broussard - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
- Jack SchroerJack SchroerJohn Henry "Jack" Schroer was a saxophonist, pianist and arranger best known for his work with Van Morrison in the 1970s as a member of his band The Caledonia Soul Orchestra....
- Baritone Saxophone - Greg Douglas - Slide Guitar
- Kip Maercklein - Bass
- Rick ShlosserRick ShlosserRick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee School of Music, has been a member ofVan Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer.-Discography:* Andy Pratt - Records Are Like Life...
- Drums - Tom HarrellTom HarrellTom Harrell is a renowned American post-bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and arranger.-Biography:Tom Harrell was born in Urbana, Illinois but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area at the age of five. He started playing trumpet at eight and within five years, started playing gigs with...
- Trumpet - Jules Rowell - Valve Trombone
- Nathan Rubin - Violin
- Bruce Steinberg - Harmonica
- David CoffinDavid CoffinDavid Coffin is a folk musician specializing in early music and sea music, based in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He is the song leader for the Cambridge Revels music programs and is the director of an organization that conducts musical tours of Boston Harbor...
- Background Vocals - Henry Coleman - Background Vocals
- Keith Crossan - Background Vocals
- Frank Demme - Background Vocals
- Diane Earl - Background Vocals
- Robert Frost - Background Vocals
- Zeller Hurd - Background Vocals
- Carl Johnson - Background Vocals
- Thomas Jefferson Kaye - Background Vocals
- Greg Kenney - Background Vocals
- Barbara Mauritz - Background Vocals
- Dorothy Morrison - Background Vocals
- Ralph Payne - Background Vocals
Production
- Producer: Thomas Jefferson Kaye
- Recording Engineer: Mallory Earl, Don Ososke
- Mixing: Mallory Earl
- Photography: Bruce Steinberg
- Art Direction: Bruce Steinberg
- Cover Design: Bruce Steinberg