Bing, Bing, Bing! is a 1995 (see 1995 in music

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) album by jazz

Jazz

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 musician Charlie Hunter

Charlie Hunter

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. This was his first album for the Blue Note

Blue note

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 label and features his 8-string guitar.

The cover is a retro homage to Horace Parlan

Horace Parlan

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's 1960 album, Speakin' My Piece. The neon sign, 500 Club, is a landmark bar in San Francisco's Mission District, a few blocks away from the Elbo Room

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 nightclub where the trio made a name for themselves (see Track 10).

Track listing

1. "Greasy Granny" – 4:34
2. "Wornell's Yorkies" – 3:58
3. "Fistful of Haggis" – 6:44
4. "Come as You Are" (Cobain
   Kurt Cobain
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   ) – 6:08
5. "Scrabbling for Purchase" – 4:49
6. "Bullethead" – 5:34
7. "Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing!" – 7:56
8. "Squiddlesticks" – 4:03
9. "Lazy Susan (with a client now)" – 6:15
10. "Elbo Room" – 5:58

Personnel

• Charlie Hunter
  Charlie Hunter
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   - 8-string guitar
• Dave Ellis - Tenor saxophone
• Jay Lane
  Jay Lane
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   - Drums
• David Phillips - Pedal steel guitar on tracks 3 and 7
• Ben Goldberg - Clarinet on tracks 5 and 9
• Jeff Cressman - Trombone on tracks 5 and 9
• Scott Roberts - Percussion on tracks 2 and 3
• Lee Townshend - Producer
• Judy Clapp - Mixing engineer
• Oliver DiCicco - Recording engineer
• Christian Jones - Recording engineer