Music Is Just a Bunch of Notes is an album by blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 artists "Spider" John Koerner and Willie and the Bumblebees, released in 1972. It was reissued in 2010 by Nero's Neptune Records along with a movie Koerner made titled The Secret of Sleep.

"Macalester Don't Stop Now 10-Mar-72" was recorded live by Koerner, Dave Ray, and Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

 at Macalester College

Macalester College

Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...

 in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 10, 1972. "Waiting for Go with Normal Dub" was recorded live in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

 outside of Tom Olson's house.

The album had a plain white cover that was rubber stamped by hand, making each one unique. This included one that said "also on side two: Everybody's Going For the Money", which had been left off of the label. Early copies had a serial number alá the Beatles' White Album.

Side one

1. "Macalester Don't Stop Now 10-Mar-72" – :23
2. "Ramble, Tumble" (John Koerner) – 3:19
3. "Don't Terrify Me" (Koerner) – 3:04
4. "Be Careful" (Koerner) – 4:53
5. "Waiting for Go with Normal Dub" (Tom Olson) – 5:30

Side two

1. "Cindy's #" (Palmer)
2. "Everybody's Goin' For The Money" (Koerner)
3. "Skipper And His Wife" (Koerner)
4. "Thief River Falls" (Koerner, Willie Murphy)
5. "Mr. Image" (Olson)
6. "Taking Time" (Koerner)
7. "The Wall" (Olson)

Personnel

• John Koerner – guitar, vocals
• Willie Murphy
  Willie Murphy (musician)
  Willie Murphy is an American pianist, singer, producer, and songwriter. He is best known as a singer and pianist for the blues band Willie and the Bees and his work with Bonnie Raitt and John Koerner.-Biography:...
  
   – bass, piano, vocals
• Dave Ray – vocals on "The Wall"
• Tom Olson – vocals ("Waiting for Go with Normal Dub", "Mr. Image", "The Wall")
• John Beach – piano
• Stephen Bradley – drums
• Gene Hoffman – tenor saxophone
• Maurice Jaycox – alto and baritone saxophone
• Voyle Harris – trumpet
• Mary Du Shane – violin
• Sandy Herforth – violin
• Alan Weisman – harp ("Thief River Falls")
• Dave Morton – vocals
• Betty Brenner – vocals
• Liz Thorson – vocals
• Bibi Bathos – vocals
• Stevi Beck – vocals

External links

• John Koerner discography
• Nero's Neptune Records