Themes From A Rainy Decade
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Themes From A Rainy Decade is the first solo album released by Richard Bennett
after decades of work as a studio musician and producer, contributing to thousands of recordings for other artists.
In the liner notes to the CD, Mark Knopfler
writes: "For almost ten years now I've felt very lucky having Richard Bennett as a pal and as a member of the band. His quiet, self-effacing manner hides an encyclopaedic knowledge of all kinds of roots and rock music, from Hillbilly to Hawaiian, played effortlessly on a variety of instruments which appear out of a flight case as big as an Airstream trailer...... May his cracking guitar playing find a place in your life as it has in mine."
Richard Bennett (guitarist)
Richard Bennett is a touring sideman, session veteran, and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for 17 years, and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session player, he has worked with artists ranging from Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand to Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill...
after decades of work as a studio musician and producer, contributing to thousands of recordings for other artists.
In the liner notes to the CD, Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
writes: "For almost ten years now I've felt very lucky having Richard Bennett as a pal and as a member of the band. His quiet, self-effacing manner hides an encyclopaedic knowledge of all kinds of roots and rock music, from Hillbilly to Hawaiian, played effortlessly on a variety of instruments which appear out of a flight case as big as an Airstream trailer...... May his cracking guitar playing find a place in your life as it has in mine."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Richard Bennett- "Riviera"
- "Autumn's Affair"
- "Ashes"
- "The Proud and Profane
- "Dinamico"
- "Aquanetta"
- "The Flaming Palomino"
- "Blue At Best"
- "Hawkins Street"
- "Underworld"
- "A Face No More"
- "Castaway"
Personnel
- Bass - Glenn WorfGlenn WorfGlenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
, George Bradfute, Garry TallentGarry TallentGarry Wayne Tallent , sometimes billed as Garry W. Tallent, is an American musician and record producer, best known for being the longtime bass player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.... - Drums - Chad CromwellChad CromwellChad Cromwell is an American drummer, best known for his work with Neil Young and with Mark Knopfler.- Personal life :Cromwell was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and three years later moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee...
, Phil Lee, Craig Wright - Keyboards - Dave Hoffner, Reese WynansReese WynansReese Wynans is a keyboard player who has done session work and has been a member of Double Trouble and progressive rock band Captain Beyond.- Personal life :Reese Wynans grew up in Sarasota, Florida during the 1950s...
- Vibes - Paul BurchPaul BurchPaul Burch is a Washington, D.C.-born musician, songwriter and producer. Burch moved to Nashville in the early '90s where he began singing in the city's '50s-era honky tonks, garnering the attention of Marianne Faithfull and Chet Atkins...
- Guitars - George Bradfute, Al Casey, Richard Bennett
- Solo Guitar - Richard Bennett
Recording
- Produced by Richard Bennett
- Recorded and mixed by George Bradfute at Tone Chaparral
- Mastered by Jonathan Russell
- Edited by Eric Conn at Georgetown Masters
- Album Designed by Linsey Sieger, phots by Nick Bennett
- All songs written by Richard Bennett, Moderne Shellac Music