Traffic from Paradise
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Traffic From Paradise is the seventh album by musician Rickie Lee Jones
, released in September 1993.
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
, released in September 1993.
Track listing
Songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.- "Pink Flamingos" – 6:31
- "Altar Boy" – 2:27
- "Stewart's Coat" – 4:31
- "Beat Angels" (Sal Bernardi) – 4:11
- "Tigers" – 5:48
- "Rebel RebelRebel Rebel"Rebel Rebel" is a song by David Bowie, released in 1974 as a single and on the album Diamond Dogs. Cited as his most-covered track, it was effectively Bowie's farewell to the glam movement that had made him a star.-Music and lyrics:...
" (David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
) – 4:39 - "Jolie Jolie" – 4:26
- "Running From Mercy" (Jones, Leo KottkeLeo KottkeLeo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...
) – 6:01 - "A Stranger's Car" – 2:53
- "The Albatross" (Jones, Kottke, John Leftwich) – 3:12
Personnel
- Rickie Lee JonesRickie Lee JonesRickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
– vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bowed dulcimerBowed dulcimerThe bowed dulcimer is an instrument that is held upright, with the bottom of the instrument held on the player's lap. It is about the size of the Appalachian dulcimer and has a teardrop shape. The bowed dulcimer has a sound deeper than that of a violin's, much like the viola or cello. The...
,backing vocals - John Leftwich – bass, cello, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "Tigers"
- Sal Bernardi – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Leo KottkeLeo KottkeLeo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...
– six-string, twelve-string, slide acoustic guitar, backing vocals - David HidalgoDavid HidalgoDavid Hidalgo is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. He is also a member of the supergroup Los Super Seven and of the Latin Playboys, a side project band made up of some of the members of Los Lobos...
– eight string electric guitar on "Beat Angels" - Brian SetzerBrian SetzerBrian Setzer is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group The Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the late 1990s with a jazz-oriented big band.-Career:Setzer was born in Massapequa, New York...
– electric guitar on "Rebel Rebel", backing vocals - Dean ParksDean ParksDean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
– electric guitar on "Tigers" - David BaerwaldDavid BaerwaldDavid Baerwald is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician.He has one son, Beker Baerwald, who is a nationally ranked basketball player. He is the son of Hans Baerwald, a political scientist, and Diane Moore, a psychologist...
– electric guitar on "The Albatross", backing vocals - Jim KeltnerJim KeltnerJames Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...
– drums - Alex AcuñaAlex AcuñaAlejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...
– drums, congas on "Tigers" - Brad Dutz – percussion, marima, tarkas, bodhran, udu, mixing bowls on "Rebel Rebel"
- Efrain Toro – percussion on "Pink Flamingos" & "Stewart's Coat"
- Bobby Bruce – violin
- Doug Lyons – French horn
- Syd StrawSyd StrawSyd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. The daughter of actor Jack Straw , she began her career singing backup for Pat Benatar, then took her distinct voice to the indie/alternative scene and joined the Golden Palominos...
– backing vocals - Teresa Tudbury – backing vocals