White Nile (1993) KPC, congas, flute, guitar, harp. kalimba, ukulele, trumpet Aquilla Sadalla, bass clarinet, flute, guitar, vocals Oscar Brown III, bass, flute Malik Cohran, bass, flute, guitar Josefe Marie Verna, flute, harp, trombone (10:20)
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (2021) FZ, guitar, synclavier, vocals Mike Keneally, guitar, synth, vocals Scott Thunes, bass, minimoog Ike Willis, guitar, synth, vocals Chad Wackerman, drums, electronic percussion Ed Mann, percussion Robert Martin, keyboards, vocals Walt Fowler, trumpet, flugelhorn, synth Bruce Fowler, trombone Paul Carman, alto, soprano and baritone saxophones Albert Wing, tenor saxophone Kurt McGettrick, baritone and bass saxophones (4:58)
Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York March 25, 1988
Mary Lou (1991) FZ, vocals Ray White, guitar, vocals Steve Vai, stunt guitar Tommy Mars, keyboards, vocals Bobby Martin, keyboards, saxophone, vocals Ed Mann, percussion Scott Thunes, bass Chad Wackerman, drums (2:14)
Trouble Child (1974) JM, piano, vocals Chuck Findley, trumpet Dennis Budimir, guitar Jim Hughart, bass Joe Sample, piano John Guerin, drums, percussion Milt Holland, chimes Tom Scott, oboe (4:00)
Chuck Findley's muted trumpet is multi-tracked to great effect. One of Joni's best, melancholy-tinged songs:
Up in a sterilized room Where they let you be lazy Knowing your attitude's all wrong And you got to change And that's not easy
Dragon shining with all values known Dazzling you, keeping you from your own Where is the lion in you to defy him When you're this weak And this spacey?
So what are you going to do about it You can't live life and you can't leave it Advice and religion, you can't take it You can't seem to believe it The peacock is afraid to parade You're under the thumb of the maid You really can't give love in this condition Still you know how you need it
They open and close you Then they talk like they know you They don't know you They're friends and they're foes, too Trouble child Breaking like the waves at Malibu
So why does it come as such a shock To know you really have no one? Only a river of changing faces Looking for an ocean
They trickle through your leaky plans Another dream over the dam And you're lying in some room Feeling like your right to be human Is going over too
Well, some are going to knock you And some'll try to clock you You know it's really hard to Talk sense to you Trouble child Breaking like the waves at Malibu
The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment) (1969) Miss Christine, vocals Miss Mercy, vocals Miss Cinderella, vocals Miss Pamela, vocals Miss Sandra, vocals Jeff Beck, guitar Lowell George, guitar Ry Cooder, guitar Roy Estrada, bass Craig Doerge, keyboards Ian Underwood, keyboards Nicky Hopkins, keyboards Don Preston, synth Jimmy Carl Black, drums Frank Zappa, tambourine Rod Stewart, vocals (1:45)
Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process (1976) MD, trumpet Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone Chick Corea, electric piano Herbie Hancock, electric piano Dave Holland, bass Tony Williams, drums (13:20)
Can't Run But (2018) PS, vocal yMusic: Alex Sopp, flute CJ Camerieri, trumpet Gabriel Cabezas, cello Hideaki Aomori, clarinet Nadia Sirota, viola Rob Moose, violin (3:30)
Where Do I Begin (2015) Jeff Tweedy, guitar, vocals John Stirratt, bass, guitar, vocals Glenn Kotche, drums, percussion Mikael Jorgensen, keyboards Nels Cline, guitar, loops Patrick Sansone, guitar, keyboards, vocals Spencer Tweedy, percussion (2:54)
Alright at least you cried A point of pride has torn in two What was we where we meets you From where we end to where do I begin
We're so alone We're never alone Forever in debt to the stomach I get When things can't be known Our paths overgrown From where we end to where do I begin
Why can't we tell when we're in hell Why can't I say something to make you well When things can't be seen confined within the dream From where we end to where do I begin
I won't ever ever ever fall apart like that again From where we are to where do I begin From where we end to where do I begin
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This is the Wilco that drew me in with music like the last minute of this track!
Love's in Need of Love Today (1995) SW, keyboards, vocals Herman Jackson, keyboards Isaiah Sanders, keyboards Rink Zunigar, guitar Nathan Watts, bass Gerry Brown, drums Munyungo Jackson, percussion Keith John, vocals Panzie Johnson, vocals Marva King, vocals Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Henry Panion III, cond. (6:02)
Bow Tie Daddy (mono) (2009/1968) FZ, guitar, piano, vocals Jimmy Carl Black, drums, vocals Roy Estrada, bass, vocals Billy Mundi, drums, vocals Don Preston, keyboards Bunk Gardner, woodwinds Ian Underwood, piano, woodwinds Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood, soprano and baritone saxophones (0:33)
Forward Flight (1961) BL, trumpet Julian Priester, trombone George Coleman, tenor saxophone Don Friedman, piano Reggie Workman, bass Pete La Roca, drums (6:19)
Evidence of Humanity (2010) MK, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion Marco Minnemann, drums (51:00)
In 2006, Minnemann recorded a 51-minute drum solo and invited certain musicians to create an improvisatory-based composition thereupon ... Trey Gunn, Alex Machacek ... and here's Mike's version!
1. Anthology 3 version (3:18) 2. Esher demo (2:25) 3. Take 15 (3:12) 4. 2018 mix (2:48)
Another wonderful example of the Paul/George Martin collaboration. The brass arrangement is so subtle. And only the finished product has those intro bars to a fermata, and the coda.