Michael Dinner "The Great Pretender" (1974) -Country Rock-

Label : Fantasy Records

 Side 1

01 - The Great Pretender (Michael Dinner)
02 - Jamaica (Michael Dinner)
03 - Yellow Rose Express (Michael Dinner)
04 - Sunday Morning Fool (Michael Dinner)
05 - Last Dance In Salinas (Michael Dinner)

Side 2

01 - Tattooed Man From Chelsea (Michael Dinner)
02 - Woman Of Aran (Michael Dinner)
03 - Pentacott Lane (Michael Dinner)
04 - Icarus (Michael Dinner)
05 - Texas Knight (Michael Dinner)


Produced by John Boylan
A Great Eastern Gramophone Production
Recorded by Paul Grupp at Capitol Records, Hollywood ; Fantasy Records, Berkeley & The Record Plant, Sausalito
Mixed at Capitol Records
Mastered by Wally Traugott

All Vocals : Michael Dinner

Side 1

01 - The Great Pretender

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Electric Guitar : Bob Watford
Steel Guitar : Ed Black
Electric Piano : John Boylan
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee
Harmony : Linda Ronstadt, Doug Haywood & Herb Pedersen

02 - Jamaica

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Electric Guitar : Ed Black
Electric Piano : John Boylan
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee
Steel Drums : Robert Greenidge
Percussion : Milt Holland
Harmony : Doug Haywood

03 - Yellow Rose Express

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Electric Guitar : Bob Watford
Steel Guitar : Ed Black
Electric Piano : John Boylan
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee
Harmony : Linda Ronstadt, Doug Haywood & Herb Pedersen

04 - Sunday Morning Fool

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Steel Guitar : Ed Black & Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Electric Piano : John Boylan
Piano : Andrew Gold
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee
Harmony : Doug Haywood

05 - Last Dance In Salinas

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Steel Guitar : Al Perkins
Electric Piano : John Boylan
Fiddle : David Lindley
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Gary Mallaber
Harmony : Linda Ronstadt & Doug Haywood

Side 2

01 - Tattooed Man From Chelsea

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Electric Guitar : Ed Black
Slide Guitar : Don Felder
Piano : Larry Knechtel
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee
Harmony : Doug Haywood

02 - Woman Of Aran

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Electric Guitar : Ed Black
Organ : Mike Utley
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee
Harmony : Ronee Blakley & Gail Davies

03 - Pentacott Lane

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Electric Guitar : Ed Black
Accordion : Nick DeCaro
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee

04 - Icarus

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Steel Guitar : Ed Black
Mellotron : John Boylan
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee

05 - Texas Knight

Acoustic Guitar : Michael Dinner
Steel Guitar : Ed Black
Electric Piano & Mellotron : John Boylan
Organ : Mike Utley
Piano : Larry Knechtel
Bass : Michael Bowden
Drums : Mickey McGee & Russ Kunkel
Harmony : Doug Haywood