15/04/2025

Brenda Patterson "Brenda Patterson" (1973) -Blue-Eyed Soul / Soul / Blues Rock-



Label : Playboy Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)* (Johnny Otis)
02 - The Crippled Crow° (Donna Weiss)
03 - Hold An Old Friend's Hand° (Donna Weiss)
04 - Southern Brown° (Ronnie Wilkins & Ed Simmons)
05 - Hope He'll Be Happier With Her* (Bill Withers)
06 - Jesus On The Mainline* (Traditional)

Side 2

01 - End Of The Road* (Jerry Lee Lewis)
02 - I'm Gonna Be Strong° (Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil)
03 - Mine All Mine° (Harold Beatty)
04 - Bury Me Down By The River* (Maurice & Barry Gibb)
05 - In My Girlish Days* (Minnie Douglas)
06 - Congratulations* (Paul Simon)


* 'The' Engineer : Roy Segal
Engineer : Eric Prestidge
Recordists : Phillip Brown, George Engfer, George Fernandez, Michael Fusaro
Mastering Engineer : George Horn
Recorded at CBS Studios, San Francisco & Los Angeles, Calif.
Executive Producer : Larry Cohn

°Recording Engineer : Glen Mohrbacher
Remix : Bob Scherl, Glen Mohrbacher
Mastering : Doug Sax, The Mastering Lab
Recorded at Bullet Recorders, Inc., Hollywood, Calif.


Side 1

01 - Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)

Electric Slide Guitar (Right) : Ry Cooder
Electric Guitar (Left) : Wayne Perkins
Acoustic Guitar : Jim Dickinson
Bass : Chris Ethridge
Drums : John Barbata
Horns :
Trumpet : Warren Gale
Flugelhorn : Peter Welker
Alto Sax, Sarrusophone : Gerald Oshita
Tenor, Baritone Saxes : Martin Fierro
Background vocals : Bobby Ray Watson, Venetta Fields, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Lee Baker, Jim Dickinson & The Minits (Mary Anderson, Carolyn Watkins, Mary Ann Watkins)
Horns Arranged by John Kahn
Produced by Jim Dickinson & Larry Cohn

02 - The Crippled Crow

Guitars : Arthur Adams, Beau Charles
Piano : Clarence McDonald
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Ed Greene
Harmonica : Bruce Kurnow
Steel Guitar Jay Dee Maness
Fiddles : Bobby Bruce
Background Harmony : Brenda Patterson
Background Voices : Donna Weiss, Beau Charles, Brenda Patterson
Rhythm Arrangements by Rhythm Section
Produced by George Tobin for Bullet Recorders, Inc.
Associate Producer Bob Scherl

03 - Hold An Old Friend's Hand

Guitars : Arthur Adams, Beau Charles
Piano : Clarence McDonald
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Ed Greene
Steel Guitar : Jay Dee Maness
Harmonica : Donna Weiss
Organ : Peter Swiadon
Mandolin : Beau Charles
Strings Arranged & Played by Bobby Bruce
Background Harmony : Brenda Patterson
Rhythm Arrangements by Rhythm Section
Produced by George Tobin for Bullet Recorders, Inc.
Associate Producer Bob Scherl

04 - Southern Brown

Guitars : Arthur Adams, Beau Charles
Piano : Clarence McDonald
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Ed Greene
Harmonica : Bruce Kurnow
Electric Piano : Ronnie Wilkins
Horns : Chuck Findley, Jim Horn
Background Harmony : Brenda Patterson
Rhythm Arrangements by Rhythm Section
Produced by George Tobin for Bullet Recorders, Inc.
Associate Producer Bob Scherl

05 - Hope He'll Be Happier With Her

Electric Guitar : Fred Burton
Acoustic Guitar : Charlie Brent
Piano : Charlie Brent
Bass : Artie Goleniak
Drums : Allyn Robinson
Bongos : Jose Areas
Congas : James Mingo Lewis
Guiro, Maracas : Armando Peraza
Arranged by Charlie Brent
Produced by Charlie Brent & Larry Cohn

06 - Jesus On The Mainline

Electric Guitar (Right) : Ry Cooder
Electric Slide Guitar (Left) : Wayne Perkins
Pump Organ : Jim Dickinson
Piano : Charlie Brent
Chimes : Jim Dickinson
Bass : Chris Ethridge
Drums : Allyn Robinson
Tambourine : Charlie Brent
Hand-Clapping : Brenda Patterson & Charlie Brent
Background vocals : Donna Weiss, Venetta Fields, Rhetta Hughes, Donna Washburn, The Minits (Mary Anderson, Carolyn Watkins, Mary Ann Watkins)
Adaptation : Brenda Patterson
Arranged by Jim Dickinson
Produced by Jim Dickinson

Side 2

01 - End Of The Road

Electric Guitar (Center Solo) : Wayne Perkins
Electric Guitar (Right) : Ry Cooder
Piano : Jim Dickinson
Bass : Chris Ethridge
Drums : Johnny Barbata
Harmony Singing : Brenda Patterson
Arranged & Produced by Jim Dickinson

02 - I'm Gonna Be Strong

Guitar : Louie Shelton
Piano : Michel Rubini
Bass : Wilton Felder
Drums : Paul Humphries
Background Singers : Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Melissa McKay
Arranged & Conducted by Gene Page
Produced by George Tobin for Bullet Recorders, Inc.
Associate Producer Bob Scherl

03 - Mine All Mine

Guitars Louie Shelton, Peter Swiadon
Piano : Clarence McDonald
Bass : Carol Kaye
Drums : Ed Greene
Organ : Peter Swiadon
Background Voices : Jessie Smith, Robbie Montgomery, 'Edna'
Rhythm Arrangements by Rhythm Section
Produced by George Tobin for Bullet Recorders, Inc.
Associate Producer : Bob Scherl

04 - Bury Me Down By The River

Steel Guitar & Leslie Steel Guitar : Rusty Young
Piano : Rick Allen
Bass : John Kahn
Background vocals : Katherine Gaines, Mary Elizabeth McCreary, Arvanderlyn R. Lee
Arranged & Produced by Brenda Patterson

05 - In My Girlish Days

Mandolin : Ry Cooder
Acoustic Guitar : Wayne Perkins
Piano : Jim Dickinson
Bass (Lead) : John Kahn
Drums : Tony Dey
Harmonica : Bobby Ray Watson
Tambourine & Harmony Singing : Brenda Patterson
Arranged by Jim Dickinson
Produced by Jim Dickinson & Larry Cohn

06 - Congratulations

Piano : John Kahn
Organ : Mel Saunders
Bass (Electric) : John Kahn
String Bass : Rafael Garrett
Drums : Tony Dey
Strings Arranged by John  Kahn
Produced by John Kahn