Gene Cotton "Liberty" (1974) -CCM / Country Rock-

Label : Myrrh Records

 Side One

01 - Sunshine Roses (Gene Cotton)

02 - Man Buyin' Names (Gene Cotton)

03 - Country Spirit (Gene Cotton)

04 - Mrs. Oliver (Gene Cotton)

05 - I'd Hate To Be A Black Man (Rob Galbraith)

Side Two

01 - There Is A Breeze (Mark Henley)

02 - Pharaoh's Hand (Randy Matthews)

03 - About You Girl (Gene Cotton)

04 - All That Keeps You Going (Bill Hoover)

05 - The Great American Novel (Larry Norman)

06 - Liberty (Gene Cotton)

Acoustic Guitar : Gene Cotton, Pete Wade, Billy Sanford, Reggie Young & Johnny Christopher

High Third's Guitar : Gene Cotton, Billy Sanford & Johnny Christopher

Electric Guitar : Reggie Young

Grand Piano & Organ : Beggie Cruser

Flute : Sandy Cotton

Harmonica : Charlie McCoy

Bass : Jack Williams

Drums : Kenny Buttrey

Best Kid : Christopher Cotton

Strings : Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Bynum, Donald Teal, Martin Katahn, Carl Gorodetzky, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Martha McCrory, David Vanderkooi, Marvin Shantry & Jean Dane

String Arrangements : Bergen White

Thanks to the Blair String Quartet for their fine effort on "Mrs. Oliver" & to Beegie Cruser for Doing the Arrangement

The descant part on "Liberty" was Written, Arranged & Performed by Christopher Cotton

Produced by Charlie Tallent

Nit-Picked by Billy Ray Hearn

Engineers : Charlie Tallent & Curt Allen

Recorded at Clements Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Gene Cotton "The Edgehill File" (1983) -Soft Rock-

Label : People Song Records

 Side One

01 - Cosmic Book Of Jokes (Gene Cotton)
02 - Minnesota Woman (Gene Cotton)
03 - Sail Out On To The Ocean (Gene Cotton)
04 - World Religion Zoo (Gene Cotton)
05 - Junk Song (Gene Cotton)

Side Two

01 - Everybody Rolls A Bad Stone (Gene Cotton)
02 - Forever And A Day (Gene Cotton)
03 - Circle Song (Gene Cotton)
04 - Hymm For Resurrection (Gene Cotton)


Acoustic Piano : Gene Cotton
Piano : David Innis

Engineer : Rick Schirmer

Gene Cotton And American Ace "No Strings Attached" (1979) -Soft Rock-

Label : Ariola Records America

 Side One

01 - Maybe Tomorrow (Robbie Patton & Jonathan Cain)
02 - Gettin' Over You (Rage VanHoy)
03 - Fall In Love (Parker McGee)
04 - Ocean Of Life (Gene Cotton)
05 - Billy The Kid (Gene Cotton & James Owmby)

Side Two

01 - Make Time For Love (Michael David Black)
02 - Tight Rope Walker (Gene Cotton & Mac Gayden)
03 - Michael (Gene Cotton)
04 - Anytime Down (Gunnar Gelotte)
05 - Like A Sunday In Salem (Gene Cotton)


Produced by Steve Gibson

Gene Cotton : Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Dianne Darling : Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals
Marc Speer : Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals
Tommy Wells : Drums
James Owmby : Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Organ, Sax, Vocals
Mike Joyce : Bass, Vocals

Musicians, Singers, Friends & All The Others who helped make this album especially those who stopped by to say and ended up playing
Piano : Bobby Ogdin, Shane Keister
Synthesizer : Shane Keister, Bobby Ogdin, Buddy Skipper, Mike Lawler
Bass : Steve Gibson, Jack Williams
Drums : Kenneth Buttrey, Gunnar Gelotte
Autoharp : Gove Scrivenor
Percussion : Farrell Morris
Steel Guitar : Doyle Grisham
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar : Steve Gibson
Sax : Bill Jones
Vocals : Bergen White, Greg Gordon, Debra Allen, Oliver, Mike Black, Richard Mainegra, Todd Cerney

Recorded at Quadraphonics Studios
Engineer : Rick Schirmer
Assistant Engineer : Jimmy Stroud

Gene Cotton "Save The Dancer" (1978) -Soft Rock-

Label : Ariola Records America

 1

01 - Before My Heart Finds Out (Randy Goodrum)
02 - You're A Part Of Me (Kim Carnes)
03 - Like A Sunday In Salem (Gene Cotton)
04 - Going Through The Motions Of Love (Parker McGee & Steve Gibson)
05 - Save The Dancer (Stephen Cornell, Frank Fields, Paul & Ralph Colwell, Ken Ashby)

2

01 - Only The Lucky (Walter Egan)
02 - She's Sweet, She's Somebody (Gene Cunico & James Calvert)
03 - Shine On (Gene Cotton)
04 - You Were Right (Gene Cotton & Greg Adams)
05 - As Long As There's Laughter (Richard Kerr & John Bettis)


Producer : Steve Gibson
Engineer : Brent Maher
Assistant Engineer : Rick Shirmer
Recorded at Creative Workshop, Berry Hill, Tennessee
Additional Recording : Quadraphonic & Studio By The Pond
Mixed at Creative Workshop by Brent Maher
Mastering : Glen Meadows, Masterfonics, Nashville, Tennessee

Acoustic Guitar : Gene Cotton, Steve Gibson, Johnny Christopher
Electric Guitar : Steve Gibson
Piano : Shane Keister
Organ : Bobby Ogdin
Moog Synthesizer : Shane Keister, Randy Goodrum
Bass : Jack Williams, Joe Osborn, Tommy Cogbill
Drums : Larrie Londin, Kenny Buttrey, Jerry Carrigan
Percussion : Farrell Morris
Duet on "You're A Part Of Me" : Gene Cotton & Kim Carnes
Background vocals : Oliver, Randy Goodrum, Sherri Kramer, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell, Steve Gibson, Janie Fricke, Gene Cotton
String & Horn Arrangements : Buddy Skipper
Thanks to Andraé Crouch & The Disciples for Vocal on "Shine On"

Gene Cotton "For All The Young Writers" (1976) -Country Rock / Soft Rock-

Label : ABC Records

 Side A

01 - Let Your Love Flow (Larry E. Williams)
02 - Alone Too Long (Cynthia Weil & Mark James)
03 - Keepin' It On The Road (Gene Cotton)
04 - Young People (Don Potter)
05 - Damn It All (Rob Galbraith)

Side B

01 - Let Love Be (Ronald C. Willis & Gene Cotton)
02 - Stone Crazy (Bob Morrison & Jay M. Harris)
03 - In Love Like You And Me (Denny Tracy)
04 - Teaser (Gary Paxton)
05 - If Everyone Could Only Learn To Cry (Dennis Linde)
06 - The Winner (Noel Paul Stookey)


Gene Cotton : Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
'The New Nashville Music Haberdashery & Rhythm Emporium'
Beegie Cruser Adair : Electric & Acoustic Piano, Organ
Johnny Christopher : Acoustic Guitar & High Thirds
Bobby Thompson : 12 String Acoustic Guitar & Banjo
Steve Gibson : Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Reggie Young : Electric Guitar
Jimmy Colvard : Acoustic Guitar
Kenny Buttrey : Drums
Eberhard Ranm : French Horn
Jack Williams : Bass
Muscle Shoals Horn Section : Horns
Strings : The Nashville Eleven
String Arrangements : Bergen White
Back-Up Vocals : B.W. & The Cherry Sisters

Recorded at Ray Stevens Sound Lab, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineers : Curtis Allen & Tom Knox
Produced by Charles Tallent

Gene Cotton "Rain On" (1976) -Soft Rock / Country Rock-

Label : ABC Records

 Side A

01 - You Got Me Running (Parker McGee)
02 - Me And The Elephant (Benny Whitehead)
03 - Song For You (Gene Cotton)
04 - Deeper And Deeper (Randal Edwin Van Wormer)
05 - Clarissa (Gene Cotton)
06 - Rain On (Jim Phillips & Dianne Berglund)

Side  B

01 - Sweet Destiny (Larry Hoppen & Marilyn Mason)
02 - Young Lover (John Bettis & Richard Kerr)
03 - Over Goodbye (Gene Cotton)
04 - My Love Comes Alive (Eric Kaz)
05 - The Gift Of Song (Neil Diamond)


Produced by Stephen A. Gibson

Musicians :
Keyboards : Shane Keister, Beegie Adair & Ron Oates
Synthesizer : Shane Keister
Drums : Larrie Londin & Kenny Malone
Bass : Joe Osborn, Jack Williams & Ted Reynolds
Acoustic Guitars : Gene Cotton & Steve Gibson
Electric Guitars : Steve Gibson
Mandolin : Steve Gibson
Percussion : Farrell Morris
Horns : Tom Smith, Don Sheffield, Dennis Solee, Billy Puet, Roger Bissell
Sax Solo on "Rain On" : Buddy Skipper
Strings : The Shelly Kurland Strings
Vocals : Gene Cotton All Selections except "Rain On" Vocals Gene Cotton & Sheri Kramer
Background vocals : Sherry Kramer, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell & Bergen White
Best Kids : Christopher & Meeshon Cotton, Cindi Taylor

Horns Arranged by Tom Smith
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Bergen White
Engineered & Mixed by Brent Maher
Recorded at Creative Workshop, Berry Hill, Tennessee
Mastering : Glen Meadows, Masterfonics, Nashville, Tennessee

Gene Cotton "Eclipse Of The Blue Moon" (1981) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Knoll Productions Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Simon And Simon (Gene Cotton)
02 - Great Pain (Gene Cotton)
03 - '80 State Of Mind (Gene Cotton)
04 - Rained On Before (Alice & Shane Keister)
05 - No Place Like Home (Gene Cotton)

Side 2

01 - Operator, Operator (Gene Cotton)
02 - If I Could Get You (Into My Life) (Gene Cotton)
03 - Bein' Here With You Tonight (Gene Cotton)
04 - Stay (Gene Cotton)
05 - Friend Of Mine (Gene Cotton)
06 - Eclipse Of The Blue Moon Sang (Gene Cotton)


Produced by Gene Cotton
Recorded at The Sound Emporium
Recording Engineer : Gary Laney
Mixed at Creative Workshop
Mixing Engineer : Brent Maher

Gene Cotton : Electric Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
Dianne Darling : Vocals, Percussion & Synthesizer
Marc Speer : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Mike Joyce : Bass & Vocals
James Owmby : Piano
Bobby Ogdin : Piano, Organ & Synthesizer
Paul Hollowell : Piano & Organ
Shane Keister : Piano & Synthesizer
Blue Jay Patton : Sax
Tommy Wells : Drums & Percussion
Best Kids : Christopher Meeshon, Cindy, Randy, Kendall & The 'New Kid'