Lonette "Words And Music" (1978) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : Warner Bros. Records

 1

01 - Sometimes (Lonette McKee)
02 -  Maybe There Are Reasons (Lonette McKee)
03 - Blues (Lonette McKee)
04 - Colors (Of The Love Of My Life) (Lonette McKee)
05 - Train (Lonette McKee)

2

01 - Delayed Reaction (Lonette McKee)
02 - At Least I Had You One Time (Lonette McKee)
03 - Come To Me Softly (Lonette McKee)
04 - I Wanna Be With You (Lonette McKee)


Produced by Johnny Pate & Lonette McKee
Arranged & Conductor : Johnny Pate

Mixed by Johnny Pate, Lonette McKee & Wayne Neuendorf 
Recorded & Mixed at The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles
Wayne Neuendorf, Engineer

Lenise Bent, Assistant Engineer
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank

Jo Hansch, Engineer


1

01 - Sometimes 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm & Solo Guitar

Lee Ritenour : Rhythm Guitar

Scott Edwards : Bass

James Gadson : Drums

Michael Boddicker : Synthesizers

Harvey Mason : Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

02 - Maybe There Are Reasons 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm & Solo Guitar

Lee Ritenour : Rhythm Guitar

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums

Michael Boddicker : Synthesizers

Harvey Mason : Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

03 - Blues 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Lead & Solo Guitar

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums & Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

04 - Colors (Of The Love Of My Life) 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Lead & Rhythm Guitar

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums & Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

Oscar Brashear : Trumpet

Bobby Bryant Sr. : Trumpet

Garnett Brown : Trombone

Fred Jackson Jr. : Tenor Saxophone

Lonette McKee, Johnny Pate : Background vocals

05 - Train Tracks 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet

Lee Ritenour : Rhythm Guitars

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums & Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

2

01 - Delayed Reaction 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Larry Williams : Electric Piano

Patrice Rushen : Synthesizer & Clavinet

Ray Parker Jr. : Guitar

Scott Edwards : Bass

James Gadson : Drums

Harvey Mason : Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

Garnett Brown : Trombone Solo

02 - At Least I Had You One Time

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Lee Ritenour : Rhythm & Solo Guitar

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums & Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

Lonette McKee & Johnny Pate : Background vocals

Janice Gower : Concertmaster

03 - Come To Me Softly 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm & Lead Guitar

Lee Ritenour : Acoustic Guitar

Scott Edwards : Bass

James Gadson : Drums

Janice Gower : Concertmaster

Harvey Mason : Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

04 - I Wanna Be With You 

Lonette McKee : Acoustic Piano

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano

Lee Ritenour : Rhythm Guitar

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Scott Edwards : Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums & Percussion

Mike Turner : Percussion

Oscar Brashear : Trumpet

Bobby Bryant Sr. : Trumpet

Garnett Brown : Trombone

Fred Jackson Jr. : Tenor Saxophone

Michael Boddicker : Synthesizers

Lonette McKee & Patrice Rushen : Background vocals

Lonette McKee "Lonette" (1974) -Pop Soul / Soul-

Label : Sussex Records

 Side A

01 - Message From The Earth (Al Johnson)
02 - You Mean A Lot To Me (Lonette McKee)
03 - Save It (Don't Give It Away) (Zachary Perry, Bobby Bryant, Leonard Perry & Sidney Barnes)
04 - I'm Alone (Lonette McKee)
05 - Lay Me Down Easy (Daniel Moore)

Side B

01 - Love Won't Come Easy (Eugene Williams Jr. , Douglas Gibbs, Ron Crowder & Stan Richardson)
02 - Do To Me (Lonette McKee)
03 - See Ourselves, Be Ourselves, Free Ourselves (Al Johnson)
04 - The Way I Want To Touch You (Toni Tennille)
05 - To Whom It May Concern (Lonette McKee)


Produced & Arranged by Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey
Recorded at Record Plant
Engineered by Philip Schier
Assistant : Bob Merritt
Additional Mixing : Gary Ladinasky

Musicians :
My warmest feelings to
Ollie Brown : Drums
James Gadson : Drums
Reginald Burke : Piano Keyboard & Solos
David T. Walker : Guitars & Solos
Larry Carlton : Guitars & Solos
Dean Parks : Guitar
Ray Parker Jr. : Guitar
James Jamerson : Bass
Wilton Felder : Bass

My special acknowledgement to
Clarence McDonald : Piano Keyboard & Solos
Joe Sample : Piano Keyboard

To three great sounding ladies, all my thanks for background vocals :
Clydie King, Mary Clayton & Sherlie Matthews

Special thanks to :
King Errisson : Congas & Bongos
Emil Richards : Percussion
Ernie Watts : Saxophone Solos