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RECORDED AND MIXED by Giorgio Ravera at the Old Mill Studio, Rossiglione, Genoa, and at the Laboratorio Musicale Genovese, Pontedecimo, Genoa, between 11 november 2007 and 15 january 2008.
MASTERING: Fabrizio Barale, Cuneo
PRODUCED by Paolo Bonfanti and Giorgio Ravera…
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Luciano “Uncle Lou” Angelini and Alessandro “Ciciuxs” Maggiori for the Club de Musique Records, La Palud, Courmayeur
All songs: words and music AM. - Paolo Bonfanti, Wings and Wind Music
There are people who have producers and executive
producers, I have friends who always believed in
my songs. Big time thanks to my old pard
Paolo, who brightened them with his genius
and has been my first and most faithful fan:
always, in time and in time to come;
to
Big
Gio, who used to play my songs and then worked
on these ones with extraordinary competence
and love;
to
Uncle Lou for his kindness, his
passion and his big heart: a new pard who’s
always been here; to Ciciuxs, for them Sideways,
his laughter and cigarette’s pauses.
Special, really special thanks to all the great
musicians and friends who helped me through
this wonderful journey,
Paolo, Giorgio, Rosalba,
Alberto, Alessandro, Martino, Massimiliano,
Stefano, Tato, and to special guests
Bibi, Nicola,
Fulvio, Giorgino and Roby: they all gave brighter
colours to the pictures I had in mind, and often
invented new ones;
thanks to
Paolo Bonfanti
Band, Rosa Tatuata, Red Wine and the late
Fried Chicken.
Thanks, also, to every musician
I’ve been lucky to play with:
Hocus Pocus,
Midwest Pickin’ Enterprise, Paolo “Pai” Pignone
(“The Man from the North”) with
Lolli, Andrea
Gamba (bloodbrother), Alberto Ferrara, Augusto
Boschi, Cristina Figallo and
Fabrizio Nuovibri.
Thanks and a smile, through the years, to
Beppe
Gambetta and
Bambi Fossati, and to
Jono
Manson for his telephone Surprise.
Thanks to
Matteo Bruzzone for the Fender Stratocaster
and
Massimo Olivieri for the mandolin.
I’d also like to mention, for one reason or another:
the Traditional Family (mom
Caterina, auntie
Delfina, little great
Federico, Claudia and
Ivo);
my Indian Tribe Brothers
Alessandro “Doc”
Priano (for all informatic technology and
grumbling),
Marco “Curator” Bariani for
musical and enological consulence,
Massimo
Bariani, with
Linda, for pastasciutta tasting,
Marco “Scorsese” Abate for photos, videos and
poignant things,
Ivo ”Billy” Sposaro (for hidden
singing and imitations) and
Giorgio C. Merega;
my great friend and pard
Domenico Gallo with
Francesca and
Lorenzo “Lebowski”; my accomplice
Mattia Carratello, honorary rument;
Claudio Asciuti, original rument;
Paolo Bononi (since
1973) with
Laura; my brother
Stefano Tettamanti with deserts’ lover
Patrizia plus
Laura Grandi,
Carlo “Patience” Braga and all
the
Grandi & Associati Field Team;
Franca
& Alice Colamartino for being always near even
when they’re not;
all
Majorana and Spinelli
People; young future stars
Lea Di Vito and
Francesco Lo Prinzi, with
Alex Kirilenko;
Yuri De Scisciolo and the
Cowgirls of the Baita;
Gian at
Moretti Tavern, via S. Bernardo, GE;
Giovanni Leoncini and
Truppa; my ghost producer
Betta Martinelli;
my ghost graphic
Fede Soggiu;
my once photographer
Carla Colliva;
Neil Young
(who taught me to play, though he doesn’t
know),
Philip K. Dick (who taught me to see
and, wherever he may be, he knows) and a
hundred of musicians and writers who made
my world a great place to live in;
Kelly Joe
Phelps for playing like that and gifting me
one verse of “Dust from the Page”;
Jack Bauer,
Lily Rush & The Cheerleader (everybody knows
they exist); all of the other relatives, friends,
long resisting fans and occasional or less occasional
fellow travellers who still populate my life or my
imagination.
A special mention can but go, with affection,
to
Giancarlo Balduzzi of Disco Club, via S.
Vincenzo, GE, who’s selling me records since
1975, who’s trying to keep good music alive in
town and who, incidentally, helped this album’s
coming to life.
Thanks, also, to
Roberto Parodi and
Massimo Sobrero for all the demo working in Campomorone,
GE.
With unending love, to brothers
Alex De
Giovannini and
Marco Curreri.
To GIULIA, who came and saw me, with her breeze and sun in the eyes
DUST FROM THE PAGE (3:38):
A.M.: electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals
Paolo Bonfanti: background vocals
Martino Coppo: mandolin
Antonio “Tato” Capelli: violin
Giorgio Ravera: Hammond organ
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Massimiliano Di Fraia: drums
DESERT BALLADS (3:24):
A.M.: acoustic guitars, baritone guitar, mandolins, dobro, lead & background vocals
Massimiliano Di Fraia: cajon
Alessandro Pelle: egg maracas
Roberto Parodi: electric guitar
Nicola Bruno: upright bass
NIGHT TRAINS DON’T BRING YOU NOWHERE (4:33)
A.M.: acoustic & electric guitars, lead & background vocals
Fulvio Diclemente: trumpet
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Alessandro Pelle: drums
I WROTE A.M. ON EVERY WALL (4:24)
A.M.: acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, lead & background vocals
Paolo Bonfanti: electric rhythm and lead guitar
Giorgio Ravera: Hammond organ
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Alessandro Pelle: drums
LITTLE JIMMY AGAIN (5:44)
A.M.: acoustic guitars, electric guitar (part 1), baritone guitar (part 1), mandolin, lead & background vocals
Paolo Bonfanti: electric guitars (part 2)
Giorgio Ravera: baritone guitar (part 2)
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Alessandro Pelle: drums
TRADITIONAL MAN (4:18)
A.M.: acoustic guitars, lead vocals
Paolo Bonfanti: background vocals
Martino Coppo: mandolin
Antonio “Tato” Capelli”: violin
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Alessandro Pelle: drums
RAINCOATS (4:20)
A.M.: acoustic guitars, lead vocals, bass
Paolo Bonfanti: acoustic lead guitar
Giorgio Ravera: piano, organ, percussions
PROVO, UTAH (6:20)
A.M.: acoustic guitar, electric lead (solo 1) & rhythm guitar, lead & background vocals
Paolo Bonfanti: electric lead guitar (solo 2 & 3)
Giorgio Ravera: baritone guitar
Stefano & Giorgino Cavallo: Hammond organ
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Alessandro Pelle: drums
AN ANGEL WHEN SHE SINGS (2:29)
A.M.: acoustic guitars, dobro, lead vocals
Roberta “Bibi” Servetto: background vocals
Nicola Bruno: upright bass
IN TIME TO COME (2:39)
A.M.: acoustic rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Paolo Bonfanti: acoustic lead guitar
Giorgio Ravera: acoustic rhythm guitar, Hammond organ
THREE VIPERS IN THE HEART (And a Beaver in the Head) (3:58)
A.M.: acoustic rhythm & lead guitar, lead vocals
Alberto Giordano: Gretsch electric lead and rhythm guitar
Paolo Bonfanti: electric rhythm guitar, slide guitar
Rosalba Grillo: bass
Alessandro Pelle: drums
LETTERS (4:53)
A.M.: acoustic guitar and vocals