''Brother's Keeper'' is the fifth studio album by the

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band,

The Neville Brothers The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. History The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 19 ...

. It was released in 1990 on

A&M Records A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distr ...

. The album features background vocals performed by

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...

on "Fearless", as well as

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these are ...

and

Marva Wright Marva Wright (born Marva Maria Williams, March 20, 1948 – March 23, 2010) was an American blues singer. Biography Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, to mother Mattie P. Gilbert, and father Reverend Arthur Williams on March 2 ...

on "Sons and Daughters."

Critical reception

Cee Dee of ''Off Beat Magazine'' begins the review of ''Brother's Keeper'' with, "Set to hit the streets on August 7, The Nevilles’ latest is probably the most-anticipated album in recent New Orleans history. And this album was well worth the wait." Chris Willman of the LA Times concludes his review with, "the brothers have produced yet another keeper." Curt Fields has mixed feelings about the album and writes, "To be sure, there are some incandescent moments on Brother's Keeper, but they are fewer in number than the group's fans are accustomed to hearing." *See original reviews for full articles. Links can be found in the references section of this article.

Track listing

*Track information and credits verified from the album's liner notes.

Personnel

Aaron Neville Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941) is a retired American R&B and soul singer. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that reached number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. ...

– vocals, keyboards, percussion *

Art Neville Arthur Lanon Neville Jr. (December 17, 1937 – July 22, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist from New Orleans. Neville was a staple of the New Orleans music scene for over five decades. He was the founder of the funk band ...

– vocals, keyboards *

Cyril Neville Cyril Garrett Neville (born October 10, 1948) is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the Neville Brothers band u ...

– vocals, percussion * Charles Neville – vocals, saxophone,

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, keyboards *Willie Green – drums *Tony Hall – bass, backing vocals *Eric Struthers – guitar *

Leo Nocentelli Leo Nocentelli (born June 15, 1946) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk band The Meters. He wrote the original versions of several funk classics such as " Cissy Strut" and "Hey P ...

– guitar *

Daryl Johnson Daryl E. Johnson (born August 11, 1946) is a former American football defensive back who played in the American Football League, the National Football League, and the World Football League. He was a member of the Boston Patriots and was a membe ...

– additional bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *Ronald Jones – additional drums *Wally Wilson – keyboards on "Fearless" *Brian Stoltz – acoustic guitar and keyboards on "Fearless" *Bill Dillon – additional guitar on "Fearless" *

Daniel Lanois Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie ...

– additional guitar on "Fearless" *Eugene Ross – additional guitar on "Witness" *Herman "Hack" Bartholomew – trumpet, vocals and piano on "Witness" *Renard Poché – trombone and guitar solo on "Brother Jake" *Tim Green – tenor saxophone *Fred Kemp – baritone saxophone *Roger Lewis – baritone saxophone *Reggie Houston – baritone saxophone *

Ivan Neville Ivan Neville (born August 19, 1959) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron Neville and nephew to members of The Neville Brothers. Career He has released four solo (music), solo albums and ha ...

– vocals on "Brother Jake" *Gaynielle Neville – backing vocals on "Brother Blood" *

– backing vocals on "Fearless" *

– backing vocals on "Sons and Daughters" *

Malcolm Burn Malcolm Burn (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. Emmylou Harris's ''Red Dirt Girl'', produced by Burn, won Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 2001 Grammys. Biography Born in Cornwall, Ontar ...

– additional instruments and backing vocals *

Steve Jordan Steve, Stephen, or Steven Jordan may refer to: Music * Steve Jordan (guitarist) (1919–1993), American jazz guitarist * Steve Jordan (drummer) (born 1957), American drummer, studio musician * Steve Jordan (accordionist) (born Esteban Jordan) (1939 ...

– vocals, additional drums, guitars, additional bass on "River of Life" *Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs – baritone saxophone on "River of Life" *George Sartin – guitar on "River of Life" *Emanuel Steib – trombone on "River of Life" *Charles Brady and Eric Colb – ideas and inspiration on "Sons and Daughters"

Charts

References

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