''Dinnertime'' is the second album by
Alex Taylor, brother of
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Taylor. The album was recorded at
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
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. The standout tracks are "Change Your Sexy Ways",
Randy Newman
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's "Lets Burn Down the Cornfield", Scott Boyer's "Comin' Back to You", and
Stephen Stills
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' "Four Days Gone".
Track listing
#"Change Your Sexy Ways" (Alex Taylor,
Chuck Leavell
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Jimmy Nalls
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Born on May 31, 1951, in Washington D.C., Nalls embarked on a busy session ...
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#"Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" (
Randy Newman
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#"Comin' Back to You" (
Scott Boyer
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#"Four Days Gone" (
Stephen Stills
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#"Payday" (
Jesse Winchester
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#"Who's Been Talking?" (
Howlin' Wolf
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#"Who Will the Next Fool Be?" (
Charlie Rich
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#"
From a Buick Six" (
Bob Dylan
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Personnel
*Alex Taylor - vocals
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Scott Boyer
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- guitar, backing vocals
*
Chuck Leavell
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- piano, keyboards,
vibraphone
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Paul Hornsby
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- organ, keyboards
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Johnny Sandlin
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- bass, Moog synthesizer
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Wayne Perkins
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- bass, guitar, slide guitar
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John Hughey
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- steel guitar
*
Jimmy Nalls
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- guitar
*
Charlie Hayward
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- bass
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Jaimoe
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Johanson played ...
- percussion, conga, timbales
*Bill Stewart - drums
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Roger Hawkins - percussion, conga, tambourine
*Lou Mullenix - percussion, timbales
*Earl Sims - percussion
*Charles Chalmers - backing vocals
*Sandra Chalmers - backing vocals
*Ginger Holladay - backing vocals
*Mary Holladay - backing vocals
*Donna Rhodes - backing vocals
*Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals
*Temple Riser - backing vocals
*Steve Smith - backing vocals
Production
*Producer: Johnny Sandlin
*Recording Engineer: Steve Smith, Johnny Sandlin
*Remixing: Johnny Sandlin, Jeff Willens, Richard Rosebrough, Danny Tuberville
*Photography:
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Tom Wilkes
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Life
Wilkes was born in Long Beach, California and raised in southern California. Wilkes atte ...
*Executive Supervisor:
Phil Walden
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Walden received his undergraduate degree in economics from Mac ...
References
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Alex Taylor (musician) albums
Capricorn Records albums
Covers albums
1972 albums