''Here If You Listen'' is an album by David Crosby and his collaborators Michael League,

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Michelle Willis Michelle Willis (born November 6, 1986) is a British-born, Canadian-raised singer/songwriter and keyboard player. She performs regularly as a solo artist and as a side musician with David Crosby and Becca Stevens. She has also worked with Iggy & T ...

, who perform on tour together backing Crosby as The Lighthouse Band, and was released on October 26, 2018 by

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Content

The Lighthouse Band originated on Crosby's ''

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'' album. Producer Michael League along with Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis provided backing vocals on the Crosby-Stevens song "By the Light of Common Day". On this album, the band is very different. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Chalk that up to the Lighthouse Band interacting like a band here, collaborating on the writing and trading off lead vocals as they glide into lush, shimmering harmonies." Seven of the eleven tracks were written by all four members, with another penned by the quartet plus Snarky Puppy keyboard player

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. One tune is by Stevens and Jane Tyson Clement, and another is by Willis. Only

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's "Woodstock" is not a Lighthouse Band composition.

Track listing

Personnel

* David Crosby – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11) * Michael League – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3–5, 9), Minimoog bass (1, 2, 5, 9), electric bass (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), 12-string acoustic guitar (3, 7), ARP Omni (4, 6), electric guitar (5), fretless baritone electric guitar (5), baritone acoustic guitar (11) * Becca Stevens – vocals, Hammertone electric guitar (1, 5, 8, 9), 7-string electric guitar (2), ukulele (4), acoustic guitar (6, 9, 11), electric guitar (6),

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(10) * Michelle Willis – vocals,

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(1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), ARP Omni (2, 6), pump organ (2, 4, 9),

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(5, 10), Rhodes bass (5, 9), Wurlitzer electric piano (10), acoustic piano (11) *

– acoustic piano (4)

Production

* Michael League – producer * David Crosby – co-producer, liner notes * Becca Stevens – co-producer * Michelle Willis – co-producer *

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– co-producer, engineer, mixing * Josh Welshman – additional engineer * Tom Beuchel – assistant engineer * John Muller – assistant engineer * Joey Wunsch – assistant engineer * Greg Calbi – mastering * Emilia Canas Mendes – artwork * Gili Dailes – photography * Stella K. – photography * Jeffrey Parrish – photography * Mike Chadwick – management * Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).

References

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