''I'm Easy'' is a 1976 album by
Keith Carradine
Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor. In film he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's ''Nashville'', E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's ''Pretty Baby'', and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's '' Choose Me.'' ...
recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, and Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles. The album, named after the hit single "
I'm Easy", reached number 61 on the US
''Billboard'' 200.
[Colin Larkin - 1993The Guinness who's who of seventies music 0851127274- Page 80 "An album of the same title, on Asylum Records, reached number 61 . Although Carradine continued to record sporadically he never again had any success in the field of music. Album: I'm Easy (1976). their earnest 1970 US chart-topper, ..."]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Keith Carradine
#"Honey Won't You Let Me Be Your Friend"
#"High Sierra"
#"Been Gone So Long"
#"I'm Easy"
#"The Soul is Strong"
#"I Will Never Forget Your Face"
#"It's Been So Long"
#"Raining in the City"
#"I'll Be There"
#"Spellbound"
Personnel
*Keith Carradine - vocals, guitar, backing vocals
*Ben Benay,
Dean Parks
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Albums
Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los A ...
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Larry Carlton
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Lee Ritenour
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Biography
Ritenour was born in 1952, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of eight he started playing guitar and four years l ...
- guitar
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Max Bennett, Reinie Press - bass guitar
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Dave Grusin
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- Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, arrangements; ARP synthesizer on "I'm Easy"
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Earl Palmer
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Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...
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Harvey Mason
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Life and career
Mason was born and grew ...
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Jim Gordon - drums
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John Guerin
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Biography
Guerin was born in Hawaii and raised in San Diego. As a young drummer, he began performing with Buddy ...
- drums; piano on "I'm Easy"
*David Luell - saxophone
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Al Aarons
Albert Aarons (March 23, 1932 – November 17, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Biography
Aarons was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit. He began to gain attention as a trumpet player in ...
- trumpet
*Mike Barone - trombone
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Carol Carmichael, Ted Neeley - backing vocals
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John Mayall
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- piano and harmonica on "Been Gone So Long"
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist.
Biography
Rosolino was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, He performed with the big bands of Bob Chester, Glen Gray, Tony Pastor, Herbie Fields, G ...
- trombone on "The Soul is Strong"
*Dennis Budimir - guitar on "I Will Never Forget Your Face"
;Technical
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Fritz Richmond
John B. "Fritz" Richmond (July 10, 1939 – November 20, 2005) was an American musician and recording engineer. Richmond was a washtub bassist and was also a professional jug player.
Richmond, born in Newton, Massachusetts, on July 10, 1939, was ...
, Jerry Hudgins - engineer
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, John Guerin, Jerry Hudgins - mixing
*Glen Christensen - art direction
*George Hurrell - photography
References
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1976 debut albums
Asylum Records albums