''Lancashire Hustler'' is the debut solo album by
Keef Hartley.
Robert Palmer
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and wikt:sartorial, sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining Soul music, so ...
,
Elkie Brooks and
Pete Gage of the band
Vinegar Joe (with whom Hartley worked on the 1972 album ''Rock 'n Roll Gypsies'') provided support on some tracks.
Track listing
1973 LP
Deram SDL 13 (UK), XDES 18070 (US)
# "Circles" (
Robert Palmer
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and wikt:sartorial, sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining Soul music, so ...
) - 5:21
# "You and Me" (Hartley) - 3:57
# "Shovel a Minor" (Hartley) - 4:22
# "Australian Lady" (Hartley,
John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...
) - 4:36
# "Keef's Mom" (Hartley) - 1:01
# "Action" (John Burns) - 5:52
# "Something About You" (John Burns) - 3:58
# "Jennie's Father" (Ken Cumberbatch) - 3:12
# "
Dance to the Music" (
Sylvester Stewart) - 6:19
Personnel
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Jess Roden
Jess Roden (born 28 December 1947) is an English rock singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Biography
Roden's first band was The Raiders followed by The Shakedown Sound which also included the guitarist, Kevyn Gammond, and keyboard player, August E ...
- vocals
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Junior Kerr - vocals, guitar
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Jean Roussel - keyboards
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Mick Weaver - organ, Moog
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Philip Chen - bass
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Keef Hartley - drums
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Elkie Brooks - backing vocals
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Robert Palmer
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and wikt:sartorial, sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining Soul music, so ...
- backing vocals
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Pete Gage - orchestration - tracks 3,7
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Derek Wadsworth
Derek Wadsworth (5 February 1939 – 3 December 2008) was an English jazz musician, composer and arranger.
Early life
Wadsworth was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire on 5 February 1939. His first instrument was the cornet and he started playing the ...
- orchestration - track 8
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John Burns - engineer, producer
References
1973 debut albums
Keef Hartley Band albums
Albums produced by John Wood (record producer)
Deram Records albums
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