''Les Dudek'' is

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Les Dudek Les Dudek (born August 2, 1952, at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In addition to his solo material, Dudek has played guitar with Steve Miller Band, The Dudek-Finnig ...

's 1976 self-titled solo debut

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Track listing

Influence

Steve Miller covered "What a Sacrifice" on his album ''

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'' as "Sacrifice", which included Dudek and James Curly Cooke in the recording. His early releases influenced by the Southern rock style of the Allman Brothers Band - slide guitar and dual drummers on a few tracks. Dudek was one of the replacement considerations after the death of Duane Allman. He had uncredited contributions to " Ramblin' Man" and " Jessica" and was part of the recording of '' Brothers and Sisters''. Influence from his work with

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. An early bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells and the Steve Miller Band, he began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until h ...

adds a flair of

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Personnel and production

: lead vocals and guitars, backing vocals on track 5 *

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: drums * Gerald Johnson : bass on tracks 1, 6, and 7 *

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: piano, organ, Moog on track 4, Rhodes piano on track 8 *

Chuck Rainey Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,00 ...

: bass on tracks 5 and 8 * Jim Hughart : bass on track 2 *

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: bass on tracks 3 and 4 * Tom Scott :

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on track 3 * David Foster : Rhodes piano on track 8 *

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: congas on track 8 *

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: percussion on track 8 *

: backing vocals on track 5;

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*Maxine Green, Pepper Swenson, Jeri Stevens : backing vocals on tracks 1 and 6 *Carolyn Willis, Myrna Matthews, Rebecca Louis : backing vocals on tracks 4 and 8 *Recorded at Davlen Sound Studios, N. Hollywood, CA *Engineered by Leonard Kovner *Mixed by Tom Knox *Additional Recording at Columbia Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA *Engineered by Roy Segal, Glen Kolotkin and staff *Mixed by Doug Sax *Remastered in 2007 at Sound Performance by Andrew Thompson 1976 debut albums Les Dudek albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Boz Scaggs {{1970s-rock-album-stub