''Music from Free Creek'' is an album from a series of 1969 "super session" recordings by Free Creek, a group composed of a number of internationally renowned musical artists of the time, including

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...

Keith Emerson Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. He became ...

Buzz Feiten Howard "Buzz" Feiten (born November 4, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier. He is best known as a lead and rhythm guitarist and for having patented a tuning system for guitars and similar instruments. ...

Mitch Mitchell John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 194612 November 2008)In his book about the Experience, Mitchell states he celebrated his 21st birthday while on tour on 9 July 1967, which makes his birth year 1946.Mitchell's obituaries in ''Billboard' ''T ...

and

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...

. Joe Viglione from www.allmusic.com has stated that "''Music from Free Creek'' is a super session album, where the musicians are playing for the fun of it, and that comes across. The material doesn't get bogged down in 'names'; it just flows."

History

The recordings, made in 1969, were released in 1973 in England as CADS 101 by

Charisma Records Charisma Records (also known as The Famous Charisma Label) was a British record label founded in 1969 by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith. He had previously acted as manager for rock bands such as The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der ...

and in the U.S. by

Buddah Records Buddah Records (later known as Buddha Records) was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's foundin ...

, as a two-record set. The material was re-released by Charisma in 1976, as ''Summit Meeting''. It was released on CD by Lake Eerie Records in 2002, and re-released by the same company in 2006.

Track Listing and Personnel

Source:

The Eric Clapton ("King Cool") Session

Source:Interview with Moogy Klingman
by I.C. Timerow, 2001; www.moogymusic.com; for contractual reasons, neither Eric Clapton nor Jeff Beck appeared under their own names. 1. No One Knows (lyrics by Tom Cosgrove and Stu Woods, music by Moogy Klingman) *Guitar -

(as "King Cool") *Lead Vocal -

Eric Mercury Eric Alexander Mercury (28 June 1944 – 14 March 2022) was a Canadian singer who was a member of soul group The Soul Searchers during the 1960s. He later made waves in 1969 with his ''Electric Black Man'' album. He had two hits, the first on ...

*Organ -

Dr. John Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B. Active as a session musician from t ...

*Piano -

Moogy Klingman Mark "Moogy" Klingman (September 7, 1950 – November 15, 2011)
– accessed November 17, 2011 was an American musici ...

*Bass - Stu Woods *Drums -

Richard Crooks Richard Alexander Crooks (June 26, 1900 – September 29, 1972) was an American tenor and a leading singer at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Biography He was born the second son of Alexander and Elizabeth Crooks on June 26, 1900 in Trenton, N ...

*The Free Creek Horns & The Free Creek Singers 2. Road Song (Klingman) *Lead Guitar - Eric Clapton *Piano - Dr. John *Lead Vocals -

Tom Cosgrove Tom Cosgrove may refer to: * Thomas Cosgrove (1829–1912), Irish soldier * Tom Cosgrove (American football) Tom Cosgrove (1930 – March 28, 2017) was a National Football League (NFL) player for the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Colts. He ...

and

Buzzy Linhart William Charles "Buzzy" Linhart (March 3, 1943 – February 13, 2020) was an American rock performer, composer, multi-instrumentalist musician and actor. Early life Linhart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio ...

*Organ - Moogy Klingman *Rhythm Guitar -

Delaney Bramlett Delaine Alvin "Delaney" Bramlett (July 1, 1939 – December 27, 2008) was an American singer and guitarist. He was best known for his musical partnership with his wife Bonnie Bramlett in the band Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, which included a wi ...

*Bass - Stu Woods *Drums - Richard Crooks 3. Getting Back To Molly (Klingman) *Guitars - Eric Clapton (1st solo), Dr. John (2nd solo) *Lead Vocal - Earle Doude *Harmonica - Moogy Klingman *The Free Creek Singers

The Jeff Beck ("A.N. Other") Session

Source: 4.

Cissy Strut "Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 20 ...

( A. Neville, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter, Jr. and J. Modeliste) *Guitars -

(1st solo, as "A.N. Other"),

Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Ut ...

(2nd solo) *Organ - Moogy Klingman *Bass - Stu Woods *Drums - Roy Markowitz *The Free Creek Horns 5. Big City Woman (Klingman) *Guitar - Jeff Beck *Piano - Moogy Klingman *Bass - Stu Woods *Drums - Roy Markowitz *Lead Vocal - Tommy Cosgrove 6. Cherrypicker (Jeff Beck, Moogy Klingman, Stu Woods and Roy Markowitz) *Guitars - Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren *Organ - Moogy Klingman *Bass - Stu Woods *Drums - Roy Markowitz 7. Working in a Coalmine (Written by

Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descri ...

) *Guitar - Jeff Beck *Organ - Moogy Klingman, Bob Smith *Bass - Stu Woods *Drums - Roy Markowitz

The Keith Emerson Session

8. Freedom Jazz Dance (

Eddie Harris Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-k ...

) *Hammond Organ -

*Guitar -

Buzzy Feiten Howard "Buzz" Feiten (born November 4, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier. He is best known as a lead and rhythm guitarist and for having patented a tuning system for guitars and similar instrument ...

*Drums -

*Piano - Moogy Klingman *Bass -

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 ...

On the Rebound "On the Rebound" is a 1961 instrumental by pianist Floyd Cramer. In contrast to most of Cramer's work, which consisted mostly of countrypolitan ballads, "On the Rebound" was an uptempo rock and roll instrumental. It made No. 4 in the US and No. 1 ...

(

Floyd Cramer Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "half step" attacks. He was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His signature ...

) *Piano - Keith Emerson *Guitar -

*Bass - Chuck Rainey *Drums - Mitch Mitchell *Occasional Voice - Geri Miller 10.

Mother Nature's Son "Mother Nature's Son" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as "the White Album"). The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was ins ...

(

Lennon and McCartney John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

) *Piano - Keith Emerson *Acoustic Guitar - Carol Hunter *Oboe - Lou Delgato *String Bass - Richard Davis

The Harvey Mandel Session

11.

Sympathy for the Devil "Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones and the opening track from the band's 1968 album ''Beggars Banquet''. The song is a product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership. It is consid ...

( Jagger/Richards) *Lead Guitar -

Harvey Mandel Harvey Mandel (born March 11, 1945) is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Early life Mandel was born in Detroit, Michigan, a ...

Members of

Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. The group is noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists and rock music. It was founded by two blues enthusiasts Alan Wilson and Bob ...

, recording around the same time as the band's appearance at

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. ...

. *Rhythm Guitar - Jack Wilkens *Organ - Moogy Klingman *Piano -

Jimmy Greenspoon James Boyd Greenspoon (February 7, 1948 – March 11, 2015) was an American keyboard player and composer, best known as a member of the band Three Dog Night. Early life and education Greenspoon was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in ...

*Bass -

Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Le ...

*Violin -

Larry Packer Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence (given name), Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American arti ...

*Drums -

Fito de la Parra A unit prefix is a specifier or mnemonic that is prepended to units of measurement to indicate multiples or fractions of the units. Units of various sizes are commonly formed by the use of such prefixes. The prefixes of the metric system, such a ...

*Congas - Billy Chesboro *Bongos - Didymus 12. Earl's Shuffle (Harvey Mandel and Earle Doud) *Lead Guitar - Harvey Mandel *Pedal Steel Guitar -

Red Rhodes Orville J. Rhodes, better known as Red Rhodes or O. J. Rhodes (December 30, 1930 – August 20, 1995), was an American pedal steel guitarist. His mother taught him to play the Dobro at the age of five, but at the age of fifteen he switched to ...

Members of the

First National Band The First National Band or Michael Nesmith and The First National Band was a short-lived American collaborative band, led by Monkee Michael Nesmith. During the two active years, The First National Band released three albums in the country rock ...

, with

Mike Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith or Mike Nesmith, (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series ''The Monkees'' (1966� ...

. *Organ - Jimmy Greenspoon *Bass - Larry Taylor *Drums - Fito de la Parra 13.

The Girl from Ipanema "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Por ...

(Antonio Carlos Jobim and Norman Gimbel) *Lead Guitar - Harvey Mandel *Pedal Steel Guitar - Red Rhodes *Bass - Larry Taylor *Drums - Fito de la Parra *Shakers - Didymus *Wood Blocks - Earle Doud

Odds & Sods

14.

Hey Jude "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release o ...

(Lennon and McCartney) *Lead Guitar -

*Organ - Moogy Klingman *Drums - Mitch Mitchell *Bass - Richard Davis *Rhythm Guitar -

Elliot Randall Elliott Randall (born June 15, 1947) is an American guitarist best known for being a session musician with popular artists. Randall played the well-known guitar solos from Steely Dan's song "Reelin' In the Years, Reelin' in the Years" and Irene Ca ...

*The Free Creek Horns 15.

Lay Lady Lay "Lay Lady Lay", sometimes rendered "Lay, Lady, Lay", is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his ''Nashville Skyline'' album. Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the ...

( Dylan) *Flutes -

Joe Farrell Joseph Carl Firrantello (December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986), known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who primarily performed as a saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name o ...

(solo), Chris Wood *Piano - Moogy Klingman *Guitar - Doug Rodriguez *Bass - Stu Woods *Drums - Roy Markowitz 16. Kilpatrick's Defeat (Moogy Klingman and

Mike Gayle Mike Gayle (born October 1970) is an English journalist and novelist. Biography Gayle was born in Quinton, Birmingham, to parents from Jamaica, and is the younger brother of broadcaster Phil Gayle. He attended Lordswood Boys' School where he ...

) *Lead Vocal - Timmy Harrison *Guitars - Carol Hunter and

*Bass - Stu Woods

The Linda Ronstadt Session

17. Living Like a Fool (Maxwell and Crutchfield)Later released as a single; see Linda Ronstadt discography *Lead Vocal -

*Guitar -

Bernie Leadon Bernie Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member ...

*Pedal Steel Guitar - Red Rhodes *Piano - Jimmy Greenspoon *Bass -

John London John Carl Kuehne (February 6, 1942 – February 12, 2000), better known as John London, was an American musician and songwriter, and was involved in several Hollywood television and movie productions. He was most notably associated with both the ...

*Drums - John Ware 18. He Darked the Sun (Bernie Leadon and

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

)Later appearing on Ronstadt's '' Silk Purse'' album (1970); also known as "He Dark The Sun". *Lead Vocal - Linda Ronstadt *Guitar - Bernie Leadon *Pedal Steel Guitar - Red Rhodes *Piano - Jimmy Greenspoon *Bass - John London *Drums - John Ware *Violin -

Chris Darrow Christopher Lloyd Darrow (July 30, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He was considered to be a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, ...

The Free Creek Horns are: * Lou Delgato * Bobby Keller *

Meco Monardo Domenico Monardo (born November 29, 1939), known as Meco, is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of his band or production team. Meco is best known for his 1977 space disco version of the ''Star Wars'' theme from his ...

* Tom Malone *

Lew Soloff Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. Biography From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard Sc ...

Alan Rubin Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet. Early life and education Rubin was born in Brooklyn. He began attending Juilliard Sc ...

Bill Chase Bill Chase (October 20, 1934 – August 9, 1974) was an American trumpeter and leader of the jazz-rock band Chase (band), Chase. Biography Bill Chase was born William Edward Chiaiese on October 20, 1934, to an Italian-American family in Squ ...

The Free Creek Singers are: *

Valerie Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

* Maeretha Stewart *

Hilda Harris Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. The ...

Other Credits and Particulars

''Music from Free Creek'' was recorded and mixed in New York City at

The Record Plant The Record Plant is a recording studio established in New York City in 1968 and currently operating in Los Angeles, California. Known for innovations in the recording artists' workspace, it has produced highly influential albums, including Blon ...

, June, July & August, 1969 Produced by Earle Doud and Tom Flye
Executive Producer and Musical Director: Moogy Klingman
Engineers:

Tony Bongiovi Anthony C. Bongiovi (born September 7, 1947) is an American record producer and recording engineer. He is the cousin of musician Jon Bon Jovi. Career Bongiovi has produced records by Gloria Gaynor, Talking Heads, Aerosmith ('' Classics Live''), ...

and Jack Hunt
Additional mixes: Keith Emerson and

Neil Slaven Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ...

Album cover painting by Ronchetti and Day
Album cover design:

Hipgnosis Hipgnosis were an English art design group based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. Their commissions included work for Pink Floyd, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, UFO, 10cc, Ba ...

Track listing

The UK release of the double LP arranges the tracks in the following order: LP 1, side A (ADS1A, stated running time 17:52) *Cissy Strut *Freedom Jazz Dance *Sympathy for the Devil *Mother Nature's Son *Road Song LP1, side B (ADS1B, stated running time 15:50) *Lay Lady Lay *Hey Jude *He Darked the Sun *Earl's Shuffle LP2, side A (ADS2A, stated running time 17:21) *Getting Back to Molly *Cherrypicker *Kilpatrick's Defeat *Girl from Ipanema *No One Knows LP2, side B (ADS2B, stated running time 15:42) *Living Like a Fool *Working in a Coalmine *Big City Woman *On the Rebound The 2006 Lake Eerie single CD ''Free Creek'' LER 43014 has the same 18 tracks in the same order from LP1 side A through to LP2 side B, with some minor variations in track titles and musician credits.

References

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