''Save His Soul'' is the third studio album by American

jam band A jam band is a musical group whose concerts (and live albums) are characterized by lengthy improvisational "jams." These include extended musical improvisation over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music which often cr ...

Blues Traveler Blues Traveler (formerly known as "The Establishment" or "The Black Cat Jam" or "The Establishment Blues Band") is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. They are known for extensive use of segues in live performance ...

, released on April 6, 1993, by

A&M Records A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distr ...

Track listing

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segue A segue (; ) is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next. The term is derived from Italian ''segue'', which literally means "follows". In music In music, ''segue'' is a direction to the performer. It means ''continue (the next ...

directly into the next track. #"Trina Magna" (

John Popper John Popper (born March 29, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter, known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and frontman of the rock band Blues Traveler. Early life John Popper was born in Chardon, Ohio. His father was a Hungarian immig ...

) – 5:49 #"Love and Greed" (

Chan Kinchla Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, (born May 29, 1969) is a Canadian-American musician best known as the guitarist for the jam band Blues Traveler. Early life Kinchla was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Kinchla is the older b ...

, Popper) – 4:14 #"Letter from a Friend" (Popper, Bobby Sheehan) – 4:39 #"Believe Me" (Kinchla, Popper) – 3:33 #"Go Outside and Drive" > (Popper) – 4:50 #"Defense & Desire" (Popper, Sheehan) – 3:58 #"Whoops" (Popper) – 8:17 #"Manhattan Bridge" (Kinchla) – 2:47 #"Love of My Life" (Popper) – 5:39 #"NY Prophesie" (Kinchla, Popper) – 4:35 #"Save His Soul" (

Brendan Hill Brendan Colin Charles Hill (born 27 March 1970 in London, England) is an English-born American musician, best known as the drummer (and one of the co-founders) of the jam band Blues Traveler. History Hill is one of the original members of B ...

) – 3:12 #"Bullshitter's Lament" > (Popper) – 3:28 #"Conquer Me" > (Popper, Sheehan) – 5:09 #"Fledgling" (Popper) – 7:25

Personnel

– vocals, harmonica, electric and 12-string acoustic guitars, Irish whistle, string arrangements * Bobby Sheehan – bass guitar *

– percussion, drums *

– electric and 12-string acoustic guitars *

Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both '' Late ...

–

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

*Avram Lavinsky – string arrangements Background vocals: *Pamela Landrum *Pat Bickham *Cher Levis *Mari Serpas Strings: *Clay Ruede *Mitchell Stern *Roberta Cooper *Ronald Carbone *Jeff Carney

Certifications

Miscellaneous

*"Letter from a Friend" was written for Dave Graham, the son of famed music promoter Bill Graham, following his death in 1991. *"Defense and Desire" is about the Nightingale Bar in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

. *Kyle Duke is the child featured on the album cover. *In the liner notes, Popper is also listed as "playing" a 12-gauge shotgun and a 9 mm pistol; a gunshot is heard at the end of "Save His Soul."

References

{{Authority control 1993 albums A&M Records albums Blues Traveler albums