''Sidekicks'' (also known as ''Rainbow Carousel'') is an album by

Tom Fogerty Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Biography ...

and Randy Oda (who previously worked together in the rock band

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). The album was recorded in 1988 and released in 1992 on

Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who was also one of its invest ...

, two years after Fogerty's death in 1990. Due to its posthumous release, ''Sidekicks'' stands as Fogerty's final album.

Background

During spring 1988, Fogerty and Oda reunited to work on new material for the album that would become ''Sidekicks''. Recorded at Studio D at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, additional overdubs were recorded at Chaton Recording in Scottsdale. The project saw Fogerty's son Jeff and Oda's brother Kevin on bass and drums respectively. After completing half of the album, Fogerty and Oda agreed to return to the studio at a later date so that Fogerty could spend more time with his newly-born daughter. However, soon after, Fogerty fell ill with pneumonia and was diagnosed with AIDS; believed to have been from an unscreened blood transfusion during Fogerty's back surgery earlier in the decade. After recovering from the pneumonia, Fogerty was able to continue working on ''Sidekicks''. In the album's liner notes, Fogerty's wife Trish said: After its completion, Fantasy Records decided not to release the album. Fogerty died of AIDS-related tuberculosis in September 1990, and ''Sidekicks'' would be posthumously released by Fantasy in 1992. In Germany, the album was released by Line Records. For this version, the artist name was changed to "Sidekicks" and the title ''Rainbow Carousel''. In preparation for its release, the album was digitally remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios during the same year.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Fogerty and Randy Oda, except where noted. # "Rainbow Carousel" – 7:40 # "Money Buys It (Funky Side of Town)" – 3:00 # "Video Girl" – 4:40 # "Woman of the Year" – 4:12 # "Clearwater Rain" – 2:56 # "Teardrops" – 4:03 # "We've Been Here Before" – 4:26 # "Sometimes" – 4:42 # "

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." (Traditional) – 4:40 # "Unbearable Lightness of Being" (Fogerty) – 4:02

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, producer, arranger *Randy Oda – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, producer, arranger *Jeff Fogerty – bass, backing vocals *Kevin Oda – drums, percussion, sequence programming *David Luke – chief engineer, co-mixing *Bob Ross – additional engineer, drum and keyboard sequencing *Tom Size, Steve Escallier, Mark Seagraves – additional engineers *George Horn – digital remastering *Paul Markow – photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sidekicks (Tom Fogerty Album) Tom Fogerty albums 1992 albums Albums published posthumously Fantasy Records albums