''O'Keefe'' is an album by singer-songwriter

Danny O'Keefe Danny O'Keefe (born May 20, 1943) is an American folk singer and songwriter. Career In 1968, O'Keefe was a member of a four-man heavy psychedelic rock band named the Calliope. The group recorded one album, ''Steamed'', for Buddah Records befor ...

, released in 1972 (see

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). It peaked at #87 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. The lead-off single was "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (a re-recording of a song O'Keefe had first recorded for his self-titled debut album two years earlier), which reached #9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was

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by numerous artists. "The Road" was covered by

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on his album '' Running on Empty''. ''O'Keefe'' was reissued in 2006 on the Wounded Bird label.

Reception

Thom Jurek states in his ''

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'' review: "''O'Keefe'' is utterly solid, so completely diverse, and tight; it's a forgotten masterpiece."

Track listing

All songs by Danny O'Keefe unless otherwise noted. # "

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" is a song written and performed by American folk singer Danny O'Keefe. It was first recorded by O'Keefe in 1967, but not released. It was recorded by The Bards and released in 1968 as the b-side to the song "Tu ...

" – 3:00 # "Shooting Star" – 2:39 # "The Question (Obviously)" – 3:39 # " Honky Tonkin'" (

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) – 2:49 # "The Road" – 3:49 # "Grease It" – 3:16 # "An American Dream" – 5:14 # "Louie the Hook vs. the Preacher" – 3:37 # "The Valentine Pieces" – 3:17 # "I'm Sober Now" – 2:45 # "Roseland Taxi Dancer" – 2:47 # "I Know You Really Love Me" – 0:59

Personnel

*Danny O'Keefe – vocals, lead acoustic guitar, lead electric guitar *Hayward Bishop – drums, percussion *

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– backing vocals *

Eddie Brigati Edward Brigati Jr. (born October 22, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was the co-lead vocalist, along with Felix Cavaliere, and percussionist in the rock group The Young Rascals from 1964 to 1970. Prior to his stint with The Young Ra ...

– backing vocals *

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– drums *

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– acoustic guitar *

Bobby Emmons Bobby Gene Emmons (February 19, 1943 – February 23, 2015) was an American keyboard player and songwriter. He was an active session musician in Memphis, Tennessee, and was the keyboardist of the Memphis Boys, playing keyboards on tracks by ...

– organ *

Shane Keister Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight CMI, Fender Rhodes, and others. History Keister was born in Huntin ...

– piano *Bobby Wood – piano, electric piano *

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– electric guitar * Leo LeBlanc –

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*Mike Leech – bass * Irwin "Marky" Markowitz – trumpet *Howard McNatt – violin *Phil Olivella – clarinet Production notes: *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

– producer, mixing *

Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun ( ; , ; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and championed many lead ...

, Neil Rosengarden - assistant producers *

Stan Kesler Stanley Augustus Kesler (August 11, 1928October 26, 2020) was an American musician, record producer and songwriter, whose career began at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. He co-wrote several of Elvis Presley's early recordings including "I' ...

– engineer *

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– engineer *George Hunter – design *L.K. Hollister - cover illustration

References

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