The Last Shade Of Blue Before Black

Severn Records 2017

Songs
1. Baby, What You Want Me To Do 5:16
2. Cherry Street 3:53
3. On A Saturday Night 3:07
4. Itch And Scratch 3:33
5. Don’t Go No Further 5:04
6. You Left the Water Running 4:37
7. Don’t Forget About James Brown 2:55
8. Sex Machine 3:37
9. Your Feet’s Too Big 4:10
10. 21st Century Baby 3:54
11. Blues In My Feet 3:41
12. Qualified 6:16
13. I Got My Mojo Working 4:19
14. The Last Shade Of Blue Before Black 7:12

Total time: 61:35

The Original Blues Brothers Band:
Steve “The Colonel” Cropper - guitar
John “Smokin’ John” Tropea - guitar
Eric “The Red” Udel - bass
Lee “Funkytime” Finkelstein - drums
Leon “The Lion” Pendarvis - organ
Rusty “Cloudmeister” Cloud - clavinet, Wurlitzer, piano and organ
Steve “Catfish” Howard - trumpet
Larry “Trombonious” Farrell - trombone
Lou “Blue Lou” Marini - saxophones
Bobby “Sweet Soul” Harden - vocals
Tommy “Pipes” McDonnell - vocals and harmonica
Rob “The Honeydripper” Paparozz - vocals and harmonica

Special Guests
Eddie Floyd, Joe Louis Walker, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Paul “The Shiv” Shaffer, Dr. John “The Nite Tripper”, Tom "Bones Malone" Malone and Joe Morton

with: Baron Raymonde, Birch Johnson and David Spinozza

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Produced by Lou Marini, Steve Cropper
and The Original Blues Brothers Band

Recorded at IWII Studios, Hoboken, NJ by Jay Messina. All songs mixed by Jay Messina at West End Sound, NYC, except "Blues in My Feet” and "21st Century Baby” mixed by John Tropea at San Tropea Studio, Barnegat, N.J. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by Greg Calbi.

1. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Music & lyrics by Jimmy Reed (Conrad Music/The Seeds of Reed Music, BMI)
Arranged by Lou Marini
Bobby, Tommy and Rob-vocals, John Tropea-guitar solo, Rob Paparozzi-harp,
Tom Malone-trumpet, Baron Raymonde-alto sax

2. Cherry Street
Music & lyrics by Delbert McClinton, Kevin McKendree & Gary Nicholson
(East Folks Music, BMI/ASCAP). Arranged by Lou Marini
Tommy “Pipes’ McDonnell-lead vocal, Birch Johnson-trombone, Baron Raymonde-alto sax & solo

3. On a Saturday Night
Music & lyrics by Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper (Irving Music, BMI)
Arranged by Tom Malone
Eddie Floyd-lead vocal, Tom Malone-baritone sax

4. Itch And Scratch
Music & lyrics by Ronald Hayes & Toby King (Gulf Coast Music LLC)
Arranged by Lou Marini and The Original Blues Brothers Band
Bobby “Sweet Soul” Harden-lead vocal, Rob, Tommy & Rusty-background vocals, Baron Raymonde-alto sax

5. Don’t Go No Further
Music & lyrics by Willie Dixon (Hoochie Coochie Music, BMI)
Horn arr. by Lou Marini, rhythm arr. by The Original Blues Brothers Band
Joe Louis Walker-lead vocal, Rob Paparozzi-chromatic harp, Tommy McDonnell-harp solo, Steve Howard-trumpet solo, Matt “Guitar” Murphy-guitar solo

6. You Left the Water Running
Music & lyrics by Dan Penn, Rick Hall & Oscar Franks (Screen Gems-EMI
Music, Inc., BMI.) Arranged by Tom Malone
Bobby “Sweet Soul” Harden-lead vocal, Tommy, Rob & Lou-background vocals, Lou Marini-tenor sax solo, Tom Malone-baritone sax, David Spinozza-acoustic guitar

7. Don’t Forget About James Brown
Music & lyrics by Eddie Floyd (Irving Music, BMI)
Arranged by Leon Pendarvis
Eddie Floyd & Tommy “Pipes” McDonnell-lead vocals, Baron Raymonde-alto sax,Tom Malone-baritone sax, Larry Farrell-trombone solo

8. Sex Machine
Music & lyrics by James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ronald Lenhoff (Dynatone
Publishing Co., BMI.) Arranged by Paul Shaffer & Tom Malone
Paul “The Shiv” Shaffer-lead vocal and piano solo, David Spinozza-guitar, Tom Malone-trumpet

9. Your Feet’s Too Big
Music by Fred Fisher, lyrics by Ada Benson with extra lyrics by Fats Waller
(Morley Music Co/Sony ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP)
Arranged by Lou Marini and The Original Blues Brothers Band
Rob Paparozzi-lead vocal & bass harmonica, Rusty Cloud-piano solo, Lou Marini-clarinet

10. 21st Century Baby
Music & lyrics by Rob Paparozzi (Robodripper Tunes, SESAC)
Arranged by John Tropea
Rob Paparozzi-lead vocal, Baron Raymonde-alto sax, Tom Malone-trumpet & baritone sax

11. Blues In My Feet
Music & lyrics by Rusty Cloud (Stousefouse Music, BMI)
Rusty Cloud-lead vocal, Tom Malone-baritone sax, Rob Paparozzi-harp solo

12. Qualified
Music & lyrics by Jessie Hill & Malcom Rebennack (Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing OBO Skull Music, ASCAP)
Arranged by Lou Marini
Dr. John “The Nite Tripper”-lead vocal and piano, Bobby, Tommy, Rob & Rusty -background vocals, Birch Johnson-trombone, Baron Raymonde-alto sax, Lou Marini-baritone sax & tenor sax solo

13. I Got My Mojo Working
Music and lyrics by Preston Foster (ARC Music/Dare Music, Inc., BMI)
Arranged by Lou Marini
Rob Paparozzi, Bobby Harden, Joe Morton & Tommy McDonnell-lead vocals, The Original Blues Brothers Band-background vocals, Rusty Cloud-organ solo, Tom Malone-trumpet

14. The Last Shade Of Blue Before Black
Music & lyrics by Lou Marini (Hip Pickles Music ASCAP)
Arranged by Lou Marini and The Original Blues Brothers Band
Lou Marini-lead vocal, Bobby, Tommy, Rob & Rusty-background vocals, John Tropea-guitar solo, Lou Marini-tenor sax solo