478 Selina and the Cats
Side A
1. Return To Forever: Space Circus Pt 1 – 1973
2. Selina Martin: If You Were A River – 2022 *
3. Selina Martin: Hun-oo – 2022 *
4. Selina Martin: Your Face Goes Long – 2022 *
5. Selina Martin: The Lost Man – 2004 *
6. Selina Martin: No Form – 2010 *
7. Selina Martin: Leopard-Skin Vespa – 2022 *
8. Bob Dylan: Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat – 1966
9. David Pritchard: Cats ‘N Cabbage – 1976 *
10. Lloyd Hanson: Music For The Black Cat – 1986 *
11. Shari Ulrich: The Lion – 1979 *
12. The Heartbeats: Pole Cat Blues – 1989
13. Cat Stevens: If I Laugh – 1971
14. Cat Mother: Strike A Match & Light Another – 1970
15. Harry Hibbs: Doggie Doggie Bark At The Cat – 1971 *
16. Stevedore Steve: Cat Tracks – 1971 *
17. Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa: Tiger Roach – 1963
18. The Pogues: Wild Cats of Kilkenny – 1985
19. Ronnie Ross Quintet: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – 1958
Vintage Voices w DJ Rita
20. Luciano Pavarotti: La Donna E Mobile – 2001
Side B
1. Tijuana Brass: Zorba The Greek – 1965
2. Don Freed: You’re Nothing But A Cat – 1981 *
3. King Crimson: Cat Food – 1970
4. Eric Bogle: He’s Nobody’s Moggie Now – 1983
5. Manteca: Jungle Beast – 1984 *
6. Birmingham Jug Band: Wild Cat Squall – 1930
7. Fred Robinson: Cats! – 1966 *
8. Prairie Oyster: Tom Cat – 1986 *
9. Reaction: Black Cat Coming – 2005 *
10. The Doors: Dead Cats, Dead Rats – 1970
11. Brigand: Pussy Cat Up On A Plum Tree – 1981 *
12. Denis et les Pantherres: Pretty Woman – 1964 *
13. Lovin’ Spoonful: Nashville Cats – 1966
14. Lynx: Bye Bye – 1978 *
15. Lee Moore: The Cat Came Back – 1964
16. Adrian Belew: Big Electric Cat – 1981
17. Stray Cats: Blast Off - 1989
*CanCon = 51%
Side A
1. Return To Forever: Space Circus Pt 1
(Chick Corea)
Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy: Polydor Records 2310 283
Chelsea MA
Chick Corea: keys, percussion
Stan Clarke: bass
Bill Connors: guitars
Lenny White: drums
Produced by Chick Corea, 1973
Recorded at The Record Plant by Shelly Yakus
Mastered at The Master Cutting Room by Tom Robstenek
Paying special focus this week to Canadian singer/songwriter Selina Martin who is promoting her latest album, Time Spent Swimming. Selina lives came to Toronto from the Ottawa Valley around 20 years ago. She’s spent her time honing her craft in various meticulous ways. During the pandemic, she’s been living in France, trying to get the feel of loneliness she requires to form her songs. This album’s been a trans-Atlantic venture, layering and spreading the sound around to perfection.
Truth is: I’ve only got a digital copy, but it’s the one that’s mastered for the vinyl. Since Selina lives in France, sending an LP to me would cost her $50 so we agreed on a compromise. Look her up online: she’s amazing!
Listen to some tracks
2. Selina Martin: If You Were A River
(S Martin)
Time Spent Swimming!: No Label - 623339279314
Paris FR / Toronto / Packenham
Selina Martin: guitars, organs, synths, musical saw, vibraphone, programmed drums, samples
Doug Friesen: bass
Produced by Selina Martin, assisted by Alex Gamble, 2022
Mixed by Alex Gamble, assisted by Selina Martin
Mastered by Justin Gray
3. Selina Martin: Hun-oo
Barely a half minute of sound.
4. Selina Martin: Your Face Goes Long
(S Martin)
Time Spent Swimming!: No Label - 623339279314
Paris FR / Toronto / Packenham
Selina Martin: guitars, organs, synths, musical saw, vibraphone, programmed drums, samples
Doug Friesen: bass
Produced by Selina Martin, assisted by Alex Gamble, 2022
Mixed by Alex Gamble, assisted by Selina Martin
Mastered by Justin Gray
Just to show some context, listen to Selina from her second album, recorded in 2004, followed by her fabulous 2010 release.
5. Selina Martin: The Lost Man
(Selina Martin)
Life Drawing Without Instruction: Selma 0007
Toronto
Selina Martin: guitar, vocals
Rob Carson: guitar
Annelise Naronha: guitar
Leo Valvassori: bass
Dave Clark: drums
Produced by Annalise Naronha and Michael Phillip Wojewoda, 2004
Mastered by Joao Carvalho
6. Selina Martin: No Form
(Selina Martin)
Disaster Fantasies: SELMALP0008
Pakenham / Toronto ON
Selina Martin: vocals, guiars, bass, musical saw, wine glasses, organ
Chris Stringer: guitars, bass, synth, Wurlitzer, mini-moog, percussion
Annelise Noronha: guitars, accordion
Doug Friesen: bass, trombone
Josh Van Tassel: drums
Martin Tielli: guitar
Jack Breakfast: piano
Produced by Chris Stringer, 2010
Recorded by Chris Stringer at The Lincoln County Social Club, Toronto
Mastered by Joao Carvalho at Joao Carlvalho Mastering, Toronto
Selina Pauline Martin b. 1967
No Form, takes off from a sonnet by Leonard Cohen, in which he contemplates the blank page waiting for him to fill it up with meaning. "His thing was about talking to his non-existent sonnet, and mine is more turned in on myself," she said.
As good as these records are, they did not prepare me for Time Spent Swimming. It seems as if she’s got to the point where the only reason to record is to make something so special, that it cannot be reproduced in any other way. Like what the Beatles were doing. Music that cannot be played live. I just closed my eyes and was not only transported across space and time, but inside and out, as well. She’s always written great songs but this production is a time piece.
She’ll be performing in Toronto at the Dakota Tavern on April 14. It’s an early show, begins at 6:30ish.
7. Selina Martin: Leopard-Skin Vespa
(S Martin)
Time Spent Swimming!: No Label - 623339279314
Paris FR / Toronto / Packenham
Selina Martin: guitars, organs, synths, musical saw, vibraphone, programmed drums, samples
Doug Friesen: bass
Produced by Selina Martin, assisted by Alex Gamble, 2022
Mixed by Alex Gamble, assisted by Selina Martin
Mastered by Justin Gray
8. Bob Dylan: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
(Bob Dylan)
Blonde On Blonde: Columbia Records C2S 841
Duluth MN
Bob Dylan: electric guitar, harmonica, vocal
Kenny Buttrey: drums
Henry Strzelecki: bass,
Robbie Robertson: lead guitar
Produced by Bob Johnson, 1966
Jerry Schatzberg cover photographer
Recorded at Columbia Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
And now on to the felines! Cats.
The following songs are either about the cat family of creatures including Moggys, Lions, Leopards (like in the last two songs), lynx, wildcats and others. Just follow the lynx. It all begins with Cats N’ Cabbage.
9. David Pritchard: Cats ‘N Cabbage
(David Pritchard)
Nocturnal Earthworm Stew: Island Records ILPS 9422
Toronto ON
David Pritchard: keys, synths, tape loops
Produced by David Pritchard, 1976
Recorded in Cabbagetown, Toronto, April 13, 1974 by Mike McDonald, Larry Roy and John Molson on Sony Tape deck about 5 a.m. at Sonic Workshop, Toronto
David Pritchard b. Oct. 18, 1944 / d. Toronto Feb 2005 (60)
10. Lloyd Hanson: Music for the Black Cat
(L Hanson)
The Great Debate: DTK Records Kill006
Fredericton NB
Lloyd Hanson: bass, drum programming, guitar, synth
Roland Bourgeois: muted cornet
Ian Sedgewick: keys
Produced by Lloyd Hanson & Mark Carmody 1988
I’ve often used this piece for talk-overs but not this day – on this day you get to hear it raw.
11. Shari Ulrich: The Lion
(Shari Ulrich)
Long Nights: A&M Records SP 9046
Bowen Island BC
Claire Lawrence: sax
Geoff Eyre: drums
Peter Clarke: bass
David Pickell, Ron Johnson: keys
Harris Van Berkel: guitar
Shari Ulrich: violin, vocals
Geoff Eyre, Nancy Nash, Peter Clarke, Shari Ulrich: bg vocals
Produced by Claire Lawrence, 1980
Recorded at Pinewood Studios, Vancouver by Alan Perkins
Mixed at le Studio, Morin Heights, QC by Paul Northfield
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC
Shari Ulrich b. San Rafael, CA, October 17, 1951
Ulrich moved up to Vancouver when she was 18, in 1967 and began performing on the local coffeehouse circuit in the early 1970s. In 1973, she met up with Rick Scott and Joe Mock, and together they formed the band ‘Pied Pumkin’. Ulrich toured with Valdy in 1976 as a member of The Hometown Band and after they disbanded, in 1978, she went solo and won a 1981 Juno Award for "Most Promising Female Vocalist".
12. The Heartbeats: Pole Cat Blues
(Trad)
The Heartbeats EP cassette: No Label or Serial no.
New York State
Tara Nevins – fiddle
Rose Sinclair – accordion
Beverly Smith – guitar
June Drucker – bass
Produced by The Heartbeats - 1989
Recorded by Gary Solomon, Woodstock, NY
Four women from upstate New York. I got to see them perform at Owen Sound’s Summerfolk Festival in 1990. On stage the four of them huddled as closely to one another as humanly possible with their instruments and cement a sound so tight that it made even my wooden feet dance to their music. And that’s sayin’ something! Pole Cat Blues is a traditional piece from their cassette EP which I’ve nearly worn out.
13. Cat Stevens: If I Laugh
(Cat Stevens)
Teaser & The Firecat: A&M Records SP 4313
London UK
Cat Stevens: guitar, vocal
Larry Steele: bass, percussion
Alun Davies: guitar
Produced by Paul Samwell Smith 1971
Steven Demetre Georgiou b. 21 July 1948 London UK
From Teaser and the Firecat by another Cat who used to go by the name of Stevens.
14. Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys: Strike A Match & Light Another
(Jay Ungar)
Albion Doo-Wah…: Polydor Records 24-4023
NYC
Michael Equine: percussion, vocal
Bob Smith: keys, vocals
Roy Michaels: bass, guitar, vocals
Jay Ungar: violin, mandolin, guitar, vocals
Larry Packer: guitar, violin, viola
Paul Johnson: guitar
Produced by Cat Mother, 1970
Recorded by Bob Schumaker at Pacific High Recording Co., San Francisco
The composer of this song is the same guy who wrote Ashokan Farewell, now considered a folk antham of sorts. Cat Mother’s first album was the only album produced for another band by Jimi Hendrix.
Cat Mother existed between the years 1967 – 77. Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, the historic concert headlined by The Doors, where John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band appeared in a surprise performance.
15. Harry Hibbs: Doggie Doggie Bark At The Cat
(Trad)
A Fifth Of Harry Hibbs: Arc Records AS 826
Lance Cove, Bell Island NL
Harry Hibbs: vocals, accordion
Others not listed
Produced 1971
Released on January 1, 1971
b. Bell Island NL September 11, 1942 / d. December 21, 1989 Toronto (47)
16. Stevedore Steve: Cat Tracks On The Mountain
(Stephen J Foote)
I've Lived: Boot Records BOS 7111
Saint John, NB
Stephen Foote: guitar, vocals
Others not listed
Produced by Fred McKenna, 1971
Recorded by Jim Morgan and George Semkiw at Captain Audio, RCA
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/steveindex.htm
Stephen J Foote b. Saint John, NB January 9, 1936 / d. October 2016, Saint John NB
Saint John NB
This is a song about one of the larger cats – a machine cat that can trim the peeks of mountains.
17. Beefheart & Zappa: Tiger Roach
(Don Van Vliet / Frank Zappa)
The Lost Episodes: Rykodisc RCD 40573
Los Angeles CA
Don Van Vliet: vocals
Frank Zappa: guitar
Janschi: bass
Vic Mortenson: drums
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1963
Recorded at Studio Z by Frank Zappa, Cucamonga CA
Mixed by Bob Stone and Spencer Chrislu at Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Zappa and Beefheart were friends since high school. They shared an interest in blues records. Beefheart was especially fond of Howlin' Wolf, with whose raspy and powerful voice he is often compared. Zappa and Beefheart recorded a few songs together in those early years and also in Studio Z in Cucamonga. After Zappa had founded The Mothers, Vliet started his own band ‘The Magic Band’. After recording a couple of non-descript albums, Zappa offered Vliet total artistic freedom on the Zappa produced ‘Trout Mask Replica’, a double album issued on Straight. A double album, it contains some of the best ‘way out there’ jazz recordings of Beefheart’s career.
Tiger Roach was basically just Beefheart rapping to the band. It didn’t really have a theme or a title, but Zappa used the last words Beefheart said for the track’s title.
18. The Pogues: Wild Cats of Kilkenny
(Shane MacGowan / Jem Finer)
Rum Sodomy & the Lash: Stiff records MCA 5744
London UK
Jem Finer: Banjo, mandola, guitar, saxophone, hurdy-gurdy
Jimmy Fearnley: accordion
Cait O’Riordan: bass
Shane McGowan: vocals
Spider Stacy: tin whistle
Andy Ranken: drums
Phil Chevron: guitar
Tommy Keane: pipes
Henry Benagh: fiddle
Dick Cuthell: horns
Produced by Elvis Costello, 1985
Recorded by Nick Robbins & Paul Scully at Elephant Studios, London
This is pure, unadulterated POGUES.
19. Ronnie Ross Quintet: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(Jerome Kern)
Stompin' With The Ronnie Ross Quintet: Ember Records International Ltd – EMB 3323
London UK
Baritone Sax: Ronnie Ross
Bass – Pete Blannin
Drums – Andy White
Trombone, Piano – Eddie Harvey
Trumpet, Mellophone – Bert Courtley
Produced 1961
Recorded 1958
Vintage Voices w DJ Rita with Laura Gillis
20. Luciano Pavarotti: La Donna E Mobile
(Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi )
Pavarotti's Greatest Hits: London Records – PAV 2003-4
Rome
Richard Bonynge: conductor
Compilation Produced 1980
Side B
1. Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass: Zorba The Greek
(Mikis Theodorakis)
Going Places: A&M Records LP 112(C)
Los Angeles
John Pisano (electric guitar)
Lou Pagani (piano)
Nick Ceroli (drums)
Pat Senatore (bass guitar)
Tonni Kalash (trumpet)
Herb Alpert (trumpet)
Bob Edmondson (trombone)
Produced by Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss, 1965
Recorded by Larry Levine at Gold Star Recording Studios, LA
Going Places won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1966. Going Places produced four singles in 1965: "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea", "Third Man Theme", and "Zorba the Greek". Alpert and his business partner, Jerry Moss, founded A&M Records in 1962.
2. Don Freed: You’re Nothing But A Cat
(Don Freed)
Off In All Directions: Bushleage Records - BLR 00001 - vinly
Saskatoon, SK
Don Freed: guitar, harmonica, vocal
Doug Boomhower: electric guitar
Skip Kutz: bass
Hans Van Norren: drums
Rod Salloum: keys
Mike Devlin: steel
Gary 'Humphrey Dumptruck' Walsh: banjo
Calvin Cairns: concertina, fiddle
Steve Bengtson: mandolin
Alan Kellogg: harmony vocal
Produced by Dale Russell, 1981
Don’s songs are little vignettes, usually using humour and irony to arrest our fetid minds from out of their doldrums. I mean, who else would begin a song with “Here’s a song I wrote one day when I was gonna kill my cat…. Coz he peed in my guitar case.”
3. King Crimson: Cat Food
(Robert Fripp / Pete Sinfield / Ian MacDonald)
In The Wake of Poseidon: Atlantic Records – SD 8266
UK
Robert Fripp: mellotron, guitar, devices
Greg Lake: vocals
Michael Giles: drums
Peter Giles: bass
Keith Tippet: piano
Mel Collins: saxes, flute
Pete Sinfield: words
Produced by Robert Fripp & Pete Sinfield, 1970
Recorded by Jeff & Tony at Studio Wessex Sound, London
4. Eric Bogle: He’s Nobody’s Moggie Now
(Eric Bogle)
Scraps of Paper: Flying Fish FF 311
Adelaide Australia
Eric Bogle: vocals
Produced by Eric Bogle, 1983
Recorded by Peter Brook
Mastered by Roger Seibel at Wakefield MGF
A moggy is a nonpedigree cat and the most common type of domesticated cat. Because they have a big gene pool, they’re usually healthier than pedigree cats.
Eric Bogle is an ace singer/songwriter. Originally from Scotland, he moved down to Australia in the 1970s and has lived there ever since. He ranges from anthemic war songs (And The Band Payed Waltzing Matilda and No Man’s Land) so a cat diddy like this. Just a really funny song.
5. Manteca: Jungle Beast
(Jim McGrath)
Strength In Numbers: Ready Records – LR 050
Toronto ON
Henry Heillig: bass
Matt Zimbel: congas, percussion
Aaron Davis: keys
Herb Koffman: trumpet, flugelhorn
John Johnson: alto, tenor, soprano sax, piccolo
Ralph Bowen: sax
Dave James: drums
Norman Jones: timbales, percussion
Rick Tait: trumpet, flugelhorn, synth
Produced by Matt Zimbel, 1984
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert at Inception Sound Studios, Toronto
6. The Birmingham Jug Band: Wild Cat Squall
(Birmingham Jug Band)
The Jug, Jook and Washboard Bands: Blues Classics (Arhoolie) BC 2
Birmingham AB
Jaybird Coleman: harmonica
Ben Curry aka Ben Covington: guitar, mandolin
Big Joe Williams: guitar
Dave Miles
Dr. Scott
Honeycup: jug
New Orleans Slide: washboard
Produced circa 1980
Recorded in Atlanta GA Dec 11, 1930
Lead by Jaybird Coleman, the Birmingham Jug Band was a part time group of musicians who spent winter months touring in medicine shows. They were one of the first jugbands to gain critical acclaim.
7. Fred Robinson: Cats!
(Warriner / Warriner)
Meet Me At The Pig And Whistle: Arc Records Citation Series ACS 5013
Toronto
Carlton Showband
Produced by Ken Warriner, 1966
Recorded at Bay Studios, Toronto by Gary Starr
The Pig and Whistle TV show was recorded at CFTO’s Agincourt studios, beginning mid-1960s and lasted for a decade. The setting featured a fake pub, beer mugs, a bar and a singing publican and bar maid. Special guests used to drop in and sing a song, backed by the energetic house band, The Carlton Showband. It was mostly British music hall oriented stuff. A great show!
8. Prairie Oyster: Tom Cat
(Chris Cuddy)
Oyster Tracks: Stony Plain Records SPL 1093
Toronto ON
Joan Besen, piano
Denis Delorme, pedal steel, dobro
Keith Glass, guitars, lead vocal
John Adames, drums
John P Allen, fiddle, guitar
Russell deCarle, bass, lead vocal
Danny Greenspoon: acoustic guitar
Jeff Wolpert: tambourine
Produced by Don Bird & Danny Greenspoon, 1986
Recorded by Jeff Wolpert at Inception Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Hayward Parrot at McClear Place
Prairie Oyster is a country group, formed in King City, Ontario, in 1974 by Russell deCarle (vocals) and Keith Glass (guitar), formerly of the bluegrass group King City Slickers. Won 6 Juno Awards for Best Country Group or Duo between 1986-96
9. Reaction: Black Cat Coming
(Reaction)
Old and New 1978 – 2005:
St. John’s NL
Michael Fisher” bass
Rick Harbin: guitar, vocals
Dan Ralph drums
Produced 2005
Recorded in Toronto
These guys were Newfoundland Punk Pioneers. Getting together in 1978 in St. John’s, they played their first gig at Memorial University. They later went to Toronto where they recorded but other than a couple of 45s, nothing was released. They broke up ten months later. Recently they got back together and performed some gigs and released at retro CD of their music in 2005.
10. The Doors: Dead Cats, Dead Rats
(The Doors)
Absolutely Live: Elektra – EKS 9002
LA
Jim Morrison: vocals
Ray Manzarek: keys
Robbie Krieger: guitar
John Densmore: drums
Produced by Paul A Rothchild, 1970
Recorded by Bruce Botnik at Cobo Hall, Detroit May, 1970
This song utilizes the structure of Break On Through, performed in a medley. It sounds like they were just screwing around on stage.
11. Brigand: Pussy Cat Up On A Plum Tree Set
Includes: Pussy Cat… / Apples In Winter / Sunday Is My Wedding Day
(Trad)
Same Old Songs, Same Old Habits: Beard Productions – WRC1 1963
Guelph ON
Michael MacLeod: keys, synths, whistles, melodian, bells, percussion
John Black: bass, mandolin
Bob Downer: fiddle, mandolin
Kevin Swayze: guitars
Stephen Maskell: drums, percussion
Produced by Brigand, 1981
Recorded by Bill Mather at Elora Sound, Elora ON
These guys were an early celtic-fusion band from Toronto who put out a couple of albums.
12. Denis et Les Panthèrres: Pretty Woman
(Roy Orbison / Bill Dees)
Collection de chanson rares des groupes des annés 60, Vol 13: Les introuvables
Montreal
Denis Pantis: vocals
Les Panthères: back up band
Produced by Denis Pantis, 1964
Denis Spiros Pantis b. Montreal 1942
Canadian singer, songwriter, manager, producer and record company executive from Montréal born 1942. Pantis was the largest producer of Quebec groups in the 1960s. He not only owned a fairly incredible number of record labels during the 1960s (Jeunesse Franco, Télédisc, Blue Jean, Citation, DSP, lark!), but today it has almost 80% of the master ribbons aka masters of everything recorded in Quebec between 1950 and 1970.
13. Lovin’ Spoonful: Nashvlle Cats
(John Sebastian)
45 Single: Kama Sutra – KA 219X
New York City
John Sebastian: guitar
Zal Yanovsky: lead guitar, electric gorgle, vocal
Steve Boone: bass
Joe Butler: drums
Produced by Eric Jacobsen, 1966
Recorded by by Roy Halee
John Sebastian said of "Nashville Cats" ¬ which made No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 ¬ "We thought our version would cross over to the country market. It never did. So we're always kind, gee, well I guess that tells us what we are and what we aren't."
Flatt & Scruggs took "Nashville Cats" to No. 54 on the country charts as a single.
14. Lynx: Bye Bye
(Tony Caputo)
Sneak Attack: Quality Records SV 1953
Toronto
Tony Caputo: lead vocal, keys, sax
Norm Paulin: vocals, guitar
Jim Differ: drums
Daryl Peterson: bass
Produced by Bob Morten, 1978
Recorded by Kurt Hagen, John Richardson at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Alan Moy and ‘Cub’ Richardson at JAMF Toronto
15. Lee Moore: The Cat Came Back
(Harry S. Miller)
The Cat Came Back and Other Favourites: Arc Records 606
Wheeling WV
Lee Moore: guitar, dobro, vocal
Produced 1964
Walter LeRoy Moore, born September 24, 1914 in Circleville (Ohio) / d. August 17, 1997.
Known as The Coffee Drinking Night Hawk during his time as a DJ at WWVA Wheeling, West Virginia. Fred Penner did a great version of this song!
16. Adrian Belew: Big Electric Cat
(A Belew)
Desire Of The Rhino King: Island Records – 314-510 518-2
Covington, KY
Adrian Belew: drums, guitar, lead vocals
Clif Mayhugh: bass, vocals
Christy Bley : Keys, vocals
Bill Janssen: sax, vocals
Produced by Adrian Belew, 1981
Recorded by Gary Platt and Rich Denhart at Compass Point Studios
Mastered By Greg Calbi at Kendun Studios
Robert Steven Belew b. Covington Kentucky, December 23, 1949
It was Frank Zappa’s chauffeur that turned Frank onto the talents of Adrian Belew, then playing in a cover band called Sweetheart in 1977. He appeared on Zappa's 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti, most notably performing a Bob Dylan impersonation on the song "Flakes." After his stint with Zappa, Belew was recruited by David Bowie (on recommendation of Brian Eno) and played on Bowie's Isolar II world tour in 1978. He has also played with Talking Heads and King Crimson. He’s been a producer, session player and solo artist ever since.
17. Stray Cats: Blast Off!
(Brian Setzer)
Blast Off!: Hep Cat Records HEP 1741-2
Massapequa, NY
Brian Setzer: guitar, vocals
Slim Jim Phantom: drums
Lee Rocker: bass
Produced by Dave Edmunds, 1989
Recorded by Dave Charles
Mastered at Capitol Records Studios, Los Angeles by Wally Traugott
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