Lamont Dozier - Peddlin Music On The Side '1977 [2001]

Tracks list

For his second Warner Bros. LP, Peddlin Music on the Side, Motown veteran Lamont
Dozier turns the production reigns over to Stewart Levine (The Crusaders, Minnie
Ripertons Adventures in Paradise, Hugh Masekela). Pianist Joe Sample & bassist
Wilton Felder of The Crusaders are on hand to make stellar contributions, giving
Dozier his most jazz flavored album. As usual with a Lamont Dozier album, you
have the top musicians, singers, arrangers, and engineering staff involved. The
propulsive album opener, Sight for Sore Eyes, opens with a striking string and
horn arrangement. For the chugging, low key What Am I Gonna Do bout You (Girl)
Dozier slyly caresses the lyric in a manner that suggests that he thinks that
his bad girl is good. Break the Ice bops along on thumping bass and soft conga.
The inspiring Tear Down the Walls has lyrics that admonish: theres no hope
unless we change within/ let protect our lets be friends/ peace on earth and
harmony/ it could be a reality/ its up to you and me/ tear down the walls. The
Afro-centric disco hit Going Back to My Roots was co-arranged by Hugh Masekela
and has a message that most can relate to: zipping up my boots/ going back to my
roots/ to the place of my birth/ back down to earth/ aint talkin bout no roots
in the land/ talkin bout the roots in the man. The 12 version of Going Back to
My Roots is a collectible and the song was a 1981 disco hit for RCA Records
group Odyssey (Native New Yorker). The heart-tugging, dramatically arranged
Family paints a picture of the family under attack. The warm-toned ballad
Peddlin Music on the Side lists the travails of trying to make it in the music
business. This album stands as one of Lamont Doziers finest works.


Tracks:

01.	Sight For Sore Eyes	5:03
02.	What Am I Gonna Do Bout You (Girl)	6:22
03.	Break The Ice	4:52
04.	Tear Down The Walls	3:59
05.	Going Back To My Roots	9:45
06.	Family	4:31
07.	Peddlin Music On The Side	4:44

Personnel:

Joe Sample : Acoustic Piano
Wilton Felder : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Ronnie Coleman : Electric Piano
Arthur Adams : Guitar
Ray Parker, Jr. : Guitar
David T. Walker : Guitar
Steve Beckmeyer : Guitar
Roland Bautista : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Bill Summers : Percussion
Mike Boddicker : Synthesizer
Waters : Vocal Background

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