- Blue, Dressed In Black
Infobox Album
Name = Blue, Dressed In Black
Type = studio
Artist = Eric Stuart Band
Released = Start date|2000
Recorded =
Genre =Alternative country ,Roots rock
Length =
Label = Widow's Peak Records
Producer =Peter Frampton , John Regan, Harvey Goldberg
Reviews = 20th Century Guitar (June 2000) [http://www.ericstuart.com/tcgreview.html link] Music Direct (July 2000) [http://www.ericstuart.com/musicdirectcdreview.html link] Wilmington Morning Star [http://www.ericstuart.com/wilmingtonmorningstar.html link]
Last album =Picture Perfect World
(1997)
This album = Blue, Dressed In Black
(2000)
Next album =BombShellShocked
(2003)Blue, Dressed In Black is the third CD (second full-length album) from the Eric Stuart Band, in which
Eric Stuart is the songwriter and lead singer. Stuart is also highly acclaimed as a voice actor and voice director (see article onEric Stuart ). This album is a compilation of Stuart’s four-song demo EP (1999) produced byPeter Frampton in Nashville sessions ("Lost Innocence", "One Good Reason", "Hole in the Head", "God’s Roof"), two more songs produced byPeter Frampton in Nashville ("Home" and "Corner Booth Chronicles"), and six songs ("Staring You In The Face", "The Best Ones Get Away", "Blue Dressed In Black", "Heaven In A Cadillac", "Can’t Get Enough Of It", and "Raise a Little Hell") recorded in NYC and produced byJohn Regan (Frampton's bass player), and Harvey Jay Goldberg (a producer forDave Matthews Band andSting ). Stuart creditsPeter Frampton as his mentor, and Frampton even did background vocals, lead guitar, and/or other roles in four of the songs. For example, Frampton has an extensive guitar solo at the end of “"God’s Roof"” and also plays themountain dulcimer in “"Home".” Stuart’s song "Corner Booth Chronicles" won theJohn Lennon Songwriting Contest in 1998. In 1999, ”"One Good Reason"” was released on http://www.AudioDiner.com as a single and received 2,500 downloads in two days.Track List
#"Staring You In the Face" (4:02), ©1998
#"One Good Reason" (4:26), ©1997
#"The Best Ones Get Away" (4:15), ©1999
#"Blue, Dressed In Black" (3:22), ©1999
#"Lost Innocence" (4:31), ©1997
#"Heaven In a Cadillac" (3:43), ©1998
#"Home" (5:06), ©1997
#"Can't Get Enough of It" (3:13), ©1999
#"Raise a Little Hell" (3:10), ©1998
#"Corner Booth Chronicles" (4:07), ©1995
#"Hole In the Head" (3:29), ©1997
#"God's Roof" (5:48), ©1997Album Personnel
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Eric Stuart - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals
*Ben Mauro - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
*Questar Welsh - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
*Peter Frampton - Lead guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar solo, dulcimer, background vocals
*Arthur Stead - Organ, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, accordion
*Michael Rhodes - Bass
*Mason Swearingen - Bass, background vocals
*Tony Harrell - Organ, harmonium
*Bryan Gardenour - Drums, percussion
*Eddie Bayers - Drums, percussion
*Jenna Malizia - Background vocals
*Tabitha Fair - Background vocals*All songs written by
Eric Stuart External links
* [http://www.ericstuart.com Ericstuart.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/{1|ericstuart} {2|Eric Stuart}] atMySpace
* [http://www.netvibes.com/peckypudgeon Pecky Pudgeon Reports on the Eric Stuart Band]
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