Mavis Staples
17 Aug 2004
The Bottom Line:
Small contribution to fine album by soulful singer.
Jim Tullio fecit.
"This is the joy that I have, the world didn't give it to me" - Mavis.
John plays mutron guitar and has a small but effective role.
John Giblin does bass and electric guitar, by the way, on track #4 God Is Not Sleeping (now why would he do that).
| 01 | Step Into The Light | (Rosa/ Tullio/ Resnik/ Staples) | 4:46 |
| 02 | Pops Recipe | (Staples/ Tullio/ Marinell) | 5:26 |
| 03 | Have A Little Faith | (Tullio/ Weider) | 4:35 |
| 04 | God Is Not Sleeping | (Roy/ Barrington) | 5:49 |
| 05 | A Dying Man's Plea | (trad, add. lyrics by Pops Staples) | 3:49 |
| 06 | Ain't No Better Than You | (Roy/ Thiele/ Valentine) | 4:13 |
| 07 | I Wanna Thank You | (Burns) | 4:49 |
| 08 | I Still Believe In You | (Osborne/ Eager) | 3:31 |
| 09 | At The End Of The Day | (Tullio/ Marinell) | 3:56 |
| 10 | There's A Devil On The Loose | (Burns) | 3:34 |
| 11 | In Times Like These | (Tullio/ Marinell) | 3:50 |
| 12 | Will The Circle Be Unbroken | (trad. arr. by Roebuck Staples) | 3:21 |
Line-up of the Martyn track:
Mavis Staples - vocals;
Jim Tullio - acoustic guitar, bass, percussion;
David Resnik - acoustic slide guitar;
John Martyn - mutron guitar;
Chris 'Hambone' Cameron - B3 and clavinet;
The Dixie Hummingbirds - background vocals.
The Dixie Hummingbirds are Ira Tucker, James Williams, Robin Leonard, William Bright and Lyndon Jones.
Credits:
Production: Jim Tullio & Mavis Staples
Engineers: Shelley Yakus & Michael Newman
Lyrics:
Carriers:
CD: Alligator ALCD4899