COCKER, JOE

Personnel includes: Joe Cocker (vocals); Dean Parks (acoustic, electric, 12 string & Wha Wha guitars); Graham Lyle (acoustic guitar); Michael Landau, Tim Pierce, Ronnie Johnson, Glen Tilbrook (guitar); Daniel Higgins, Jamie Talbot (saxophone); Jerry Hey, Gary Grant (trumpet); Bill Reichenbach, Neil Sidwell (trombone); Chris Stainton (piano, Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ); C.J. Vanston (Hammond B-3 organ); Steve Pigott (keyboards); Phil Spalding (bass, background vocals); Neil Stubenhaus, Hutch Hutchinson (bass); J.R. Robinson, Kenny Aronoff, Geoff Dunn (drums); Rafael Padilla, Louise Conti, Miles Bould (percussion); Fred White, Joey Diggs, Lamont Van Hook, Marlena Jeter, Pete Smith Alexandra Brown, Morty Jenkins, Claudia Fontaine (background vocals). Producers include: Chris Lord-Alge, Jeffery "CJ" Vanston, Roger Davies, Pete Smith, Bob Thiele. Recorded at NRG Studio, Los Angeles, California. Sure, he's mellowed some over the years. He'd probably have been dead a long time ago if he didn't. Sure he's singing songs with French titles ("N'oubliez Jamais") amid lush string and horn arrangements. But he's still Joe Cocker, damn it. He still knows how to pick a cover tune, too. This time around it's not "With A Little Help From My Friends" or "The Letter" that he recasts into a new, soulful image, but Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved" and Squeeze's "Loving You Tonight," which seem tailor-made for the Cocker treatment. He's backed on ACROSS FROM MIDNIGHT by an impressive set of studio stalwarts as well, including longtime piano man Chris Stainton and Uberdrummer Kenny Aronoff.

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