FABIAN JOLIVET: Drums, Percussion, Noises, Clapping, Wailing & Stomping TONY MARTIN: Guitar & Bass + GEOFF GRANGE: Harmonica + CARMELO LUGGERI: Guitar + JOSE ANDRES CORTEZ: Spanish Guitar + MICKEY MEYERS: Guitar & Harmonica + DOUG LLOYD: Piano + FREDDY KOELLA: Guitar + DEACON JONES: Hammond B3 + OLIVER STEINBERG: Bass + SKIP EDWARDS: Keyboards & Accordion + TETSUA NAKAMURA: Harmonica & Quinto Guitar + RICK HOLMSTROM: Guitar + MICHAEL TEMPO: Percussion + MITCH RAFAL: Sax + PETE MAZICH: Hammond B3 & Piano + ERIC CORNE: Guitar & Bass + MIGUEL BOTAFOGO: Guitar + CIRO FOGLIATTA: Keyboards + JEFF ROSS: Guitar + MARK GOLDBERG: Bass + HAL CRAGIN: Bass + JOHN BOUDREAUX: Percussion + BROOK CLAMAN: Guitar + TRAVIS KNIGHT: Bass - MONA AMER: Executive Producer - All tracks (C) Fabian Jolivet & Co - Profile Photo by GORKA DUO (Barcelona, 1979) - Dedicated to the memory of drummers EARL PALMER, MANOLO IGLESIAS, HOWIE WYETH, MAX ROACH & MITCH MITCHELL (RIP), nos vemos pronto amigos!!!
Influences
Sounds Like
El Bajo Belgrano, South London pub fight, Chicago back alleys, East LA Jam...
Produced by maverick drummer/percusionist FABIAN JOLIVET: " MY DRUMS CAN'T LIE... EVERYBODY ELSE DOES!!! ".-
A two album (Production Music) project that includes a variety of tracks covering all kinds of roots influenced music, from blues to flamenco, bop to dub, western-swing to electroexperimental, including tributes to Johnny Cash, Oscar Aleman, Levon Helm, Quentin Tarantino, Django Reinhardt, Art Blakey, Sun Ra, Bob Wills, Gene Vincent, Peter Tosh, etc...
The first volume starts with "BA SHUFFLE", dedicated to the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Featuring Hammond B3 blues legend Deacon Jones in the eye of the musical hurricane. A man known for his work with Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King and John Lee Hooker - Ending this six track sample with "4 ART'S SAKE", a tribute to the great Art Blakey, featuring two wild drum solos by trapsmith Fabian Jolivet that will make you jump off your seat!!! Recorded in LA, Barcelona, London, Buenos Aires, NYC, Woodstock, Long Beach and New Orleans, at The Sound Factory, ION, Cello, Mad Dog, The Compound, The Music Shed and Levon Helm's Studios. With engineers Steven Rhodes, John Leckie, Eric Corne, Ariel Lavigna, Manuel 'Tito' Rosell, Justin Guip, Chris Finney and Anthony Arvizu. Mastered by Pete Doell (Universal Mastering). Including a stellar list of great musicians that have worked with John Lee Hooker, Curtis Mayfield, Mikey Champion, Greg Allman, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, John Mayall, Canned Heath, Joe Cocker, Dr. John, Los Gatos, Sam Cooke, Dexter Gordon, Los Lobos, WAR, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, The Beat, KD Lang, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood, Moris, Botafogo, Louisiana 'Guitar' Red, Pappo's Blues, Charles Brown, Lee Dorsey, Kiki Dee, The Psychedelic Furs, Rose Maddox, James Cotton, The Red Devils, Billy Boy Arnold, William Clarke, The Chambers Bros, Tom Waits, Dwight Yoakam, Mavis Staples, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Lucinda Williams, Wanda Jackson, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Hubert Sumlin, BB King, Professor Longhair, Ricky Lee Jones, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, etc...
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This material is currently set up for Production Music use only (Advertisement, TV, Ringtones, Movies, Documentaries). For licensing information, contact Five Alarm Music (USA): 5alarmmusic.com (626) 795 2058 or Standard Music Library/Bucks Music Publishers (UK-rest of the world): standard@bucksmusicgroup.co.uk (207) 229 6893 - TRACKS CURRENTLY USED ON TV IN USA/CANADA: CBS NETWORK TV SHOW "SHARK" ( starring James Woods ) featuring "GIRALDA" + AUSTRALIA/DIRTY JOBS: "ALL IN BLACK" & "COUNTRY DUB" + GREAT OUTDOORS: "DJANGO'S LAMENT" + TOTALLY WILD: "GIRALDA" + AUSTRALIAN IDOL/NOUGHT TO FIVE: "RATHOLE DRAG" + BRITAIN: "SNAPPY TIME" + FRANCE/NUEVA OLA: "GIPSY TANGO". If you are a good looking girl, you can contact me through this site with any questions regarding production, sessions, tours, drum lessons ( even for advice on how to make a good cup of tea )... NOW, WHAT A GREAT, HISTORIC MOMENT WE ALL HAVE COMING TOMORROW. JUST TO HAVE AN INTELLIGENT KIND MAN WITH A TRUTHFUL SOUL AROUND, AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF PAIN WITH AN IDIOT IN CHARGE IS A DREAM COME TRUE... GO OBAMA!!! --- LETS NOT FORGET NOLA... IT'S A FACT: VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO HELP THE TAX PAYING LOUSIANA FOLKS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. SADLY, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE TRAGIC SITUATION THAT THE CRESCENT CITY RESIDENTS ARE FACING. PEOPLE ARE STILL SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE INCOMPETENCE OF THIS SYSTEM. FUNDS ARE ONLY MADE AVAILABLE (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS) TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING WARS IN FARAWAY LANDS WHILE VERY LITTLE IS BEING USED TO HELP OUR OWN PEOPLE HERE AT HOME!!! WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP? WE SHOULD ALL DEMAND THAT THE NEXT GOVERNMENT TAKES > IMMEDIATE < CHARGE OF THE LOUISIANA REBUILDING PROCESS. --- PLEASE, SEND DONATIONS TO YOUR FAVORITE NOLA CHARITIES THIS YEAR --- NOT LONG AGO, DRUMMING LEGEND EARL PALMER ( RIP ) PASSED AWAY - WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE SUNNY DAY SPENT IN HIS PALM SPRINGS HOME LAST YEAR TOGETHER WITH HIS SWEET WIFE & BROTHER STEVE JORDAN. IT MOVED ME TO SEE HIS TEARFUL REACTION AS WE LISTENED TO SOME OF HIS OLD FRIENDS' LATEST RECORDINGS FOR OUR NOLA BENEFIT... " EARL, I AM GLAD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING YOU A SLICE OF YOUR HOME TOWN BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION & UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU " FABIAN PLEASE VISIT OUR TWO (MySpace) BENEFITS FOR THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS IN NEED: 1) THE CONGO SQUARE PROJECT FOUNDATION + 2) DRUMMERS UNITED (with a little help from our friends), featuring some of thee greatest musicians in the world: Ayo Adeyemi (Babe Olatunji), The Congo Square Drummers (Luther Gray), Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 'Uncle' Lionel Batiste, The New Birth Brass Band, Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington), Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck), Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis), Earl Palmer (Little Richard), 'Smoky' Johnson (Fats Domino), James Gadson (Bill Withers), Javon Jackson (Art Blakey), Levon Helm (The Band), Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf), Steve Jordan (Keith Richards), Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan), Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar (Carole King), Santa Davis (Peter Tosh), Terri Lynne Carrington (Lester Bowie), Johnny Vidacovich (Mose Allison), Gord Downie (The Tragically Hip), Stanton Moore (Galactic), Francisco Mora Catlett (Max Roach), Professor J. Mitchell Jnr. (LA Philharmonic), Marshall Allen (Sun Ra), Herlin Riley (Wynton Marsalis), Airto Moreira (Juan Carlos Jobim), Tanmoy Bose (Ravi Shankar), Thomas Bloch (La Scala de Milan), Nathan 'Chasing Horse' (North Lakota Nation), Joseph 'Uganda' Roberts (Professor Longhair), DJ Bonebrake (X), John Densmore (The Doors), Dr. Lonnie Smith (Little Johnny Taylor), Barry Altschul (Chick Corea), The Reverend Lois Dejean (Mahalia Jackson), John Boudreaux (Dr. John), Bill Bruford (King Crimson), Jerry Jumonville (Dr. John), Clayton Cameron (Tony Bennet), Andrew Newmark (John Lennon), Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull), Souhail Kaspar (Sting), Ndugu Chancler (Stevie Wonder), Peter Erskine (Weather Report), Simon Kirke (Free), Issam Houssan (Sting), Keith Carlock (Steely Dan), Clem Burke (Blondie), Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits), Cougar Estrada (Los Lobos), etc...
ETHNIC GROOVES, FUNKY STUFF, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. A HUGE CALF SKIN BASS DRUM THAT CAN'T LIE, VIRTUOSO GUITARS, ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES COMING OUT OF THAT HAMMOND B3 MONSTER. REAL MUSICIANS RAISED ON A STEADY DIET OF CHICAGO BLUES, MEMPHIS ROCKABILLY, STAX SOUL & KINGSTON DUB PLAYING THE KINDA MUSIC WHERE EVERY NOTE COUNTS. FANTASTIC DRUM SOLOS, ABSTRACT MOODS, NASHVILLE GUITAR LICKS, A TOUCH OF BE-BOP. NEW ORLEANS GUMBO, DEEP BASS, BOOM-BOOM-BOOM LOVERS, A SWAMPY BLUESY BACKGROUND, ORGANIC SOUNDS>THE ELECTROROOTS PROJECT Volume 1 - Currently featured on TV Shows in eight countries around the world, including CBS Prime Time TV Show "SHARK" ( featuring James Woods ) -
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You're the star of my blog! They have not seen this kind of a polyglot for the last 100 years and love ya 2 death buuahahahaha! I don't have any videos, those are Halloween advertisements. Vidi gnjurca,voda mu do kolina?Volin...
Great! They'll appreciate the cinematography I'm sure. Glad you enjoyed it. As you both know, I'm both an artist and a fabulous humanitarian. I'm considering sending a copy to Africa.
Hi There,Thank you for the comment.Through music I would hope to spread love throughout the world. In New Orleans we have a way we do things, and I would like to extend my hand of friendship. Always, Melvin
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