Comments on: Bring On The Lucie (Freeda Peeple)

By: Cameron beaton

Cameron beaton — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 05:13:00 +0000

The New York session players on the Mind Games album, good as they may be, were horrible for a John Lennon album. Dave Spinozza played some good stuff on Ram, Keltner did lots of good stuff with 3 of the Beatles. But Gordon Edwards, Rick Marotta, Dave Spinozza & the background vocalists ugh. They sound like exactly what they were. TopNew York session players who liked Jazz & had no clue how to help strengthen songs like John Lennon’s. Spinozza was reputedly sleeping with Lennon’s wife Yoko at around this time. They didn’t know how or probably care how to do Lennon’s style of music properly. I love deli mustard but I don’t Use it with pasta or Apple pie. It doesn’t matter how good a musician is, if even getting paid top money, he or she is unable to grasp the genre of music being done. Especially with no sharp producer to help him the album was doomed. The songwriting is superlative, but the arrangements are bland, the mix sounds like it was done by someone unfamiliar with Lennon’s type of stuff. The arrangements & the whole album sounds generic, bland & more well suited to Pablo cruise or Debbie Boone. Jack Douglas was the only post Beatles producer that knew what he was doing apparently. Spector was wrong for Lennon too. But at least he was competent. Just the wrong people. Somehow Walls & Bridges is terrific, maybe using Jesse Ed Davis & Klaus Voorman instead of Edwards & Spinozza. The songwriting is about the same quality.

By: Måns Henriksson

Måns Henriksson — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:55:36 +0000

One of the best fast going songs ever made! The song consists of three different melodies, and in every melody the tension increases. Why isn´t the song more known? It´s incredible!
McCartney was better making PR for his music. Lennon made only PR for his person, and peace-nonsens.

By: Wyo

Wyo — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:29:18 +0000

Gordon Edwards is an absolutely amazing bass player, mostly known for his session work and his work with the band Stuff. He has played with a veritable who’s who in the pop/r&b/jazz worlds – check out this list of credits (which probably isn’t even complete):
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gordon-edwards-mn0000662000

Stuff was made up of other session musicians. I saw them lots of times when they held court weekly at a club in NYC called Mikell’s which, unfortunately, has been gone for years.

Here’s just a little Stuff sample. You can find many others on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1SIUfeGNU4

I haven’t found anything that talks about him later than 2010. Hope he’s still out there.

By: bruce

bruce — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:10:22 +0000

Who is bass player Gordon Edwards? an’t find anything about him anywhere.