Congratulations to Ruthie Foster on her Grammy Nomination:
The Truth According To Ruthie Foster Ruthie Foster
[Blue Corn Music]
for
Best Contemporary Blues Album!
[Blue Corn Music]
for
Best Contemporary Blues Album!
I was lucky enough to work with Ruthie Foster on my album ‘Wild Onions… Eat’ em Raw”. I tell no lie when I say Ruthie laid down some true blue vocals for me there at Atlantic Recording Studios.
I remember the first time I met Ruthie - It was at Atlantic Records Recording
Studio.
Ahmet Ertegun had let me in his studio at Atlantic and introduced me to John
Mahoney (Atlantic Producer Engineer).
I asked John if he any idea of who we could hire to sing and contribute their
own flavor to the songs I was recording. I remember him playing me some tracks
of some of the female vocalists he had there - Nothing really grabbed me until
... Whamm ! I heard Ruthie ! What a voice ! “I knew you'd pick her anyway”, he
said “.. she’s on her way over!”
Ruthie was the missing ingredient - as a matter of fact - she was all my
ingredients - I kept asking and she kept giving.
To this day I have never ever worked together with a better singer and
collaborator. Ruthie is a pro - and a friend .It’s no surprise that she
is up for an award now --- I don’t know why it took this long - I
was nominated for my CD Ruthie performed on with me – It’s no accident
that her voice is there being heard again.
I'm honored to have worked with Ruthie,and I hope you will all wish her the Best of Luck for Grammy Night!
-Jeff Greene
You can hear her singing on ‘Rome Burned’,
‘Where I come From’ and ‘Labor of Love’ on the album “Wild Onions…Eat ‘em Raw’(soon to be re-released- thanks to everyone who asked).
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- Location:LA
- Mood:Lucky
Not that I mind- I hope to hear your phone go off with one of my tunes when I'm out and about, thats for sure!
Here is the link, now that I know;)
Let me know if you have a different fave site to get ringtones from?
I wonder which songs you guys like for ringtones?
Maybe someone will tell me.............
*crosses fingers* (hard to play guitar w crossed fingers btw)
Anyway thanks! Hope to hear you standing next to me somewhere out there;)
-jeff
- Location:in your phone
- Mood:on the phone 2 U
- Music:Jeff Greene Ringtones on Groupietunes ;)
I, and others, are missing him especially now, during the preparations for the inauguration of President elect Obama. If Mr. Litkei had been here to write 'The President Barack Obama March', I know he would have been so proud. He was an insightful man, a man of change himself.
Mr. Litkei took me under his wing, some years ago, asking my opinion in the daily operations of his companies, including Aurora Records, so that I was offering my opinions (and he was using them!) on the marketing of acts such as Phil Collins, George Michaels, and the Disney records.
When Mr. Litkei worked with Ahmet Ertegun to make me an Atlantic Recording artist, I worked with John Mahoney, and I recorded my first album, 'Wild Onions', which was Grammy nominated for Best Album and Best Song (Wild Onions is due for re-release soon).
It is time, and I think it is fate, that I should now be resurrecting the companies he left to me, including Aurora Records. Although a flood (and subsequent ongoing fight with the insurance company) has delayed me for years, not to mention how the flood (and careless, reckless, (and possibly worse) handling by the insurance company's representatives & workers) destroyed much of what I would have been carefully curating now, items of much historical worth to more than just the music community
There is so much this great man had to offer the world, sharing his music and his vision, his legacy, is the least I can do.
More Info:
Billboard article on Ervin Litkei by Irv Lichtman
http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-t
Fourth of July Journal; For Songwriting Executive, The Tempo Is Flag-WavingBy ERIC ASIMOV,Published: July 4, 1991
Fourth of July. Fireworks. Flag-waving. Drumbeating. Seventy-six trombones.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h
Thursday, February 17, 2000 LA Times
Ervin Litkei; Composer of Marches
February 17, 2000 in print edition A-31
Ervin Litkei, 78, composer of marches for presidents and music for motion pictures. A native of Budapest trained at the Music Conservatory of Hungary, Litkei was still living in Hungary when he composed the first of his tributes to chiefs of state titled "The Franklin D. Roosevelt March."......
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/fe
a partial discography:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am
A Teardrop Hod O'Brien Jazz Quintet Hod & Cole
Alone Tonight Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
American War Veterans March Original Soundtrack Chains to Roses (Joseph Cicippio Story
Bermuda Sand Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Bermuda Sands Al Caiola Best of Al Caiola
Bright Night Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Bright Nights Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Bright Nights Bob Kindred Playin' in the Yard
Carnival Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Come With Me Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Happiness Is Around the Corner Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Happiness Is Just Around the Corner Friedman Jazz Quartet Finger Paintings
Happiness Is Just Around the Corner Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Happy as Can Be Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Have You Any Dreams for Sale? Al Caiola Best of Al Caiola
Have You Got Any Dreams for Sale? Rick Hardeman For You
Have You Got Any Dreams for Sale? Hod O'Brien Jazz Quintet Hod & Cole
Have You Got Any Dreams for Sale? Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Have You Got Any Dreams for Sale? Rick Bogart New York Rhythm
Home Original Soundtrack Chains to Roses (Joseph Cicippio Story
I Saw Your Teardrop Fall Rick Hardeman For You
I Saw Your Teardrop Fall Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
I Saw Your Teardrop Fall Bob Kindred Playin' in the Yard
I Want You in My Arms Steve Gilmore I'm All Smiles
I Want You in My Arms Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
I'm All Alone Tonight Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player Buy Now!
I'm All Alone Tonight Steve Gilmore Jazz Sextet Silhouette
I'm in Love With My Analyst Steve Gilmore Jazz Sextet Silhouette
I'm in Love With My Psychoanalyst Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Just Let Me Love Steve Gilmore I'm All Smiles
Liberation Original Soundtrack Chains to Roses (Joseph Cicippio Story
Loquillo Beach Al Caiola Amigo & Other Songs
Midnight Tears Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds Buy Now!
Mommy's Shoes Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Nancy Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
Nancy Friedman Jazz Quartet Finger Paintings
Nancy Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Peace Before War Original Soundtrack Chains to Roses (Joseph Cicippio Story
Spring Nights Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
The Torch of Peace Original Soundtrack Chains to Roses (Joseph Cicippio Story
Tonight, Tonight Jazzmania All-Stars Jazz Dancer & the Bass Player
Up on a Balloon Al Caiola Best of Al Caiola
When the Moon Is Shining High Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
You Said I'll Forget You Litkei/Bernard Ebbinghouse Orches Dance to the Big Band Sounds
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:The President Barack Obama March (that would have been by Ervin Litkei,if alive
Please watch this and share this everywhere, with everyone you know.
I am with Bianca Jagger & Annie Lennox on this- Stop the bombing in Gaza NOW.
You don't have to be a politician to want the bombing stopped...Just a human being..It's sickening..
Celebrities and politicians have called for an end to Israel's bombardment of the Gaza strip. ..Annie Lennox, Alexei Sayle, Ken Livingstone, Bianca Jagger and George Galloway spoke at a press conference organised by the British Muslim Initiative.
- Location:world
- Mood:mad as hell
Music Legend Jeff Greene on the Rowdy Radio Show in Texas Today (Thursday Nov 6th)!
Stream it online www.koop.org 6pm (Ire.)/1pm (USA ET) /12 noon (USA Central time)/10am USAPacific time
American Radio Star Rowdy Tijmes will interview Music legend Jeff Greene from Ireland on his wildly popular 'Rowdy Radio' show Thursday, November 6th, 6 pm in Ireland (Noon Texas time)on 91.7 fm KOOP Austin, Texas. The show is also streamed online, so Irish listeners tune in to www.koop.org to listen to Rowdy and Jeff live!
Jeff is headed to Texas to meet Rowdy in person for the World United Music Festival, a huge event held in San Marcos, near Austin, Texas later this month, where Jeff will be a featured player in this massive music and entertainment event.
Visit Jeff Greene on myspace: www.myspace.com/jeffgreene1 and you can visit Rowdy Tijmes and his Rowdy Radio Show at www.myspace.com/rowdytijmes
Rowdy Tijmes 'On Air' WUMF Offical Poster Jeff Greene Live unplugged
- Location:Co Mayo Ireland, Texas, Worldwide
- Mood:wild
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