Honky Tonk Angel (Ellen McIlwaine album)
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Honky Tonk Angel is the 1972 debut solo album
by Ellen McIlwaine
, following her departure from Fear Itself
. The first side of the album contains songs that were recorded live at The Bitter End
in New York City
while side two of the record is made up of studio recordings.
The album was re-released on CD in 1993 along with McIlwaine's 1973 album We the People
as Up From the Skies: The Polydor Years
.
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
by Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for her career as a slide guitarist.-Biography:...
, following her departure from Fear Itself
Fear Itself (band)
Fear Itself was a short-lived psychedelic blues-rock band formed by Ellen McIlwaine in the late 1960s in Atlanta, Georgia. The band featured McIlwaine singing lead vocals as well as performing harp, rhythm guitar and organ. Chris Zaloom performed lead guitar, Steve Cook played bass guitar, and Bill...
. The first side of the album contains songs that were recorded live at The Bitter End
The Bitter End
The Bitter End is a nightclub in New York City's Greenwich Village. It opened its doors in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub. The club changed its name to The Other End during the 1970s...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
while side two of the record is made up of studio recordings.
The album was re-released on CD in 1993 along with McIlwaine's 1973 album We the People
We the People (Ellen McIlwaine album)
We the People is a 1973 album by Ellen McIlwaine.The album was re-released on CD in 1993 along with McIlwaine's 1972 debut album Honky Tonk Angel as Up From the Skies: The Polydor Years.-Side A:#"Ain't No Two Ways About It " – 4:26...
as Up From the Skies: The Polydor Years
Up from the Skies: The Polydor Years
Up From the Skies: The Polydor Years is a 1998 compilation album featuring the music of Ellen McIlwaine during her 1972-1973 recording years with Polydor Records...
.
Side A
- "Toe Hold" (Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
/David PorterDavid Porter (musician)David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
) – 4:32 - "Weird of Hermiston" (Jack BruceJack BruceJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
/Pete BrownPete BrownPeter Ronald Brown is an English performance poet and lyricist.Best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce, Brown also worked with The Battered Ornaments, formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!, and worked with Graham Bond and Phil Ryan. Brown also writes film scores and formed a film...
) – 5:06 - "Up From the Skies" (Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
) – 3:52 - "Losing You" (Ellen McIlwaine) – 2:22
- "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryRoberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is a former American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material...
) – 4:13
Side B
- "Pinebo (My Story)" (Guy WarrenGuy WarrenGuy Warren of Ghana or Kofi Ghanaba was a Ghanaian musician, best known as the inventor of Afro-jazz and as a member of The Tempos.- Biography :...
) – 2:41 - "Can't Find My Way HomeCan't Find My Way HomeThe New York No Wave band Swans version of "Can't Find My Way Home" appeared on their 1989 album The Burning World and was also released as a single.- Track listing :# "Can't Find My Way Home"...
" (Steve WinwoodSteve WinwoodStephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
) – 3:39 - "Wings of a Horse" (Ellen McIlwaine) – 4:01
- "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsIt Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is a 1952 country song written by J. D. "Jay" Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit "The Wild Side of Life."...
" (J.D. Miller) – 2:38 - "Wade in the WaterWade in the water"Wade in the Water" is the name of an African-American spiritual first published in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers by John Wesley Work II and his brother, Frederick J...
" (Ellen McIlwaine) – 4:55
Personnel
- Ellen McIlwaineEllen McIlwaineEllen McIlwaine is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for her career as a slide guitarist.-Biography:...
- vocals, background vocals, guitars - Thad Holiday - bass, background vocals
- Don Payne - bass (Side B, track 4)
- Billy Curtis - congas (Side A, track 1; Side B, track 1)
- CandidoCandido CameroCandido de Guerra Camero, also known simply as Candido is a Cuban percussionist who backed many Afro-Cuban jazz and straightforward jazz acts since the 1950s...
- congas (Side B, tracks 1, 3, 5) - Don Kaplan - piano
- James Madison - drums
- Bill Keith - pedal steel guitar