Save His Soul (album)
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Save His Soul is the third studio album by American jam band
Jam band
-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...

 Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler is a rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock...

, released in April, 1993 (see 1993 in music
1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

).

Track listing

  1. "Trina Magna" (Popper) – 5:49
  2. "Love and Greed" (Kinchla/Popper) – 4:14
  3. "Letter From a Friend" (Popper/Sheehan) – 4:39
  4. "Believe Me" (Kinchla/Popper) – 3:33
  5. "Go Outside and Drive" (Popper) – 4:50
  6. "Defense & Desire" (Popper/Sheehan) – 3:58
  7. "Whoops" (Popper) – 8:17
  8. "Manhattan Bridge" (Kinchla) – 2:47
  9. "Love of My Life" (Popper/Samaroo) – 5:39
  10. "NY Prophesie" (Kinchla/Popper/Popper) – 4:35
  11. "Save His Soul" (Hill) – 3:12
  12. "Bullshitter's Lament" (Popper) – 3:28 >
  13. "Conquer Me" (Popper/Sheehan) – 5:09 >
  14. "Fledgling" (Popper) – 7:25


> Indicates a segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...

 directly into next song

Personnel

  • John Popper
    John Popper
    John Popper is an American musician and songwriter.He is most famous for his role as frontman of rock band Blues Traveler performing harmonica, guitar and vocals...

     - Vocals, harmonica, guitar (electric and 12-string acoustic), Irish whistle, string arrangements
  • Bobby Sheehan - Bass guitar
  • Brendan Hill
    Brendan Hill
    Brendan Colin Charles Hill is the drummer for American jam band Blues Traveler.-History:Brendan Hill is one of the original members of Blues Traveler. In 1983, while attending school at Princeton High School in Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, Hill met Blues Traveler harmonica player John Popper...

     - Percussion, drums
  • Chan Kinchla
    Chan Kinchla
    Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, is the guitarist for jam band Blues Traveler....

     - Guitar (electric, acoustic, 12 string)

  • Paul Shaffer
    Paul Shaffer
    Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's sidekick since 1982.-Early years:...

     - Hammond Organ
    Hammond organ
    The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

  • Avram Lavinsky - String arrangements


Background vocals:
  • Pamela Landrum
  • Pat Bickham
  • Cher Levis


Strings:
  • Clay Ruede
  • Mitchell Stern
  • Roberta Cooper
  • Ronald Carbone
  • Jeff Carney

Miscellanea

  • "Trina Magna" is John's attempt at reconciling his view of religion.
  • "Letter From a Friend" was written for Dave Graham, the son of famed music promoter Bill Graham
    Bill Graham (promoter)
    Bill Graham was an American impresario and rock concert promoter from the 1960s until his death.-Early life:...

     following his death in 1991.
  • "Defense and Desire" is about the Nightingale Bar in Manhattan
    Manhattan
    Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

    .
  • Kyle Duke is the child featured on the album cover.
  • In the liner notes, Popper is also listed as "playing" a 12-gauge shotgun and a 9 mm pistol; a gunshot is heard at the end of "Save His Soul."
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