the singles "Papa'z Song" and "Keep Ya Head Up" were early proof of the rapper's more sensitive and thoughtful side
Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
This is the first time this Maria McKee album has been pressed to vinyl and is an essential collector's item
" Downtown Church was recorded in Nashville's Downtown Presbyterian Church
Some hard blues riffing transforms into rocksteady dreadwise party music as Hibbert -- with Johnson on co-lead vocalist -- lays out a hard-skanking read of Al Green's "I'm a Ram
WORKSHOP 3/23/1987 the singles "Papa'z Song" andPersonnel: Al Anderson (vocals, guitar); Joseph Spaminato, Joey Spampinato (vocals, mandolin, saxophone); Terry Adams (vocals, trumpet, piano); Keith Spring (saxophone); Dominick Placco (bugle); Donn Adams (trombone, brass); Tom Staley (drums). Originally titled Age of Aquariums, Workshop was the last album from one of the pre classic lineups of NRBQ. This incarnation incorporated the talents of bandleader Terry Adams (keyboard coronet trumpet), Joey