| Friends and Legends | |||||
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| Studio album by Michael Stanley | |||||
| Released | 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | MCA | ||||
| Producer | Bill Szymczyk | ||||
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Friends and Legends was the second solo album from Michael Stanley. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Michael Stanley (born March 25 1948 as Michael Stanley Gee in Cleveland Ohio) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Bill Szymczyk (pronounced) (born February 13, 1943 in Muskegon, Michigan) became a musical producer and technical engineer of rock allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Michael Stanley (born March 25 1948 as Michael Stanley Gee in Cleveland Ohio) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician Michael Stanley (born March 25 1948 as Michael Stanley Gee in Cleveland Ohio) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician The album title refers to the backing musicians accompanying Stanley on the album, which was recorded at Applewood Studios in Golden, Colorado. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The basic band on all tracks was Barnstorm, comprised of Joe Walsh on lead guitar and synthesizer, Joe Vitale on drums, flute, synthesizer and backing vocals, and Kenny Passarelli on bass. Barnstorm was the group created by Joe Walsh after he left the James Gang. Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American Guitarist, songwriter and Rock musician He has been a Joe Vitale is an American musician primarily known as a drummer but also a flautist keyboardist and singer who has played with many of the top names in music during a In addition, three members of Stephen Stills' Manassas performed: Paul Harris on keyboards, Joe Lala on percussion and Al Perkins on pedal steel guitar, and the band also included saxophonist David Sanborn. Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Manassas were a seventies rock band formed by Stephen Stills in 1971 Joe Lala (born in Ybor City, Tampa, FL is an Actor and Voice actor, notable for his dubbing of Kun Lan of the video-game Al Perkins (Born January 18, 1944) is a Texas -born American Guitarist. David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto Saxophonist. Other backing vocalists included Richie Furay and Dan Fogelberg. Richie Furay (born Paul Richard Furay 9 May 1944, Yellow Springs, Ohio) is an American Singer, Songwriter Daniel Grayling Fogelberg ( August 13 1951 &ndash December 16 2007) was an American singer songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist
Although the album produced one of Stanley's most popular songs, "Let's Get the Show on the Road", and led to a headline spot for Stanley (backed by Barnstorm) on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, it made little impact on the charts, partially because Stanley's all-star band was unable to tour behind it. Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was a television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated After this, Stanley decided to form his own band, which was named The Michael Stanley Band, so that touring would no longer be a problem.