Flash Forward (album) explained

Flash Forward
Type:	studio
Artist:	Siegel–Schwall Band
Cover:	FlashForwardCD.jpg
Released:	August 16, 2005
Genre:	Blues
Length:	54:26
Label:	Alligator
Producer:	Corky Siegel Holly Siegel
Prev Title:	The Siegel–Schwall Reunion Concert
Prev Year:	1988

Flash Forward is an album by the Siegel–Schwall Band. Released by Alligator Records in 2005, it was the second album recorded by the band after they re-formed in 1987, and their first studio album since R.I.P. Siegel/Schwall in 1974.

Flash Forward contains thirteen original songs, with multiple songs written by each of the four members of the band – Corky Siegel, Jim Schwall, Rollo Radford, and Sam Lay. It reached number 9 on the Billboard blues album chart.

Track listing

1. "Afraid of Love" (Corky Siegel) – 4:42
2. "Deja Vous" (Siegel) – 4:24
3. "Going Back to Alabama" (Sam Lay) – 3:40
4. "The Underqualified Blues" (Jim Schwall) – 5:29
5. "Krazy" (Rollo Radford) – 4:40
6. "Can't Stop" (Siegel) – 4:38
7. "On the Road" (Schwall) – 3:38
8. "Twisted" (Siegel) – 3:49
9. "Rumors of Long Tall Sally" (Lay) – 3:05
10. "Hey Leviticus" (Schwall) – 2:42
11. "Sweet Liz" (Lay) – 3:34
12. "Pauline" (Radford) – 6:02
13. "Stormy Weather Love" (Lay) – 3:55

Personnel

Siegel–Schwall Band

• Corky Siegel – harmonica, piano, vocals
• Jim Schwall – guitar, mandolin, twelve-string guitar, accordion, vocals
• Rollo Radford – electric bass, upright bass, vocals
• Sam Lay – drums, vocals; guitar on "Stormy Weather Love"

Additional musicians

• Marcy Levy – background vocals

Production

• Corky Siegel – producer, engineer, liner notes
• Holly Siegel – producer
• Ken Goerries – co-producer, mixing, additional recording
• Bruce Iglauer – additional mixing
• Mitch Zelezny – mastering
• Paul Natkin – photos
• Kevin Niemiec – packaging design
• Michael Trossman – Alligator logo