Good to Be Alive (Long John Baldry album) explained

Good to Be Alive
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Long John Baldry
Cover:	Long John Baldry - Good To Be Alive.png
Released:	1973
Recorded:	Spring 1973
Studio:	IBC Studios, London
Genre:	Blues, folk, rock
Length:	42:32
Label:	GM Records, Casablanca^[1]
Producer:	Jimmy Horowitz
Prev Title:	Everything Stops for Tea
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Welcome to Club Casablanca
Next Year:	1976

Good to Be Alive is an album by Long John Baldry released in 1973.^{[2] [3]} It was credited to John Baldry on the cover and spine. The album was produced by Jimmy Horowitz.^[4] "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of Stone the Crows.

Track listing

1. "Good to Be Alive" (Colin Allen, Zoot Money) – 4:05
2. "Let Me Pass" (Bo Diddley) – 3:18
3. "Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (arranged by Baldry) – 3:27
4. "High and Low" (Jeff Thomas) – 3:43
5. "Gasoline Alley" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 3:39
6. "I Wish I Was a Rock" (Derroll Adams) – 1:18
7. "Up in the Trees" (Neil Shepherd) – 2:51
8. "Brand New Day" (Al Kooper) – 3:17
9. "Song for Martin Luther King" (Baldry) – 4:14
10. "Maggie Bell" (Baldry) – 3:06
11. "Let's Go" (Chas Jankel) – 2:39
12. "She" – duet with Lisa Strike (Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons) – 4:38

Personnel

• Long John Baldry – 12-string guitar, vocals
• Dave Ball – guitar
• Denny Ball – bass guitar
• Terry Cox – drums
• Jimmy Horowitz – keyboards
• Sam Mitchell – steel guitar, dobro
• Chris Hughes – tenor saxophone
• Lesley Duncan, Lisa Strike, Susie Glover, Kay Garner – backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tony Newman – drums (tracks 5, 7)
• Mike Driscoll – drums (track 1)
• John Mealing – organ (track 1)
• Bob Cohen – guitar on (track 1)
• Andy Bown – acoustic guitar (track 9)
• Pete Stanley – banjo (tracks 5–7)
• John Field, Mike French – fiddle (tracks 5, 7)
• Lesley Duncan – lead vocal (track 3)
• Neil Shepherd – lead vocal (track 7)
• Liza Strike – lead vocal (track 12)
• The Pop Arts Strings – strings, brass

Technical

• Jimmy Horowitz – producer, arranger
• Andy Knight, Mike Claydon – engineers
• Steve Campbell – photography
• David Fields – cover art
• Mike Gill – cover design

Notes and References

1. News: Long John Baldry . The Hamilton Spectator . 9 Oct 2007 . G3.
2. Web site: Long John Baldry Good to be Alive . AllMusic.
3. News: North . Peter . We haven't lost that loving feeling: It's been many years since we adopted Long John Baldry as one of our own . Edmonton Journal . 23 July 1999 . E8.
4. Book: Myers . Paul . It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues . 2007 . Greystone Books . 165.