The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Explained

The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
Type:studio
Artist:John Fogerty
Cover:BlueRidgeRangersRidesAgainAlbum.jpg
Released:September 1, 2009
Recorded:October 2008
Length:40:03
Label:Fortunate Son/Verve Forecast
Producer:John Fogerty
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The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again is the eighth solo studio album by American roots rock singer-songwriter and guitarist John Fogerty, first released on September 1, 2009, on Fogerty's own label, Fortunate Son Records and distributed by Verve Forecast Records. The apparent grammatical error in the title of the album (the verb should be conjugated 'ride,' not 'rides') is a play on the fact that the original Blue Ridge Rangers (on the 1973 album The Blue Ridge Rangers) consisted entirely of Fogerty singing all the vocals and playing all the instruments by himself.

Recording

Originally announced in December 2008, the album was then titled The Return of the Blue Ridge Rangers and was slated for release by Fantasy Records, the label Fogerty recorded for with Creedence Clearwater Revival and his 2007 "comeback" album Revival.[1] The album shares similarities in style with Fogerty's first solo album The Blue Ridge Rangers and included a remake of a song from the Eye of the Zombie album.

The album was recorded at Village Recorders in Santa Monica, California, in a 10-day session. Included in the group were Buddy Miller, Greg Leisz, Dennis Crouch, Jay Bellerose and Kenny Aronoff. It was recorded mostly at Berkeley Street Studios in Santa Monica, California. Beginning tracks started in October 2008 at Village Recorders in Santa Monica with Mike Piersante (Engineer). Additional sessions occurred with special guests, Bruce Springsteen and The Eagles' Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit.[2]

Track listing

Tracks not included

There were 15 songs recorded from a long list of songs that Fogerty, T-Bone Burnett and Lenny Waronker put together. Fogerty did not release the specific titles, but a Merle Haggard song was revealed to be among the three unreleased songs.[1] [3]

Production

The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again was arranged and produced by John Fogerty.[4]

Production group

Backing band

Fogerty's band includes:[2]

Deluxe Edition

A deluxe edition of the album was released that included both the CD and a bonus DVD.

DVD track listing

Source: BRR DVD[5] Seq....Subject

  1. Making of The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again album
  2. In-studio rehearsal: Change in the Weather
  3. In-studio rehearsal: Heaven's Just A Sin Away
  4. Preview of the new DVD Come Down the Road, the triumphant return to Albert Hall ... LISTEN

References

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266128/fogerty-revisits-blue-ridge-on-new-album Fogerty Revisits 'Blue Ridge' On New Album
  2. Fogerty completes Blue Ridge Rangers CD. Country Standard Time. June 7, 2009. October 17, 2009.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20081212073109/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/12/10/john-fogerty-plots-return-of-the-blue-ridge-rangers/ The Return of Blue Ridge Ranger
  4. Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again (Deluxe Edition) Album insert, 2009, Universal Music Distribution, production no. B0013286-02.
  5. Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again – Bonus DVD, 2009, Verve Music Group, division of UMC Recordings, production no. B0013286-00.
  6. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 21 September 2009. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091004130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091005-0000/issue1021.pdf. dead. 2009-10-04. Australian Web Archive. 1021. PDF. September 21, 2009. September 4, 2016.

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