Amy Lynn And The Gunshow

Just added a new song to our Playlist from Amy Lynn And The Gunshow.  The song is titled “Can’t Put My Finger On It”.  This single can be found at cdbaby, link will be provided below.

Notes from the single:

Amy Lynn: “We wrote ‘Can’t Put My Finger On It’ with Alex Forbes and the idea behind it was that feeling of knowing deep down the person you love is up to no good, but you just can’t believe it or don’t want to. When we perform the song live, it’s usually with the entire Gunshow – our seven-piece band. But we were all having trouble coming up with everyone’s part, so I thought it might work if Alex, my husband and baritone sax player in the band, just started jamming. Once he started, everything else fell into place. What you hear on this recording is just Alex and I – his baritone sax and my voice. When we play live shows, we got such a killer response from the intro, which is just the two of us, we decided to record the entire song that way. We performed the song live in the studio at the end of a long recording session with our band. This was the last take of the day. No edits to either parts, just a raw flow.”

Barry Danielian

We just received Barry Danielian’s new CD “Metaphorically Speaking” and have added it to our new playlist.  We are currently playing four tracks from Barry’s CD “Blue Caller”, “Paradigm Shift”, and “Shine Your Light”, & “Turning Inside  Out”.  We also have one song from Barry’s first CD Common Ground.

Below are the liner notes from the new CD:

Trumpeter/Producer/Arranger Barry Danielian has for nearly three decades performed with many of the biggest names in the music industry.Barry’s touring and recording credits read like a who’s who of the music business. Having worked with such diverse artists as Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Sting, Tower of Power, Queen Latifah, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Charles, KRS One, Public Enemy, Branford Marsalis, Paul Simon, Blood,Sweat & Tears, Tito Puente, James Taylor, Billy Joel, McCoy Tyner, Illinois Jacquet, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, The Roots and Bono.

Since 2012 he has been on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Barry has been one of the most in demand trumpeters and arrangers in NYC. He is constantly requested by such legendary producers as: Phil Ramone, Jay-Z, Arif Mardin, Randy Jackson, Barry Eastmond, Rob Mounsey and Narada Michael Walden. He is also a prolific writer and producer whose music is used throughout the media industry including NBC, CBS, HBO, Showtime, A&E, The Discovery Channel and Fox. He has two CD’s as a solo artist. “Common Ground” released in 2004 received much critical praise and his upcoming release “Metaphorically Speaking” is due out later this year.

Trained from an early age in his first love, jazz, some of Barry’s most memorable performances have been with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Illinois Jacquet, McCoy Tyner, Paquito DeRivera, and Branford Marsalis. Equally valuable in the evolution of his style were some of his first New York gigs, with Latin music giants Eddie Palmieri and Tito Puente. Starting in 1984, he toured widely with these bands over a number of years and began an impressive series of Latin/Salsa recordings with such artists as Marc Anthony, DLG, Emmanuel, Juan Luis Guerra and Ricky Martin.
Barry has been on the “short list” of legendary R&B artists such as The Temptation, The O’Jays, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Dells and The Whispers.

Barry’s mileage on the road increased in 1985 with the first of several tours with rock fusion giants Blood, Sweat and Tears, and subsequently with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Queen Latifah and Jon Bon Jovi. The early 1990s saw Barry on world tours with Latin-pop star Emmanuel and funk legends Tower of Power with whom he recorded 2 CD’s.

During the mid-1990s, Barry began to realize the reputation he enjoys today as one of New York City’s most in-demand session players and arrangers, racking up more than 300 recordings. His Jingle/TV and motion-picture credits are too numerous to mention.

In 1998, Barry suspended his whirlwind touring schedule to spend more time with his family. As a New York-based freelancer he performs regularly on Broadway and in clubs, while serving on the musical performance faculties at three universities in the New York City area. He still travels both for performances and to give master classes and lectures on brass playing and improvisation for such hosts as Carnegie Mellon University and the International Association of Jazz Educators.

Barry attended the Berklee College of Music from 1980-82, where he graduated with the 1982 Faculty Performance Award. He earner a B.A. in Jazz Performance from William Paterson University. In 1984 he was honored with the University of Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Competition’s Outstanding Jazz Soloist Award, and in 2000 and 2001 became the only unsigned artist nominated for the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards.

Barry currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he spends most of his time composing and producing when not on tour with “The Boss”.

Here’s Barry’s Page at Spruce Springsteen’s website http://brucespringsteen.net/the-band/barry-danielian

 Our Complete Playlist is listed below, list is in artist order and not in order of play:

***Alias Smith and Lane-Little Buggers
***Alias Smith and Lane-Smile & Nod
***Ambergris-Chocolate Pudding
***Ambergris-Home Groan
***Andreas Aleman-Keep On Keepin’ Funky
***Andreas Aleman-This is life
***August The Band-Long Train Runnin’
***Ava Lemert-Rhodelea
***Back To Basic-Peace And Understanding
***Barela-Tower Pops
***Barry Danielian-Blue Caller
***Barry Danielian-Common Ground
***Barry Danielian-Paradigm Shift
***Barry Danielian-Shine Your Light
***Barry Danielian-Turning Inside Out
***BIG HORNS BEE-Vamp Intro (Reprise)
***Big Mouth/Power Tool Horns-Italian Stallion [Live] ***Big Sam’s Funky Nation-Big Ol’ Booty
***Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows-300 Pounds Of Heavenly Joy
***Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets-Soul Universe
***Bill Withers, G Washington-Just the Two of Us
***Billy Reed & The Steet People-Sawbuck
***Bing & The Bingtones-Bump At The Pump
***Björn Skifs-What’s The Big Deal
***Blast-The Rocket
***Bononia Sound Machine-Can You Feel It
***Bononia Sound Machine-Doin’ It TOP Style
***Chickenhawks-Pocky Way
***David K. Mathews-Four by Five
***Doctorfunk-Better Get Hip
***Doctorfunk-Bring the Funky Back Pt. 1
***Doctorfunk-Second Opinion
***Doctorfunk-What’s Up Doc?
***Down To The Bone-To The Bone
***Dr. Music-On The Road
***Earl Thomas-Do You Remember
***East Bay Soul-Brassalicious
***East Bay Soul-East Bay Soul
***Eli Paperboy Reed-Come And Get It
***Entropy-We Came To Funk
***Eric Bolvin-Suburban Bourbon
***Eric Miyashiro-Ken’s Bar
***Fishbelly Black-Freaks Gonna Rule The World
***Five Alarm Funk-March Of The Latin Zombies
***Frank Biner-Superstar Lady rful, So Marve
***Frank Biner-Whatever Happen to Those Days
***Freddy V-Lisi
***Funk Filharmonik-Everybody Get Down
***Funk Filharmonik-We Get The Notion
***Funkasaurus Rex-If I Ever Lose This Heaven
***Gangbuster-Mercy Mercy
***Glenn Walters-Pain In My Heart
***Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band-There’s The Rub
***Gota Yashiki-What’s Up Charlie
***Greg Adams-Smooth Operator
***Greyboy Allstars-Soul Dream
***Here Come The Mummies-Attack Of The Wiener Man
***Here Come the Mummies-Everlasting Party
***Here Come The Mummies-Oh Zone
***Himlaväsen-Take Me To The River
***Hip Service-Hip2DaFunk
***Huey Lewis & The News-The Heart Of Rock & Roll
***Jack Mack & The Heart Attack-Ride The Rocket
***Jack Mack & The Heart Attack-Soul Man
***Jack Mack & The Heart Attack-Soul Meeting
***Jacob Merlin-Madness (Featuring Mic Gillette)
***Jerry Lacroix-Ninety Nine And One-Half (Won’t Do)
***John Shipley-If You’re Not Callin’ You’re Askin’
***Johnny Sandoval-African Sea
***Johnny Sandoval-Istanblu
***Johnny Sandoval-Los Immigrantes
***Jon R. Smith-You Are So Beautiful
***Jules Broussard-Cajun Moon
***Kal David-That’s Not Me
***King Beez-Against The Grain
***L.A Carpool-Black Moon
***L.A. Boppers-Where Do The Bop Go?
***Line Drive-You’ve Gotta Believe In Something
***Liquid Soul-This And That
***Lon Bronson-Tower Of Inspiration
***Los Blues-Ain’t That Loving You
***Los Blues-If You Must Leave My Love
***Los Blues-The Squirrel
***Louise Hoffsten-Shut Up And Kiss Me
***Luther Kent & Trick Bag-Let The Good Times Roll
***Luther Kent-I Pity The Fool
***Maceo & The Macks-Soul Power ’74
***Malo-Suavecito
***Mandrill-Fencewalk
***Mann Brothers-Use It or Lose It
***Manu Dibango-Soul Makossa
***Mark Dolin-Belly Up
***Maynard Ferguson-Birdland
***Melanie Jackson/Sal Cracchiolo-A Night in Tunisia
***Memphis Horns-Soul Bowl
***Mic Gillette-Funky Good Time
***Michael Grimm-I’ve Been Loving You
***Michael Grimm-Love and Happiness
***Mingo Fishtrap-A Bitta Honey
***Mingo Fishtrap-Dirty Gritty
***Mingo Fishtrap-Without Question
***Monophonics-Agamemnon
***Monophonics-BANG BANG
***New Mastersounds-Stay On The Groove
***Nick Lane,-An Inside Joke
***Nils Gessinger-Soulmusic
***Nils Landgren Funk Unit-Compared To What
***Norbert Stachel-Likeside Shuffle
***North of Soul-Put It Where You Want It
***Ole Børud-Make a Change
***Ole Børud-Shakin’ The Ground
***Otis Grand-Finish Line – w/Curtis Salgado
***Out Of Control-Shake The Nation
***Paulo Mendoca-Respect
***Pee Wee Ellis-How I Depend On You
***Pete Escovedo-Flying South
***Phat Phunktion-Big Bang Theory
***Phat Phunktion-Don’t Destroy The Funk
***Polyrhythmics-Klompton
***Polyrhythmics-Labrador
***Poncho Sanchez-Shotgun Slim
***PowerTrump-Streets Of Gold, Gates Of Pearl
***PowerTrump-Twice As Good, For Half As Much
***Prime Time Funk-Ready And Willing
***Rastus-Big City Letdown Blues
***Rastus-Lazy Kind of Day
***Rented Mule-Feed The Ferals
***Retromeca-Diamond
***ReUnion-Willing to Learn
***Rhinoceros-I Need Love
***Rhythm Funk Masters-Frantic Activity
***Richard Elliott-The Boys From The Bay
***Rick Braun and Richard Elliot-Curve Ball
***Rippopotamus-Fanfare Of Funk
***Robert Peckman-Put It In the Pocket
***Roger Smith-Horn-Afication
***Sage-Funksway
***Sage-Make It Funky
***Sage-Soul Patrol
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns-Dat Greazy Thang
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns-I’ll Pack It Up
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns-When The Curtain Goes Up
***Scott Martin Latin Soul Band-Dave, Doc & Milt
***Scott Martin-Cafe Cubano
***Sharpshooters-Funk Shack West
***Shilts-Stax Of Sax
***Smokin With Superman-2 Sweet Fine Hams
***Smokin With Superman-Around The Corner
***Soul Stew-Doin’ It
***Soul Stew-Love And Happiness
***Soulive-Cannonball
***Soulive-Roll The Tape
***Special Request Horns-It’s gotta be funky
***Special Request Horns-Stereo Music
***Special Request Horns-The Demon
***Speedometer-Four Flights Up
***Speedometer-Safari of Soul
***Speedometer-Work It Out
***Spyro Gyra-Catching The Sun
***Stefan Redtenbacher-Fred’s Haus
***Stefan Redtenbacher-Royal Rooster
***Stefanie Heinzmann-world on fire
***Steve Gadd-Back at the Chicken Shack – Steve Gadd
***Steve Gadd-Bye Bye Blackbird – Steve Gadd
***Stevie Hawkins-Good Times
***Stevie Hawkins-Procrastination
***Strokeland Superband-Bumped Up To First Class
***Ten Wheel Drive-Tightrope
***The Bamboos-Tobago Strut
***The Funk On Me-No Good 4 Me Now
***The Mellow Fellows-I’ve Got To Find A Way
***The Mike Reilly Band-Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed
***The Sons Of Champlin-Tabacco Road
***The Sons Of Champlin-Welcome To The Dance
***The Soul Rebels-504
***The Soul Rebels-Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
***The Soul Rebels-Unlock Your Mind
***The Spyders-I Can Take Care of Myself
***THE SUPERGROOVERS-Super Groover
***Tim Akers & The Smoking Section-Tip Of My Tongue
***Tobb-Bang, Bang
***Tom Saviano-Over The Top
***Tom Scott-Sarah, Sarah
***Tortilla Factory-“Cookin”
***Tower Of Power-Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now
***Tower Of Power-Loveland
***Tower Of Power-Sparkling In The Sand
***Was (Not Was)-Crazy Water
***Wayman Tisdale-Get Down On It
***Yoichi Murata-Access