Donnie Fritts - "June (A Tribute to Arthur Alexander)"
Donnie Fritts - "June (A Tribute to Arthur Alexander)"
June is the title of the new record from Donnie Fritts, a personal and emotional tribute to his best friend, the late, great Muscle Shoals R&B legend Arthur Alexander. Recorded in the evenings at the original location of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, June feels like cracking open an old photo album and flipping through it’s pages. It’s a deeply poignant and moving tribute to a fallen friend. In ten songs, Fritts and his band (John Paul White, David Hood, Kelvin Holly, Ben Tanner and Reed Watson) rework and reinterpret Arthur Alexander classics in a salute to a Muscle Shoals hero.
To learn more, read this wonderful piece by The Bitter Southerner.
Track List:
June
In The Middle Of It All
You Better Move On
All The Time
I’d Do It Over Again
Come Along With Me
Lonely Just Like Me
Soldier of Love
Thank God He Came
Adios Amigo
Donnie Fritts - June (A Tribute to Arthur Alexander)
SL025
Released August 31, 2018
Credits:
Produced by Ben Tanner & John Paul White
Executive Producers: Will Trapp & Reed Trickett
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound
Assistant Engineers: Jamie Sego, Albert Rothstein, & Austin Motlow
Winds & Strings Arrangement by Ben Tanner & Kimi Samson
Donnie Fritts: Vocals, Wurlitzer
David Hood: Bass
Reed Watson: Drums
John Paul White: Guitars, Background Vocals
Ben Tanner: Keyboards, Percussion, Bass (2)
Kelvin Holly: Electric Guitar (2,4,7,8,9)
Kimi Samson: Violin (1,2,10)
Caleb Elliott: Cello (1,2,10)
Selwyn Jones: Bassoon (1)
Lara Lay: Oboe (1)
David McCullough: French Horn (1)
Meghan Merciers: Clarinet (1)
Laura & Lydia Rogers: Background Vocals (2,3,7,10)
Louisa Murray: Background Vocals (8)
Cindy Walker & Marie Lewey: Background Vocals (4,9)