6.18.2008

Earth Run

Earth Run / Lee Ritenour (1986)



Lee Ritenour is an world known guitarist, recording artist, composer and producer.
He started his career at 16 years as a session player.
He has apriciated over 3000 sessions and more than 40 albums.


He also participated as a menber in Fourplay.
This is an album in 86 that he made with luxurious guests.
He played 9 songs with 9 different guitars... The vocal of the guitar is different in each tune.
An expression is also different.
Most of the tune were instrumetal in bright mood.
But the 3rd number " If I'm Dreaming"put a vocal part mainly.

Maurice White participated by the back vocal in this song
Song was written by Lee Ritenour, Martin Page and Maurce White.
A lead vocal is Phil Perry, but voice of Maurice can also be enjoyed sufficiently.
Beautiful high-pitched voice and unique shout in the second half of Maurice!
So Excithing!

David Foster also participated with Keyboards and Synth .
When it depended on interview with David Foster,
Whole he was recording with Ritenour, they felt that this sound was like Maurice,.
He called to Maurice White, and commissioned to write.

They also requested a lead vocal from him, but it isn't achieved because of a problem of contract with recordmaker, and it was only the back vocal.
I wanted to listen to this song by a lead vocal of Maurice White...


1. Soaring
2. Earth Run
3. If I'm Dreaming (Don't Wake Me)
4. Watercolors
5. Sauce
6. Butterfly
7. Hero
8. Sanctuary
9. Water from the Moon

Guests of this album are as follows/

Dave Grusin
Don Grusin
Ernie Watts
Tom Scott
Maurice White
David Foster
Phil Perry
Harvey Mason
Larry Williams
Carols Vega
Paulinho Da Costa
Abraham Lsboriel
Jimmy Johnson
Marcus Ryle

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