Jeff’s Playlist: Storyville

Storyville — Robbie Robertson

I pre­sent­ed Robbie’s first album a while back. This is his sec­ond solo effort. Released in 1991 and record­ed all over the place. A real gem. 

Give it a lis­ten. I think you’ll like it.

Album Information

All songs writ­ten by Robbie Robertson unless oth­er­wise indicated.

“Night Parade” – 5:05
“Hold Back the Dawn” – 5:25
“Go Back to Your Woods” (Robertson, Bruce Hornsby) – 4:48 pro­duced by Robertson and Gersh
“Soap Box Preacher” – 5:17
“Day of Reckoning (Burnin for You)“ (Robertson, David Ricketts) – 6:43
“What About Now” (Robertson, Ivan Neville) – 5:08
“Shake This Town” – 5:21
“Breakin the Rules” – 5:48
“Resurrection” – 5:18
“Sign of the Rainbow” (Robertson, Martin Page) – 5:24 pro­duced by Robertson, Hague and Page

Personnel

Robbie Robertson – vocals, acoustic gui­tar on 4 6, elec­tric gui­tar, organ on 4
Jerry Marotta – drums on 1 4 6 10, per­cus­sion on 10
Guy Pratt – bass on 1 2 6 9
Bill Dillon – gui­tar on 1–2, 4–5, 7 & 9, man­dolin on 4
Alex Acuña – per­cus­sion on 1–2, 5–6 & 9
Paul Moore – key­board on 2, 5, 8 & 10, drum pro­gram­ming on 8

Additional per­son­nel

Ronnie Foster – Hammond organ on 1
Code Blue (see below) – back­ing vocals on 1, 3 & 7
Wardell Quezergue – horn arrange­ment on 1, 3–4 & 8–9
Horn Section #1 (see below) – horns on 1, 4 & 9
Billy Ward – drums on 2
Stephen Hague – key­board on 2 & 7, key­board bass on 4, pro­gram­ming on 7
Rick Danko – back­ing vocal on 2
Russell Batiste, Jr. – drums on 3
George Porter Jr. – bass & back­ing vocal on 3
Leo Nocentelli – rhythm gui­tar on 3
Art Neville – organ on 3, back­ing vocal on 3
Bruce Hornsby – key­board on 3, back­ing vocal on 3
Cyril Neville – per­cus­sion on 3
Big Chief Bo Dollis of the Wild Magnolias of Mardi Gras Indians – back­ing vocal & on 3, chant on 3
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles of Mardi Gras Indians – back­ing vocal & chant on 3
Horn Section #2 (see below) – horns on 3 & 8
Ronald Jones – drums on 4 & 8
Garth Hudson – key­board on 4, 7 & 9
Neil Young – back­ing vocal on 4
John Robinson – drums on 5 & 7
David Ricketts – bass, gui­tar, pro­gram­ming & key­boards on 5
Jared Levine – hi-hat on 5
Yvonne Williams – back­ing vocal on 5
Carmen Twillie – back­ing vocal on 5
Clydene Jackson – back­ing vocal on 5
Roy Galloway – back­ing vocal on 5
Mark Isham – horn arrange­ment on 5
Horn Section #3 (see below) – horns on 5
Ivan Neville – key­boards on 6, back­ing vocal on 6
Ndugu Chancler – snare on 6
Aaron Neville – back­ing vocal on 6 10
Mark Leonard – bass on 7
Charlie Pollard – key­board on 7, pro­gram­ming on 7
Rebirth Brass Band (see below) – horns on 7, per­cus­sion on 7
Ginger Baker – skip snare on 7
Zion Harmonizers (see below) – back­ing vocal on 7 9 10
David Baerwald – back­ing vocal on 7
Mike Mills – back­ing vocal on 7
Robert Bell – bass on 8 & 10, drum pro­gram­ming on 8
Paul Buchanan – gui­tar on 8, back­ing vocal on 8
Zigaboo Modeliste – drums on 9
Martin Page – key­board, piano, pro­gram­ming & back­ing vocal on 10
Horn Section #1 (arranged by Wardell Quezergue)
Warren Bell – sopra­no sax­o­phone
Duane Van Paulin – trom­bone
Stacey Cole – trum­pet
Amadee Castenell – tenor sax­o­phone
Fred Kemp – tenor sax­o­phone
Horn Section #2 (arranged by Wardell Quezergue)
Amadee Castenell – tenor sax­o­phone
Duane Van Paulin – trom­bone
Carl Blouin – bari­tone sax­o­phone
Anthony Dagardi – sopra­no sax­o­phone
Brian Graber – trum­pet
Horn Section #3 (arranged by Mark Isham)
Mark Isham – trum­pet, flugel­horn
Ken Kugler – trom­bone
Richard Mitchell – tenor sax­o­phone
Dan Higgins – alto sax­o­phone
John J. Mitchell – bass clar­inet
Code Blue
Yadonna Wise
Dorene Wise
Rebirth Brass Band
Roderick Paulin
Keith Frazier
Keith Anderson
Glen Andrews
Stafford Agee
Ajay Mallery
Philip Frazier
Kermit Ruffins
Zion Harmonizers
Joseph Warrick
Louis Jones
Nolan Washington
Willie Williams
Howard Bowie

Released       September 30, 1991
Recorded       1991
Studio             The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA) Southlake Studios (Metairie, LA) Ultrasonic Sound Studios (New Orleans, LA) Kingsway Studio (New Orleans, LA) Zeitgeist Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Ground Control Studio (Burbank, CA) St. Claire Studio (Scotland)

Length            54:54
Label              Geffen
Producer        Robbie Robertson, Gary Gersh, Stephen Hague, Martin Page