J D & The Sons Of Rhythm Family Values CD

J.D. and the Sons of Rhythm began as a studio recording project. FAMILY VALUES predates PRIMATE GESTURES and MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PLANET (Also available on cdbaby.com), and brings some of the current players on board for the first time.Beginning with Jammin' at Midtown, spontaneous music was the objective. To achieve this, experienced players were put on unfamiliar ground. They met new players, with hard-drive spinning and no charts to follow.Chops were flexed.Musical discussions in notes took place.The objective was achieved in FAMILY VALUES, 15 tracks of music on 2 discs.******disk 1Did you Record That?Michael's AngelsPeach Jam Frank EntersJulioJD's RagaRick's Ragdisk 2Tammy's SongOzone CarlosSunset on the BayMidtown NightsSkabone Tim's DoodleGoodnight***** the playersJ.D. HopkinsFrank SingerKenny CorneliusScott CravenerTim Smith Jim NordstrumTammy JohnsonMike OhmDoug PhillipsPat Vahey Julio QuesadaRandy HetheringtonKeith HomerskiJayson HopkinsRickie Hopkins *******creditsproduction.....J.D. Hopkins & Keith Homerski engineering.....Keith Homerski & Randy Hetherington mix.....Keith Homerski & Randy Hetheringtoncover photo: Autumn Hopkins-Homerski cover design.....Mark Saundersrecorded at Midtown Recording******J.D. speaks:"Last year Jayson, Rickie, Keith and I got together with Sean and Dan of the Soul Crackers and invited them to come into the studio with us to jam for 2 days. Those sessions were released on the 'Jammin at Midtown' CD. Later we decided to do it again with various musicians. In every session most of the musicians never met let alone played together. There were no rehearsals, second takes or knowledge of any song structure other than the two songs with Julio. These sessions were products of improvisation, a high degree of creativity and technical expertise stirred by a huge degree of listening capacity and respect of each other. On a couple of songs you can hear someone yelling out a chord change, that's how immdeiate those sessions were. It was an honor and a pleasure for my family and I to work with such a great group of people coupled with great creative talents."********JD AND THE SONS OF RHYTHM:cdbaby.com/jdsons - QUANTUM EVENTScdbaby.com/jatsor - MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PLANETcdbaby.com/jatsor2 - PRIMATE GESTUREScdbaby.com/jatsor3 - FAMILY VALUESTHAT DOG IN EGYPT (J.D., Jayson, Rickie)cdbaby.com/doge99 - THAT DOG IN EGYPT '99cdbaby.com/doge97 - THAT DOG IN EGYPT '97MAMBO (Rickie, Joel, Ralph)cdbaby.com/mamboband - MAMBOSKUDD (Jayson)cdbaby.com/skudd - SKUDDCAT'S A BEAR: (Frank, Tony)cdbaby.com/catsabear - TITO IN WONDERLANDcdbaby.com/catsabear2 - TITO: IN SEARCH OF A REVOLUTIONcdbaby.com/catsabear3 - EYE OF THE PYRAMIDONE WORLD TRIBE: (Frank, Mike Chin)cdbaby.com/oneworldtribePOTATO BATTERY: (Mike Ohm, Sheldon Peterson, David Blaetz)cdbaby.com/potatobatteryFRANK SINGERcdbaby.com/franksinger - OFF THE TOP: STANDARDS 1cdbaby.com/franksinger2 - GENERATIONS STRING QUARTETMIKE OHMcdbaby.com/mikeohm1 - THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEMcdbaby.com/mikeohm2 - ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER******www.jdhopkins.comwww.catsabear.comwww.franksinger.comwww.standards-1.comwww.oneworldtribe.comwww.firstartrecords.comwww.midtownrecording.com