Midnight on the Water (David Bromberg album)

Midnight on the Water is an album by David Bromberg. His fourth album, it was released by Columbia Records as a vinyl LP in 1975. It was released in CD format by Sony Records in 1994, and by SBME Special Markets in 2009. It was also released as a double CD, combined with Bromberg's previous album Wanted Dead or Alive, by BGO Records in 2010.[1][2][3][4]

Midnight on the Water
Studio album by
Released1975
GenreFolk, folk rock, bluegrass
Length38:30
LabelColumbia
ProducerBrian Ahern, Bernie Leadon
David Bromberg chronology
Wanted Dead or Alive
(1974)
Midnight on the Water
(1975)
How Late'll Ya Play 'Til?
(1976)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Allmusic (reissue)[6]

Writing in Driftwood Magazine in 2011, Craig Harris said, "Produced by Brian Ahern (Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris) and Bernie Leadon (formerly with the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Eagles), Midnight On The Water remains a milestone in the history of Americana. Tighter arrangements and a well-rehearsed band made this a genre-hopping smorgasbord of bluegrass, country, 1950s pop, and Celtic fiddle tunes. Showing equal dexterity on guitar and fiddle, Bromberg frames 10 cover tunes and 1 original ("The Joke's on Me") with a historic collection of awe-inspiring players and singers. Members of his then-touring band, including pennywhistle/clarinet player Billy Novick, fiddler/mandolinist Jay Ungar, violin/viola player Evan Stover, guitarist/fiddler/bassist Hugh McDonald, drummer Steve Mosley and cornet/trumpet/mellophone player and arranger Peter Ecklund, set a foundation that continues to stand 35 years later, while an amazing array of guests including Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (piano), Buddy Cage and "Red" Rhodes (pedal steel) and backup singers Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Doyle Lawson, Ricky Skaggs and Lyn Hardy add the spice."[4]

Track listing

Side one:
  1. "(What a) Wonderful World" (Sam Cooke, Lou Adler, Herb Alpert) – 3:23
  2. "Yankee's Revenge: Medley" (traditional) – 5:55
  3. "I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning" (David Blue) – 3:26
  4. "Nobody's" (Gary White) – 4:58
Side two:
  1. "Don't Put That Thing on Me" (Clifford Gibson) – 2:52
  2. "Mr. Blue" (DeWayne Blackwell) – 2:55
  3. "Dark Hollow" (Bill Browning) – 2:59
  4. "If I Get Lucky" (Booker T. Washington)– 4:03
  5. "The Joke's on Me" (David Bromberg) – 3:32
  6. "Midnight on the Water" (traditional) – 4:27

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Produced by: Brian Ahern, Bernie Leadon
  • Engineers: Brian Ahern, Chris Skene, Paul Skene, Charlie Tallent, Stuart Taylor
  • Art direction: Lisa Sparagano
  • Design: Andy Engel
  • Photography: Al Clayton

References

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