JOE GRUSHECKY – A GOOD LIFE – CD 2006 – 4 TEMAS CON BRUCE

JOE GRUSHECKY

CD A GOOD LIFE (2006)

Con 4 temas con Bruce Springsteen

Schoolhouse Records UPC 710003003525

Bruce Springsteen pone voz y guitarra en «Code Of Silence». También hace coros y toca la guitarra en «Is She The One» y «A Good Life». Por último también participa a la guitarra en «Searching For My Soul». «Code Of Silence» ha sido co-escrita por Bruce Springsteen y Joe Grushecky.

Detailed item info
Album Features
UPC: 710003003525
Artist: Joe Grushecky
Format: CD
Release Year: 2006
Record Label: Schoolhouse Records
Genre: Oldies, Rock ‘N’ Roll

Track Listing
1. Code of Silence
2. Is She the One
3. Don’t Forget Where You’re Coming From
4. Good Life, A
5. Beauty Fades
6. Nothing Without You
7. Too Hot to Think
8. Other Shoe, The
9. Party Tonight
10. Searching for My Soul
11. Father and Son
12. Safe at Home
13. Lake Ponchartrain – (Bonus Track)

Bruce Springsteen shares lead vocals and plays guitar on «Code Of Silence», provides backing vocals and plays guitar on «Is She The One» and «A Good Life», and plays guitar on «Searching For My Soul». «Code Of Silence» is co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Joe Grushecky.

Details
Producer: Joe Grushecky, Rick Witkowski
Distributor: Big Daddy Music Dist.
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Joe Grushecky (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Joe Grushecky; Jeff Garrison (vocals, guitar, guitars, bass guitar, drums); Bill Toms (vocals, guitar); Johnny Grushecky, Johnny Grushecky (guitar, drums); Marc Reisman (harmonica); Randy Baumann (piano, organ); Joffo Simmons (drums); Rick Witkowski (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, dobro, keyboards, percussion); Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Margot B (vocals); Tony Morra (drums).Audio Mixer: Rick Witkowski.Liner Note Author: Jeff Sewald.Recording information: Studio L. Weirton, WV (1995); Thrill Hill, NJ (1995).Photographer: Johnny Grushecky.Unknown Contributor Role: Johnny Grushecky.Joe Grushecky writes like a regular guy for a good reason — he is one. While Grushecky has had a long career in rock & roll, including a brief flirtation with the major labels as frontman for the Iron City Houserockers, these days he earns his living as a schoolteacher and makes music on the side, which is doubtless why when he writes about the lives of working stiffs and ordinary Joes, the songs bear the ring of truth rather than a sense of condescension. A Good Life is Grushecky’s tenth album since the breakup of the Houserockers, and it doesn’t break much in the way of new ground, but that isn’t a bad thing — this is solid and heartfelt rust belt rock & roll played and sung by a man who has been doing this stuff and making it stick for quite some time, and he still hasn’t lost his passion for what he does. Grushecky also hasn’t lost his knack as a songwriter — in fact, A Good Life is one of his strongest collections of new songs in years. Grushecky’s tales of ordinary folks counting life’s small blessings are smart and moving («A Good Life,» «Party Tonight»), he knows plenty about the uphill climb of life («Code of Silence,» «Searching for My Soul»), and his tale of a busted marriage («The Other Shoe») sounds as honest as his story of a family that somehow held together («Father and Son»). And while no one would ever peg Grushecky as a proud son of Louisiana, «Lake Pontchartrain» is a cry of pain and rage in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that sounds like he witnessed the tragedy up close and personal. Grushecky’s work is good enough on A Good Life that the presence of friend, fan, and genuine rock star Bruce Springsteen on four songs doesn’t steal the show away from him; A Good Life is another chapter in the ongoing story of an underrated rock & roll hero who may never become a household name but who keeps on doing his work as well as he can, and there’s a message in that almost as important as any in the songs he writes. ~ Mark Deming

Editorial Reviews
[L]ong-time mentor Springsteen steps in with occasional help, most effectively on the opening rocker ‘Code Of Silence’.
No Depression