Friends & Heroes

Friends and Heroes Produced and Engineered by Tom Hampton Executive Producer: Dan (Double D) Dadourian Representation: Christie Owens, H2O Artist Management christie@h2oartistmgmt.com All Instruments (Acoustic Guitars - regular and high-string, nylon string - Electric Guitars, Baritone guitar, Mandoguitar, Coral Electric Sitar, Weissenborn, Dobro, Resonator guitar, Lap and Pedal Steel guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Banjo, Drums and percussion) and vocals by Tom Hampton Additional Drums: Mauricio 'Fritz' Lewak, Tommy Geddes Additional Vocals: Jayda Hampton (duet on 'written in chalk'), Wendy Hampton (harmony on 'half moon silver' and 'call it a loan'), and Michael Tearson (final verse on 'summerland') No keyboards were harmed during the making of this album. In fact, no keyboard instruments of any kind were even used on the album. Not due to any kind of personal stance on the topic, but simply because I didn't have anything lying about. Cover Painting, Photo, Album Design and Concept by Wendy Gilbert Hampton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks: To the folks who share the road with me: Dan May, Craig Bickhardt, JD Malone, Lizanne Knott, Michael Braunfeld, Skip Denenberg, Blake Allen, Charlie Degenhart, John Lilley, Nathan Bell, Jack Sundrud, Tommy Geddes, Dan Faga, Avery Coffee, Jim Miades, Tracy Grammer, Boris Garcia, Doug Gray and the MTB Family To the folks who inspired me to follow this path: David Lindley, Rusty Young, Buddy Miller, Paul Cotton, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Jackson Browne, Toy Caldwell, John David Call, Lowell George, Ed King, Mike Campbell, George Marinelli, Ry Cooder, Danny Kortchmar, Jeff Pevar, Larry Campbell and a hundred others I'll kick myself for forgetting. Wish You Were Here: T-Bone Wolk, Robert Hazard, Kenny Edwards To everyone who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign: You're holding the results in your hands. If not for you, this wouldn't be the case. You made a difference, and I'm grateful for your help, your friendship, and your support. To the family - A little peace and quiet from the basement for a while. Enjoy it while it lasts. Honorable mention to Andrew Wilson and Chris Gately for selfless loan of equipment. Extra special thanks to my friend, confidant, and chief co-conspirator, Michael Tearson - here's to you, partner. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SONGS: Disc One -- The Friends Disc 1. Summerland (written by Robert Hazard, never before released) Tom Hampton - baritone guitar, acoustic high-string guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, vocal Tommy Geddes - percussion Michael Tearson - guest vocalist on last verse As some of you know, I was the last guitar player in Robert's band before he died in 2008. This was a song Robert had just introduced me to - brand new - when we were deciding what to play at a radio interview in Newark, DE that spring. He'd never recorded it, and were it not for the fact that someone had the foresight to tape the interview we did that day, this song would have died with Robert. When this project started to look like it would become a reality, it was one of the first things I recorded. Since Michael Tearson was also a dear friend of Roberts', I had to get him involved in this somehow - and he's a perfect fit. 2. Kind Woman (written by Richie Furay, originally recorded by Buffalo Springfield) Tom Hampton - acoustic guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, bass, drums and vocals There had to be a nod to Poco of some sort on this record - and for a while, I agonized over whether I'd cut a Paul song or a Rusty song, or maybe even a cover of one of Timmy's Poco songs from back in the day...but then at one point, it dawned on me that this song would really be the perfect tune for this record. It's the reason the band came to exist in the first place, and what better way to pay tribute than this one? 3. Sure Do Miss You Now (written by Craig Fuller and Irene Kelley, originally recorded by Pure Prairie League) Tom Hampton