Homeless Brother
1974 studio album by Don McLean
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| Studio album by Don McLean | ||||
| Released | October 1974 (1974-10) | |||
| Studio | Regent Sound Studios, New York City; Clack Studios | |||
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| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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Homeless Brother is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1974. It was reissued by BGO Records in 1996.
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| Allmusic |   link |
| Rolling Stone | (positive) link |
Track listing
All tracks composed by Don McLean except where indicated.
Side One
- "Winter Has Me in Its Grip"
- "La La Love You"
- "Homeless Brother"
- "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)" (George Harrison)
- "The Legend of Andrew McCrew"
Side Two
- "Wonderful Baby"
- "You Have Lived"
- "Great Big Man"
- "Tangled (Like a Spider in Her Hair)"
- "Crying in the Chapel" (Artie Glenn)
- "Did You Know"
Chart positions
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report)[1] | 65 |
| Billboard 200 | 120[citation needed] |
Personnel
- Don McLean - vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
- Richard Tee - keyboards
- Hugh McCracken - guitars
- David Spinozza - guitars
- Willie Weeks - bass guitar
- The Persuasions - backing vocals
- Andrew Smith - drums
- David Carey - percussion
- Arthur Jenkins, Jr. - keyboards
- Ralph MacDonald - percussion
- Yusef Lateef - flute
- Pete Seeger - backing vocals
- Willis Jackson - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- George Duvivier - bass
- Kenny Vance, Cissy Houston, Renelle Stafford, Ned Albright, Steven Soles, Deidre Tuck, Linda November, Joel Dorn, Helene Miles, Arlene Martell, Marlene VerPlanck, Norma Holes - backing vocals
- Gerry Teifer - whistling
- William Eaton - arrangements, conductor
- Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Emanuel Vardi, Sanford Allen, Joseph Malignaggi, Avram Weiss, Diana Halprin, Charles Libove, Harry Cykman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Kermit Moore, Charles McCracken, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Gene Orloff, David Nadien, Kathryn Kienke, Julius Schachter, Harold Kohon, Julius Held, Guy Lumia - strings
- Joe Wilder, Garnett Brown, Wally King, James Buffington, Jonathan Dorn, Billy Slapin, Seldon Powell, George Barrow, Charles Williams, Dany Moore, Peter Gordon, Ray Alonge, George Marge, Brooks Tillotson - horns
- Technical
- Bob Liftin - recording and remixing engineer
- Joe Ferla - additional recording
- Marcote - cover painting
References
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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