Joe Blaney
One
of The Drivers' closest collaborators, Joe Blaney is
continually gaining recognition as one of music's truly
gifted producers & engineers. Joe's
extraordinary body of
work is, itself a "who's who" of music icons—including some
rock 'n' roll's greatest legends and other musical genres, as
well as a raft of gold & platinum recordings for such artists as:
Keith Richards / Prince / The B-52s / The
Clash /
Tom Waites /Joey Ramone / The Neville Brothers /
Roseanne Cash / Mavis Staples / Soul Asylum / Jack
Bruce / and soundtracks including Divine
Secrets of
the Yaya Sisterhood
For a discography of over 120 albums
mixed, engineered
and/
The
Mystix
Recently formed, The Mystix include
several of The
Drivers' closest musical collaborators. In fact, Mystix
leader/singer/songwriter,
Jo Lilly is believed by many
to be The Drivers' Sam Deluxe himself. The Mystix are
rapidly gaining recognition for their unique sound featuring
inspired, original material and superbly crafted arrangements.
"He evokes an entire era of classic playing," raves The
Boston Phoenix of Mystix guitarist, Bobby Keyes.
For more on The Mystix,
visit:
www.themystix.com
The Uptown Horns
(L to R): Crispin Cioe, Alto & Baritone Sax; Arno Hecht,
Tenor Sax; Larry Etkin, Trumpet; Bob Funk, Trombone.
Led by saxaphonist, Crispin Cioe, The Uptown Horns have
recently made major contributions to The Driver's recordings
and performances, as they have for these musical greats:
James Brown / The Rolling Stones
(Steel Wheels & Live
Ohio Players / Joe Cocker / B.B. King / Robert Palmer
/
Lou Reed Bonnie Raitt / J. Geils Band / Howard Tate
& so many more.
Check out The 'Horns at: THE
UPTOWN HORNS
Steve Jordan
Grammy
Award winning drummer & percussionist, Steve
Jordan lends his incredible chops & sounds to The Driver's
latest and yet to be released recording, Harder Than
Before.
Much sought-after as a recording/performing accompanist,
Jordan is known by the company he keeps, including:
The
Rolling Stones / Eric Clapton / Billy Joel / Aretha Franklin
Cheryl
Crow / Bob Dylan / Booker T. & the MG's / Steely Dan
Chaka
Kahn / B.B. King / James Taylor / Neil Young / John
Mayall & the
Bluesbreakers / Gato Barbieri / Cat Stevens
and
Bernie Worrell
One
might say to keyboard giant, Berine Worrell, 'Bernie, you
had
me at Parliament/Funkadelic!' Worrell continually moves
in
parallel with and well beyond his landmark funk/R&B roots,
recording
& performing with a stunning array of musical icons:
Johnnie
Taylor / Bootsy's Rubber Band / Spinners /
Talking Heads
/ O'Jays / Rita Coolidge / Keith Richards
/ Mos Def
Bobby Keyes
In addition to being a member of The Mystix, guitarist, Bobby
Keyes has worked with such legends as Jerry Lee Lewis,
Ben
E. King, Sleepy LaBeef
with
pop music's New Kids on
the Block. In addition to all this and
at the legendary Fame Studios of Muscle
Shoals,
AL, Bobby
graces both The Drivers' recentperformances & recording efforts
with
his distinctive stylings.
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Kenny White
In
addition to gracing The Drivers' yet to be released Harder
Than Before, keyboardist
(etc.) extraordinaire, Kenny White
has his own, distinguished career—working with such major
artists as Gladys Knight, Aaron Neville, Peter Wolf,
Shawn
Colvin, Linda Ronstadt,
and Dwight Yoakam among
others.
Neil Jason
Bassist, Neil Jason recently made a major contribution
to The
Drivers' yet to be released Harder Than Before. Neil's bass
genius has provided the underpinning of some of music's
brightest recording & performing moments with:
Paul McCartney / The Brecker Brothers / Roxy Music
/ Ron Pownall Boston-based photographer, Ron Pownall is neither
of Much, much more of Ron's widely recognized Early
Drivers drummer, Bobby Chouinard spent his life in You
will find a comprehensive, online
Mark
Lennon / Celine
Dianne Ross / Grace
Ferry / Hall & Oates / Bob
Evelyn 'Champagne' King / (etc., etc.)
the gentleman pictured above, who serve to illustrate the
breadth of his 'street to stage' scope. Ron has created
thousands of seminal images of everyone in rock 'n' roll
—and we mean literally everyone, from Aerosmith to
Springsteen—landing his
(as well as many other, private) collections & galleries.
Apart from candids, Drivers portraiture
etc. is exemplary of Ron's photographic art.
and admired photographic
work.
music—working post-Drivers with a wide and varied array
of artists from Billy Squier, Cher, Ted Nugent, Peter
Wolf
and Alice Cooper
to Jonathan Edwards
and rockabilly icon,
Robert Gordon to
cite only a few.
memoriam to Bobby at: www.bobbyc.net