Album Notes

J.D. and the Sons of Rhythm began as a studio recording project. FAMILY VALUES predates PRIMATE GESTURES and MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PLANET (Also available on cdbaby.com), and brings some of the current players on board for the first time.

Beginning with Jammin' at Midtown, spontaneous music was the objective. To achieve this, experienced players were put on unfamiliar ground. They met new players, with hard-drive spinning and no charts to follow.

Chops were flexed.

Musical discussions in notes took place.

The objective was achieved in FAMILY VALUES, 15 tracks of music on 2 discs.

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disk 1

Did you Record That?
Michael's Angels
Peach Jam
Frank Enters
Julio
JD's Raga
Rick's Rag

disk 2

Tammy's Song
Ozone
Carlos
Sunset on the Bay
Midtown Nights
Skabone
Tim's Doodle
Goodnight

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the players

J.D. Hopkins
Frank Singer
Kenny Cornelius
Scott Cravener
Tim Smith
Jim Nordstrum
Tammy Johnson
Mike Ohm
Doug Phillips
Pat Vahey
Julio Quesada
Randy Hetherington
Keith Homerski
Jayson Hopkins
Rickie Hopkins

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credits

production.....J.D. Hopkins
& Keith Homerski
engineering.....Keith Homerski
& Randy Hetherington
mix.....Keith Homerski
& Randy Hetherington
cover photo: Autumn Hopkins-Homerski
cover design.....Mark Saunders
recorded at Midtown Recording

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J.D. speaks:

"Last year Jayson, Rickie, Keith and I got together with Sean and Dan of the Soul Crackers and invited them to come into the studio with us to jam for 2 days. Those sessions were released on the 'Jammin at Midtown' CD. Later we decided to do it again with various musicians. In every session most of the musicians never met let alone played together. There were no rehearsals, second takes or knowledge of any song structure other than the two songs with Julio. These sessions were products of improvisation, a high degree of creativity and technical expertise stirred by a huge degree of listening capacity and respect of each other. On a couple of songs you can hear someone yelling out a chord change, that's how immdeiate those sessions were. It was an honor and a pleasure for my family and I to work with such a great group of people coupled with great creative talents."

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JD AND THE SONS OF RHYTHM:

cdbaby.com/jdsons - QUANTUM EVENTS
cdbaby.com/jatsor - MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PLANET
cdbaby.com/jatsor2 - PRIMATE GESTURES
cdbaby.com/jatsor3 - FAMILY VALUES

THAT DOG IN EGYPT (J.D., Jayson, Rickie)

cdbaby.com/doge99 - THAT DOG IN EGYPT '99
cdbaby.com/doge97 - THAT DOG IN EGYPT '97

MAMBO (Rickie, Joel, Ralph)

cdbaby.com/mamboband - MAMBO

SKUDD (Jayson)

cdbaby.com/skudd - SKUDD

CAT'S A BEAR: (Frank, Tony)

cdbaby.com/catsabear - TITO IN WONDERLAND
cdbaby.com/catsabear2 - TITO: IN SEARCH OF A REVOLUTION
cdbaby.com/catsabear3 - EYE OF THE PYRAMID

ONE WORLD TRIBE: (Frank, Mike Chin)

cdbaby.com/oneworldtribe

POTATO BATTERY: (Mike Ohm, Sheldon Peterson, David Blaetz)

cdbaby.com/potatobattery

FRANK SINGER

cdbaby.com/franksinger - OFF THE TOP: STANDARDS 1
cdbaby.com/franksinger2 - GENERATIONS STRING QUARTET

MIKE OHM

cdbaby.com/mikeohm1 - THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM
cdbaby.com/mikeohm2 - ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER

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www.jdhopkins.com
www.catsabear.com
www.franksinger.com
www.standards-1.com
www.oneworldtribe.com
www.firstartrecords.com
www.midtownrecording.com