Album Notes

Here's what some folks said about ALL THE GOOD TIMES:

Joanne Crabtree says: "ALL THE GOOD TIMES is a collection of my best-beloved songs from tradition, from heros and friends, and from my own blues-tipped pen. Paul and I and the other musicians had a rollicking good time making the record, and I think you'll hear that in the finished product."

Paul Mills (aka Curly Boy Stubbs) says: "Great songs passionately delivered by someone who's been there."

John Cleese (of Monty Python) says: "There are many styles of songs here (on the CD All The Good Times) and Joanne's rich, mellow voice suits them all - a wonderful album."

Lillian Wauthier(club booker)says: "What makes Joanne an interesting performer is her warmth on stage, her lovely voice, her sense of history, her beautiful originals and her individualistic interpretation of others' songs, including the older ballads. She has a wonderful sense of the meaning behind a song and the appropriate nuances and inflections to impart the song in the most passionate way. Her songs tell stories and Joanne tells them in an interesting way, one which captivates the audiences' attention."

David Francey says:"A solid CD of well sung songs"

Mark Haines (one half of Canada's dynamic duo, Haines and Leighton) says:

"Upon listening to Joanne Hindley-Smith Crabtree's CD All The Good Times, it's obvious right from the get-go that here is a woman who loves music!

All The Good Times showcases a woman who comfortably crosses musical borders and respectfully delivers every idiom she chooses to present. As an added surprise she easily marries styles blending one genre into another, creating a unique backdrop for her strong and distinctive voice. Joanne draws from a varied musical library referencing sounds of traditional and contemporary folk, dance-hall swings, acappella and barrelhouse blues, gospel blues and dixieland. The images she conjures up are reminiscent of the delta and the mountains, country lanes and seaside docks, rural back roads and downtown sidewalks. Expertly produced and led by Paul Mills, and accompanied by some of Canada's finest players, every song on All The Good Times becomes a musical stage highlighting the voice that is 100% pure Joanne Hindley-Smith Crabtree."

Tom Leighton (the other half of the dazzling duo) says:

"All the Good Times is a celebration of a lifetime of music. It covers
lots of styles and influences, all of them well recorded and sung. The
title song deceptively conceals (or should it be "contains"??) my favorite
version of House of the Rising Sun. It's brilliant."

The band, under the direction of producer/engineer Paul Mills at The Millstream Recording Studio in Toronto:

PAUL MILLS: acoustic 6&12 string guitars, mandolin, banjo,
electric guitar
BOB HEWUS: acoustic stand-up bass
AL CROSS: drums
TOM LEIGHTON: piano, accordion, percussion
BOB ASHLEY: piano
DON REED: fiddle
CHRIS WHITELEY: trumpet, harmonica, pedal steel
BOB DE ANGELIS: clarinet, alto sax

The composers:

JOANNE CRABTREE
LEN CHANDLER
RODGERS&HART
RICHARD SPEYER
MICHAEL COLLINS
BOB DYLAN
DAVID MACMILLAN
STAN ROGERS
TRAD ANON