HELP
Greg Erken

The Help, in order of appearance:

Charlie Maxton
Jim Walrath
Buck Downs
John Wright
Sean Pueschel
Sedge
Robert McFadden
Leslie Alexander
Stella Schindler
Robert Amorello


1) I've Fallen in Love (and I Can't Get Up) (Erken/Maxton/Walrath)
MIDI tracks written in 1998, then a cut'n paste job combining 2005 contributions from Charlie (vox, acoustic, keyboards, drum machine) and Jim (vox).

2) Luxury (Jagger/Richards)
Free Guitar track from 2004. Buck (vox, acoustic, percussion), GDE (electric).

3) Courtroom Cocktail (Downs/Erken)
Recorded in Atlanta, early 90s, with Jim (vox, trumpet, bass, percussion, et al.) and GDE (acoustic).

4) Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn)
Recorded on video camera, Nancy Wright's house, 2002. Listen for the egg timer at :38. John (guitar), GDE (overdubbed bass, brushes, humming). 

5) Take It To the Dance Floor (Erken)
Sean (drums and bass), GDE (vox, electric). Recorded at Sean's, 2008. Heavily edited.

6) Old Favors (Sedge)
Sedge (vox, electric autoharp), GDE (brushes), from 2003.

7) Specification (Erken/Sedge)
Sedge (vox), GDE (acoustic). I played the chords to the Dannyman, Sedge improvised, then I chopped and looped it. 1995?

8) Honky Tonk Women  (Jagger/Richards)
More Free Guitar from 2004, with Buck (vox, acoustic), GDE (vox, electric, brushes), Jim (vox, electronic percussion).

9) Evil Ways (Clarence "Sonny" Henry)
Robert McFadden (lead guitar), Buck (drums), GDE (rhythm guitar). Live to 4-track, early 1990's.	

10) It's the Dannyman (Erken)
Sedge (vox), GDE (vox, electric, acoustic, bass, keyboards and drum programming), 1995

11) 'Cause I'm Sally Nichols (Erken)
From 2005, with Jim (background vox). Written for Steve Nichols's daughter.

12) Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)
Leslie (vox), GDE (acoustic, mandolin, banjo), 1991.

13) Planting Time (Erken)
Leslie (vox), GDE (acoustic), 1991.

14) Here and There (Schindler)
Stella (vox), GDE (acoustic guitar, mandolin), 1994.

15) Outside the King Cafe (Schindler)
Stella (vox, acoustic), GDE (keyboards), 1994.

16) Hello, Person (Vladimir Nabokov)
Robert (vox), GDE (acoustic), 1987.

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