Free Somehow

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Free Somehow
Free Somehow cover
Studio album by Widespread Panic
Released February 12, 2008
Recorded May 2007
Genre Rock, Southern Rock
Label Widespread Records
Producer Terry Manning
Widespread Panic
Professional reviews
Widespread Panic chronology
Earth To America
(2006)		 Free Somehow
(2008)

Free Somehow is the tenth studio album by the Athens, Georgia based band Widespread Panic. It was recorded in May 2007 with Terry Manning producing in Nassau, Bahamas at the Compass Point Studios. The album is being offered in three variations; a regular CD release, a digital release, and a vinyl record release (April 14, 2008).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Boom Boom Boom"
  2. "Walk On The Flood"
  3. "Angels On High"
  4. "Three Candles"
  5. "Free Somehow"
  6. "Tickle The Truth"
  7. "Flicker"
  8. "Dark Day Program"
  9. "Her Dance Needs No Body"
  10. "Already Fried"
  11. "Up All Night"

[edit] Personnel

Widespread Panic

  • John Bell - guitar, vocals
  • John Hermann - keyboards
  • Jimmy Herring - guitars
  • Todd Nance - drums
  • Domingo S. Ortiz - percussion
  • Dave Schools - bass

Guest performers

  • Horns on "Angels On High", "Dark Day Program", "Her Dance Needs No Body"
    • The Compass Point Horns:
      • Trumpet & Flugelhorn - Jawara Adams
      • Saxophone - Tino Richardson
      • Valve Trombone - Terry Manning
  • Horns on "Up All Night"
    • Trumpet - Rookie Fisher
    • Baritone Sax - Joel Johanson
    • Tenor Sax - Charlie Chalmers
    • Valve Trombone - Terry Manning
  • Orchestral strings and woodwinds:
    • The Compass Point Orchestra
  • Horn and string arrangements, additional harmony vocals, cello and harmonica:
  • Fiddle on "Free Somehow"
    • Bruce Hoffman
  • Backing vocals on "Up All Night" & "Free Somehow":
    • Sandra Rhodes
    • Brenda Barnett
    • Charlie Chalmers
  • Backing vocals on "Boom Boom Boom"
    • Everybody

Personnel

  • Terry Manning - Producer, Engineer, Mastering
  • Chris Bilheimer - Art Direction & Design

[edit] Equipment

  • Widespread Panic uses:
    • Sabian cymbals
    • Vic Firth sticks and mallets
    • Goff Professional Hammond organ
    • Evans & Remo drumheads
    • D'Addario strings
    • Jimmy plays PRS guitars
    • Dave plays Modulus Graphite basses equipped GHS strings through Ampeg cabinets and amplifiers
    • Domingo uses Latin Percussion instruments
    • Todd uses DW drums, pedals & hardware
    • John bends Washburn guitars

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