Cooked to Perfection, by BassDrumBone (Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Ray Anderson)

Cooked to Perfection

by BassDrumBone (Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway, Ray Anderson)

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1.	Mississippi Mud (Mark Helias) 11:49	buy track
2.	Endorphin (Gerry Hemingway) 11:03	buy track
3.	Pork (Gerry Hemingway) 05:39	buy track
4.	On the Way (Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway) 03:13	buy track
5.	Elegy for Willie Vargas (Ray Anderson) 11:16	buy track
6.	Question Mark (Mark Helias) 13:19	buy track
7.	One Night in Krefeld (Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway) 01:38	buy track
8.	Portrait of Mark Dresser (Ray Anderson) 07:57	buy track

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BassDrumBone's sixth release is culled from our private archive of live recordings. This recording also features a number of works that were never released on record by this group, including Ray's "Elegy for Willie Vargas" which was recorded under a different name on his 1980 quartet album for Moers Music, and also "Portrait of Mark Dresser" which also originally hailed from that same record. Mark Helias' "Question Mark" has a very powerful live performance here along with a magical version of a piece originally titled "Mudpie Anthem", here retitled "Mississippi Mud". A work Gerry later developed for quintet and released on the record "Outerbridge Crossing" called "Endorphin" is heard here in it's original trio version and a newer work, part of his "meat" series, called "Pork" is featured as well. That work dates from a performance in 1996, but most of the rest of the pieces come from live recordings from 1986 and 7.

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released March 1, 1999

BassDrumBone
Cooked to Perfection

Ray Anderson-trombone
Mark Helias-bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums

1. Mississippi Mud (M.H.) 11:46
2. Endorphin (G.H.) 10:59
3. Pork (G. H.) 5:31
4. On the Way (M.H./G.H./R.A) 3:11
5. Elegy for Willie Vargas (R. A.) 11:13
6. Question Mark (M. H.) 13:18
7. One Night in Krefeld (M.H./G.H./R.A) 1:32
8. Portrait of Mark Dresser (R. A.) 7:57

Total Time 65:59

Mark Helias /Radio Legs Music (GEMA/BMI)
Gerry Hemingway/Nagual Music (GEMA/BMI)
Ray Anderson/RayBone Music (GEMA)

All recordings from performances in Europe. 1,2,5,6,8 recorded in 1986.
3,4 recorded in 1996, 7 recorded in 1987.
Mastered by Jim Hemingway.
Front Cover Drawing - Jordan Hemingway.
Photo Rear Cover- Martha Swope.
Cover Layout & Design Gerry Hemingway.
Recording produced by BDB.
Executive Producer - Gerry Hemingway.
Special Thanks to Dick Lucas.

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Auricle Records is the artist owned label established in 1978 by composer, percussionist, visual artist and songwriter Gerry Hemingway. For more information visit his website.

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