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

You Be

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

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1.	Question Mark (Mark Helias) 05:43	buy track
2.	You Be (Ray Anderson) 06:56	buy track
3.	Pumbum (Gerry Hemingway) 04:27	buy track
4.	Boxcars (Mark Helias) 07:09	buy track
5.	Stole Stroll (Ray Anderson) 03:54	buy track
6.	Edward's Dance (Gerry Hemingway) 15:55	buy track
7.	Mudpie Anthem (Mark Helias) 04:23	buy track

about

"You Be" was recorded in the fall of 1985 at the famous Ludwigsberg studio in Germany and is the third recording of BassDrumBone. Our producer, Stephen Meyner had overlooked that Gerry did not travel with a drum set so when we arrived he was faced with rummaging through the closets and basement of the studio trying scare up something resembling a drum set. In the end you would never know it, but if you had a look at what he taped together out of microphone stands and toilet paper rolls you would be amused (there is a picture included in the bonus items). Another one of those "challenges" of being an improvisor. The record open's with Helias' "Question Mark" a stable in our repertoire ever since. There is a live version on the CD "Cooked to Perfection". Also by Mark is "Boxcars" giving a glimpse of the wide range of our expressive palette and which gets a spirited reading here. Ray has an early work on here we have never done since called "Stole Stroll" and as well the title track is his, a piece that has had a wide variety of interpretations in its day. A more extended work of Gerry's dedicated to the late master drummer and personal friend Edward Blackwell called "Edward's Dance" has a very lovely performance here, as well as the blues "Pumbum".

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released March 1, 1986

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

1 Question Mark (Helias: 5:40)
2 You Be (Anderson, 6:52)
3 Pumbum (Hemingway, 4:23)
4 Boxcars (Helias, 7:06)
5 Stole Stroll (Anderson, 3:50)
6 Edward's Dance - Suite for Edward Blackwell (Hemingway, 15:51)
7 Mudpie Anthem (Helias, 4:23)

Digital Recording November 1985
Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Engineer: Rainer Oppelland
Coverpainting: Ralf Scherrer
Cover art and Photography : Claus Peter Bäuerle, Christin Schindler
Produced by Stephan Meyner
Released 1986

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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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