ABOUT THE BAND

So, uhm…. There is no band (gotcha !) There is just me, Robber Zany, supported by studio-musicians who did a great, great job. I explained what I wanted and they play it. I was lucky to find the right people who could translate my music to their instruments.
For all numbers it was funny to hear them being played by a band. I was used to sing and play these songs on acoustic guitar and to record them on a small multi-tracker but I was not able to fit all arrangements on it.
Most of the arrangements were in my head and some on paper. There were no rehearsals for these songs and it was only in the studio that I for the first time played these songs together with a band.
I used almost every room in the Galaxy Studios so that we could all play together to give it a
live feeling. That was real fun!
So, talking only about me, Robber Zany, would not be fair. It’s the great merit of all musicians who participated and therefore I use the name The Robber Zany Band.
I hope that once, if the time is right, there will be a live band (I write this in summer’07)
If there is news about this, I’ll let you know on our weblog .

The musicians on the album are

Francis Luyten : acoustic, electric, fretless bass (link bio)
Yvo Heylen : lead vocal, harmonica, backing vocal (link bio)
Steven Scheelen : saxophone
Nico Schepers : trumpet
Carlo Mertens : trombone
Philip Kerckhofs : drums, percussion (link bio)
Frank Michiels : percussion
Patrick Steenaerts : lead and rhythm guitar
Jef Neve : piano, Hammond organ (link website www.jefneve.be)
(Jef Neve appears by courtesy of Universal Music Belgium)
Hildegarde Vandenhove : backing vocal, radio voice, Spanish voice (link bio)
Wanda Pauwels : backing vocal, lead vocal ( link bio)
Els Brouwers : backing vocal
Marc Janssen : accordion
Frans Willems (Robber Zany): rhythm guitar, organ, backing vocal (link bio )

and
Romme Vosselman : sound recording “ A windy Summer “
Andra Mc Cartney : sound walk recording “ In the Park “
Lodewijk Leenaerts : sound recording shopping Ladies “King of Swank “

Shopping Ladies : Marianne Johnston & Wendy Richardson

Website by Tom Steenhuysen (www.betawave.us)
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Filip Heurckmans at Galaxy Studios Mol, Belgium.


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