MICHAEL STANLEY
''THE RIDE''
2013
68:53
1/Shiny Things
Michael Stanley/5:59
2/All I Want
Michael Stanley/4:15
3/Take That Ride
Michael Stanley/4:14
4/To Love Somebody
Barry Gibb / Maurice Gibb / Robin Gibb/4:38
5/Uptown
Michael Stanley/4:57
6/If Anybody Could
Michael Stanley/5:37
7/A Fool In Love
Andy Frazer / Frankie Miller/3:21
8/Justine
Michael Stanley/5:42
9/Lucky Again
Michael Stanley/5:21
10/Making Beds (In a Burning House)
Michael Stanley/4:29
11/Shining Thru
Michael Stanley/4:33
12/Anything Goes
Michael Stanley/7:24
13/I Can't Wait
Michael Stanley/4:01
14/When the Smoke It Finally Clears
Michael Stanley/4:22
Paul Christensen /Saxophone
Don Dixon /Vocals
Tommy Dobeck /Drums
Colin Dussault /Harp
Michael Gismondi /Bass
Gary Jones /Organ, Piano
Jennifer Lee /Vocals
Bob Pelander /Organ, Piano
Danny Powers /Guitar
Rodney Psyka /Percussion
Marc Lee Shannon /Guitar
Eric "Eroc" Sosinski /Bass
Michael Stanley /Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Frankie Starr /Guitar
BIOGRAPHY
by Bret Adams
Cleveland native Michael Stanley became a regional phenomenon, but the singer/songwriter/guitarist and his Michael Stanley Band deserved more national success than they achieved. Stanley, whose real name is Michael Stanley Gee, played bass with the folk-rock group Silk in the late '60s. He then went solo and released two solo albums in the early '70s that fit right in with the "singer/songwriter" era. His talent attracted the likes of producer Bill Szymczyk and guest musicians Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, and David Sanborn from the beginning. He formed the Michael Stanley Band (aka MSB) in 1975 and pursued a more straightforward rock direction. MSB recorded a string of albums through the late '70s and early '80s that were modest successes nationally but major hits in Ohio. In fact, the Michael Stanley Band was such a sensation at home that it still holds attendance records at major concert venues. 1980's Heartland was easily MSB's best album, and Stanley agrees. It included the hit single "He Can't Love You" (sung by vocalist/keyboardist Kevin Raleigh) and the minor hit "Lover" (sung by Stanley and featuring blistering saxophone by Clarence Clemons). MSB's second and last Top 40 hit was Stanley's anthem "My Town" in 1983. After recording for Epic, Arista, and EMI, MSB independently released two albums on their own before breaking up in 1987.
The Michael Stanley Band was a reliably consistent, meat-and-potatoes enterprise responsible for superb Midwestern rock & roll. Stanley went on to become a popular television and radio personality in Cleveland. He still regularly releases albums -- solo and the one-off group project the Ghost Poets -- and performs annual summer and New Year's Eve shows along with occasional acoustic dates; these concerts and albums both feature MSB alumni and other Cleveland musicians. Razor & Tie has reissued most of MSB's catalog and two excellent best-of collections on compact disc.
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''THE RIDE''
2013
68:53
1/Shiny Things
Michael Stanley/5:59
2/All I Want
Michael Stanley/4:15
3/Take That Ride
Michael Stanley/4:14
4/To Love Somebody
Barry Gibb / Maurice Gibb / Robin Gibb/4:38
5/Uptown
Michael Stanley/4:57
6/If Anybody Could
Michael Stanley/5:37
7/A Fool In Love
Andy Frazer / Frankie Miller/3:21
8/Justine
Michael Stanley/5:42
9/Lucky Again
Michael Stanley/5:21
10/Making Beds (In a Burning House)
Michael Stanley/4:29
11/Shining Thru
Michael Stanley/4:33
12/Anything Goes
Michael Stanley/7:24
13/I Can't Wait
Michael Stanley/4:01
14/When the Smoke It Finally Clears
Michael Stanley/4:22
Paul Christensen /Saxophone
Don Dixon /Vocals
Tommy Dobeck /Drums
Colin Dussault /Harp
Michael Gismondi /Bass
Gary Jones /Organ, Piano
Jennifer Lee /Vocals
Bob Pelander /Organ, Piano
Danny Powers /Guitar
Rodney Psyka /Percussion
Marc Lee Shannon /Guitar
Eric "Eroc" Sosinski /Bass
Michael Stanley /Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Frankie Starr /Guitar
BIOGRAPHY
by Bret Adams
Cleveland native Michael Stanley became a regional phenomenon, but the singer/songwriter/guitarist and his Michael Stanley Band deserved more national success than they achieved. Stanley, whose real name is Michael Stanley Gee, played bass with the folk-rock group Silk in the late '60s. He then went solo and released two solo albums in the early '70s that fit right in with the "singer/songwriter" era. His talent attracted the likes of producer Bill Szymczyk and guest musicians Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, and David Sanborn from the beginning. He formed the Michael Stanley Band (aka MSB) in 1975 and pursued a more straightforward rock direction. MSB recorded a string of albums through the late '70s and early '80s that were modest successes nationally but major hits in Ohio. In fact, the Michael Stanley Band was such a sensation at home that it still holds attendance records at major concert venues. 1980's Heartland was easily MSB's best album, and Stanley agrees. It included the hit single "He Can't Love You" (sung by vocalist/keyboardist Kevin Raleigh) and the minor hit "Lover" (sung by Stanley and featuring blistering saxophone by Clarence Clemons). MSB's second and last Top 40 hit was Stanley's anthem "My Town" in 1983. After recording for Epic, Arista, and EMI, MSB independently released two albums on their own before breaking up in 1987.
The Michael Stanley Band was a reliably consistent, meat-and-potatoes enterprise responsible for superb Midwestern rock & roll. Stanley went on to become a popular television and radio personality in Cleveland. He still regularly releases albums -- solo and the one-off group project the Ghost Poets -- and performs annual summer and New Year's Eve shows along with occasional acoustic dates; these concerts and albums both feature MSB alumni and other Cleveland musicians. Razor & Tie has reissued most of MSB's catalog and two excellent best-of collections on compact disc.
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