GARY U.S. BONDS
''ON THE LINE''
JUNE 1982
41:00
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1 Hold On (To What You Got) 03:05 (Bruce Springsteen)
2 Out Of Work 02:55 (Bruce Springsteen)
3 Club Soul City 03:38 (Bruce Springsteen)
4 Soul Deep 03:20 (Wayne Carson)
5 Loves On The Line 03:43 (Bruce Springsteen)
6 Turn The Music Down 03:40 (Laurie C. Anderson, Gary U.S. Bonds)
7 Rendezvouz 02:42 (Bruce Springsteen)
8 Angelyne 04:06 (Bruce Springsteen)
9 All I Need 05:13 (Bruce Springsteen)
10 Bring Her Back 03:47 (Laurie C. Anderson, Gary U.S. Bonds)
11 Last Time 04:46 (Steve Van Zandt)
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Gary U.S. Bonds - lead vocals
Bruce Springsteen - background vocals (credited under the pseudonym "Rusty Cloud")
Steven Van Zandt - guitar (solo on 11), background vocals (solo on 8)
Roy Bittan - keyboards
Clarence Clemons - saxophone (solo on 2, 8), background vocals
Danny Federici - keyboards (solo on 3), accordion
Max Weinberg - drums
Garry Tallent - bass guitar
Additional Musicians:
Charles Jackson - background vocals on 3
J.T. Bowen - background vocals on 2
Rusty Cloud - keyboards (solo on 10), background vocals
Bill Derby - guitar (solo on 6), background vocals
Joe Martin - guitar, background vocals
Mike Micara - drums
George Ruiz - bass guitar, background vocals
Joey Stann - saxophone (solo on 5, 10), background vocals
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/WIKIPEDIA
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
On the Line, Gary U.S. Bonds' second comeback album under the sponsorship of Bruce Springsteen, was even more of a Springsteen record than its predecessor. This time, Springsteen wrote seven of the 11 songs, co-produced all of them with Miami Steve (Van Zandt) and again lent the E Street Band for the sessions. While there were no Springsteen masterpieces here, the rock & roll revival style of the material, similar to that on Dedication, made it, in effect, the follow-up to Springsteen's The River album, albeit with a different vocalist. And that vocalist was, if anything, more expressive than the author -- on a song like "Out of Work," one of Springsteen's blue-collar anthems, Bonds sang with the conviction of a journeyman who knows what work is and what it's like not to have it.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Cub Koda
After moving to the Norfolk, VA, area in the mid-'50s, young Gary Anderson began plying his vocal wares, first in church, later with a local group called the Turks. When he was not yet 21, he was approached by local record producer Frank Guida to join his tiny Legrand label. Guida changed Anderson's name to U.S. Bonds, hoping the first release would get extra airplay by disc jockeys mistaking it for a public-service announcement. The result was the classic "New Orleans," combining rock-combo raunch with impassioned, scorched soul-singing that set the stage for all that would follow. Guida double- and triple-tracked Bonds' voice and the resulting murky production gave all the hits (including "Quarter to Three," "School Is Out," and "Dear Lady Twist") a party-in-outer-space quality all their own. Though he kept recording, making a couple of excellent solo albums in the early '80s with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Bonds is best seen today dotting the landscape of oldies shows the world over, singing the songs that made him famous.
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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''ON THE LINE''
JUNE 1982
41:00
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1 Hold On (To What You Got) 03:05 (Bruce Springsteen)
2 Out Of Work 02:55 (Bruce Springsteen)
3 Club Soul City 03:38 (Bruce Springsteen)
4 Soul Deep 03:20 (Wayne Carson)
5 Loves On The Line 03:43 (Bruce Springsteen)
6 Turn The Music Down 03:40 (Laurie C. Anderson, Gary U.S. Bonds)
7 Rendezvouz 02:42 (Bruce Springsteen)
8 Angelyne 04:06 (Bruce Springsteen)
9 All I Need 05:13 (Bruce Springsteen)
10 Bring Her Back 03:47 (Laurie C. Anderson, Gary U.S. Bonds)
11 Last Time 04:46 (Steve Van Zandt)
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Gary U.S. Bonds - lead vocals
Bruce Springsteen - background vocals (credited under the pseudonym "Rusty Cloud")
Steven Van Zandt - guitar (solo on 11), background vocals (solo on 8)
Roy Bittan - keyboards
Clarence Clemons - saxophone (solo on 2, 8), background vocals
Danny Federici - keyboards (solo on 3), accordion
Max Weinberg - drums
Garry Tallent - bass guitar
Additional Musicians:
Charles Jackson - background vocals on 3
J.T. Bowen - background vocals on 2
Rusty Cloud - keyboards (solo on 10), background vocals
Bill Derby - guitar (solo on 6), background vocals
Joe Martin - guitar, background vocals
Mike Micara - drums
George Ruiz - bass guitar, background vocals
Joey Stann - saxophone (solo on 5, 10), background vocals
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/WIKIPEDIA
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
On the Line, Gary U.S. Bonds' second comeback album under the sponsorship of Bruce Springsteen, was even more of a Springsteen record than its predecessor. This time, Springsteen wrote seven of the 11 songs, co-produced all of them with Miami Steve (Van Zandt) and again lent the E Street Band for the sessions. While there were no Springsteen masterpieces here, the rock & roll revival style of the material, similar to that on Dedication, made it, in effect, the follow-up to Springsteen's The River album, albeit with a different vocalist. And that vocalist was, if anything, more expressive than the author -- on a song like "Out of Work," one of Springsteen's blue-collar anthems, Bonds sang with the conviction of a journeyman who knows what work is and what it's like not to have it.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Cub Koda
After moving to the Norfolk, VA, area in the mid-'50s, young Gary Anderson began plying his vocal wares, first in church, later with a local group called the Turks. When he was not yet 21, he was approached by local record producer Frank Guida to join his tiny Legrand label. Guida changed Anderson's name to U.S. Bonds, hoping the first release would get extra airplay by disc jockeys mistaking it for a public-service announcement. The result was the classic "New Orleans," combining rock-combo raunch with impassioned, scorched soul-singing that set the stage for all that would follow. Guida double- and triple-tracked Bonds' voice and the resulting murky production gave all the hits (including "Quarter to Three," "School Is Out," and "Dear Lady Twist") a party-in-outer-space quality all their own. Though he kept recording, making a couple of excellent solo albums in the early '80s with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Bonds is best seen today dotting the landscape of oldies shows the world over, singing the songs that made him famous.
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BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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