9055 - CORY WELLS - AHEAD OF THE STORM (2002)

CORY WELLS
''AHEAD OF THE STORM''
MARCH 27 2002
36:22

1 Comin' Home (Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton) 3:28
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Drums – Mike Baird
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Percussion – Steve Forman
Soloist, Guitar – Steve Lukather

2 Why-Oh-You (Y-O-U) (Jay Gruska, Jeffrey Sprit) 3:08
Backing Vocals – Carmen Twillie, Jay Gruska, Venette Gloud
Bass – John Pierce
Drums – Mike Baird
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Organ – Jay Gruska
Piano – Bob Hogins
Soloist, Guitar – Steve Lukather

3 Hold On And Do It Right (Cory Wells, Eddie Setser, Troy Seals) 3:24
Backing Vocals – Cory Wells, Luther Waters, Oren Waters
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Drums – Mike Baird
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Piano – Bob Hogins
Soloist, Guitar – Danny Weis
Synthesizer (Moog) – Jai Winding

4 Jail Break (Cory Wells, Troy Seals) 3:14
Backing Vocals – Cory Wells, Luther Waters, Oren Waters
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Drums – Mike Baird
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Lead Guitar – Jeff Baxter
Piano – Bob Hogins

5 One Jump Ahead Of The Storm (Joe New, Troy Seals) 3:47
Bass – John Pierce
Drums – Mike Baird
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Piano – David Foster
Soloist, Guitar – Jay Graydon

6 Hard Times (Bob Hogins, Cory Wells) 3:19
Backing Vocals – Carmen Twillie, Cory Wells, Venette Gloud
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Congas – Steve Forman
Drums – Mike Baird
Electric Piano (Rhodes) – Bob Hogins
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather

7 Maggie (Joe New, Troy Seals) 3:19
Backing Vocals – Cory Wells, Luther Waters, Oren Waters
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Drums – Mike Baird
Electric Piano (Rhodes) – Jai Winding
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Percussion – Steve Forman
Soloist, Guitar – Peter McRae

8 You Don't Know Like I Know (David Porter, Isaac Hayes) 2:39
Backing Vocals – Cory Wells, Luther Waters, Oren Waters
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Organ – Booker T. Jones
Percussion – Steve Forman
Piano – Bob Hogins
Soloist, Guitar – Steve Lukather

9 Goin' Down Down Down (Cory Wells) 3:09
Backing Vocals – Carmen Twillie, Jim Gilstrap, Venette Gloud
Bass – John Pierce
Drums – Mike Baird
Electric Piano (Rhodes) – Jai Winding
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Soloist, Guitar – Jeff Baxter

10 I Just Can't Turn My Habit Into Love (Micheal Smotherman) 4:39
Bass – Leland "Lee" Sklar
Drums – Mike Baird
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather
Organ, Synthesizer – Jai Winding
Piano, Electric Piano (Rhodes) – Bob Hogins

BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Charlotte Dillon
Cory Wells made an impressive mark on rock & roll history and it all started with him helping to put together a little rock band in 1968. Between 1968 and 1975, the "little band" went on to sell somewhere around 60 million albums, over 20 million singles, had nearly 30 hits, and sold countless concert tickets for live shows. The name of the band was Three Dog Night, a piece of rock legend from the '70s.

Wells was born in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in a bad neighborhood where trouble was in abundant supply and money seemed hard to attain. As luck would have it, musical talent ran in Wells' family and, thankfully, it didn't skip a generation when it came to him. Along with the talent, there was a good measure of determination and enough dreams to keep him going when it seemed nearly hopeless that he would ever be able to make a living from his music. In his teens, Wells already knew what he wanted from life. He formed a few bands in those early years, like the Fidelitones and Satellites. By the beginning of the '60s, he was in a group called the Enemys. Each adventure gave him more experience performing on stage before crowds; every show or rehearsal polished his skills. In 1967, he moved to Arizona and formed a blues band. Around this same time, he met up with Danny Hutton. The thoughts of putting together three lead vocalist for one group began to form. With the addition of Chuck Negron, the foundation of Three Dog Night's vocalists was put in place. There were also other members, like drummer Floyd Sneed, keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, bassist Joe Schermie, and guitarist Michael Allsup. Wells was part of Three Dog Night until about 1976. By that point, Hutton had already gone his separate way. Wells, on his own again, finished a solo album in 1978 called Touch Me. He also worked on one called Ahead of the Storm, but it was to never see daylight. The one solo he did release didn't bring in the same success he had found with the group. In the '80s, the band came back together to record an EP. Wells and some of the other members even went back on tour, offering fans another sample of the tunes that had been made hits by Three Dog Night in the '70s.

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9054 - CORY WELLS - TOUCH ME (1978)

CORY WELLS
''TOUCH ME''
1978
36:22

1 Waiting For You
Arranged By [Horns] – D. Parks
Written By F. Tate, T. Snow
2 When You Touch Me This Way
Arranged By [Horns] – D. Parks
Written By M. Williams, T. Seals
3 You're My Day
Written By H. Garfield, J. Graydon
4 Everything's Right For Love
Arranged By [Strings] – G. Page
Written By D. Belfield
5 Midnight Lady (Hiding In The Shadows)
Written By J. Gold
6 Starlight
Written By J. Gruska, P. Gordon
7 Throw A Little Bit Of Love My Way
Written By D. Foster, H. Garfield, J. Graydon
8 I Know You're Willin' Darlin'
Written-By – L. Byron
9 Change Of Heart
Written By D. Gates, J. Griffin
10 Lady Put The Light Out
Arranged By [Strings] – G. Page
Written By D. Flett, G. Fletcher

Acoustic Guitar – Dan Ferguson (track: 8)
Backing Vocals – Bill Champlin (tracks: 1, 3), Carmen Twillie (tracks: 1, 3, 5), Jay Gruska (tracks: 6, 9), Jennifer Warnes (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 10), Jim Gilstrap (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), Kathryn Collier (track: 5), Luther Waters (tracks: 2, 4, 7), Oren Waters (tracks: 2, 4, 7), Rita Coolidge (tracks: 8, 10), Venette Gloud (tracks: 1, 3, 5)
Bass – Dennis Belfield
Drums – Mike Baird
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Jay Gruska (track: 6), Mike Utley (track: 2)
Guitar – Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Keyboards, Piano – David Foster
Percussion – Jack Ashford (track: 4), Steve Forman (tracks: 5, 8, 10)
Saxophone – Dean Parks (tracks: 1, 2, 10)
Synthesizer – Jay Graydon (tracks: 3, 6, 7)
Trumpet – Chuck Findley (tracks: 1, 2)
Vocals, Backing Vocals – Cory Wells

BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Charlotte Dillon
Cory Wells made an impressive mark on rock & roll history and it all started with him helping to put together a little rock band in 1968. Between 1968 and 1975, the "little band" went on to sell somewhere around 60 million albums, over 20 million singles, had nearly 30 hits, and sold countless concert tickets for live shows. The name of the band was Three Dog Night, a piece of rock legend from the '70s.

Wells was born in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in a bad neighborhood where trouble was in abundant supply and money seemed hard to attain. As luck would have it, musical talent ran in Wells' family and, thankfully, it didn't skip a generation when it came to him. Along with the talent, there was a good measure of determination and enough dreams to keep him going when it seemed nearly hopeless that he would ever be able to make a living from his music. In his teens, Wells already knew what he wanted from life. He formed a few bands in those early years, like the Fidelitones and Satellites. By the beginning of the '60s, he was in a group called the Enemys. Each adventure gave him more experience performing on stage before crowds; every show or rehearsal polished his skills. In 1967, he moved to Arizona and formed a blues band. Around this same time, he met up with Danny Hutton. The thoughts of putting together three lead vocalist for one group began to form. With the addition of Chuck Negron, the foundation of Three Dog Night's vocalists was put in place. There were also other members, like drummer Floyd Sneed, keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon, bassist Joe Schermie, and guitarist Michael Allsup. Wells was part of Three Dog Night until about 1976. By that point, Hutton had already gone his separate way. Wells, on his own again, finished a solo album in 1978 called Touch Me. He also worked on one called Ahead of the Storm, but it was to never see daylight. The one solo he did release didn't bring in the same success he had found with the group. In the '80s, the band came back together to record an EP. Wells and some of the other members even went back on tour, offering fans another sample of the tunes that had been made hits by Three Dog Night in the '70s.

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