JAMIE OLDAKER
''JAMIE OLDAKER'S MAD DOGS & OKIES''
AUGUST 9 2005
62:56
1/Wait Til Your Daddy Gets Home/Feat. Vince Gill
Bob DiPiero / Vince Gill/4:20
2/Positively/Feat. Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton / Willis Alan Ramsey/3:26
3/Don't Let Your Feet Git Cold/Feat. Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal/3:33
4/Sympathy for a Train/Feat. Willis Alan Ramsey
Willis Alan Ramsey/6:27
5/Promises/Feat. Zadig & Marcella
Marcella and George / Roger Linn/3:03
6/Magnolia/Feat. Tony Joe White
J.J. Cale / Tony Joe White/3:55
7/Make Your Move/Feat. Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett / Walt Richmond/3:32
8/Shotgun Shack/Wiley Hunt
Casey Van Beek / Wiley Hunt/3:28
9/Sending Me Angels/Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton/6:41
10/Time to Boogie/Feat. Ray Benson
Ray Benson / Walt Richmond/3:38
11/Can't Find My Way Home/The Steve Pryor Band
The Steve Pryor Band / Steve Winwood/4:18
12/Stagger Lee/Feat. Taj Mahal
Harold Logan / Taj Mahal / Lloyd Price/4:02
13/Daylight/J. J. Cale
J.J. Cale/3:45
14/Song for You/Feat. Joe & Ellen
Leon Russell/3:36
15/Motormouth/Feat. J.J. Cale, Willie Nelson
J.J. Cale / Willie Nelson/3:18
16/Make Your Move (Revisited)/Feat. Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett / Jim Byfield / Walt Richmond/1:54
Ray Benson /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Chuck Blackwell /Drums
Joe Bonamassa /Slide Guitar
Bekka Bramlett /Backing Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett /Vocals
Jim Byfield /Guitar (Electric)
J.J. Cale /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
John Catchings /Cello
Eric Clapton /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Brandon Colvin /Vocals (Background)
Martin Crutchfield /Dobro, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Shelby Eicher /Fiddle, Mandolin
Richard Feldman /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Ellen Feltsky /Vocals
Joe Feltsky /Guitar (Acoustic)
John R. Ferguson /Guitar (Electric)
Peter Frampton /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Rocky Frisco /Organ
Ron Getman /Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel)
Jenny Gill /Vocals (Background)
Vince Gill /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Gary Gilmore /Bass
Wiley Hunt /Guitar, Vocals
Fats Kaplin /Accordion, Fiddle
Jim Karstein //Drums, Percussion, Tambourine
Joslyn Keel /Backing Vocals
Jeremy Kelsey /Backing Vocals
Jimmy Lee Keltner /Drums
Viktor Krauss /Bass (Acoustic)
Christine Lakeland /Guitar (Acoustic)
Latimer Street Quartet /Backing Vocals
Taj Mahal /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Jimmy Markham /Harmonica
Bob Mayo /Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Willie Nelson /Vocals
Jamie Oldaker /Drums, Percussion
Dante Pope /Backing Vocals
The Steve Pryor Band /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Bill Raffenspeger /Bass
Willis Alan Ramsey /Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar
John Regan /Bass
Royce Rice /Organ
Walt Richmond /Clavinet, Organ, Piano
Dick Sims /Fender Rhodes, Organ
David Spricher /Bass (Acoustic)
Casey Van Beek /Guitar (Bass)
Don White /Guitar (Electric)
Tony Joe White /Harmonica, Spanish Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
by Mark Deming
Veteran session drummer Jamie Oldaker was born and raised in Tulsa, OK, and has a pronounced soft spot for the country, blues, and roots rock sounds of his home state. With that in mind, Oldaker assembled the album Mad Dogs & Okies as a tribute to Oklahoma's musical heritage (with an accompanying movie in the works), and thankfully he had the good sense to bring in some of his good friends and jamming buddies from over 30 years in the music business to help take the leads rather than doing it himself. Mad Dogs & Okies would be a cause for celebration if only for the fact it features an actual new song written and performed by the brilliant but reclusive Texas singer and songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey, and "Sympathy for a Train" is a slice of late-night blues that sounds like it could have been an outtake from Ramsey's superb 1972 album. But that's not all this album has going for it -- Taj Mahal shines on his two cuts (including a rollicking version of "Stagger Lee"), Vince Gill and Eric Clapton are in laid-back but emphatic form on numbers that outclass their most recent albums, J.J. Cale and Tony Joe White serve their legends well, and Ray Benson and Bonnie Bramlett sound like they're having a whole lot of fun on their selections. Mad Dogs & Okies sounds like an album that was made for the enjoyment of the musicians involved more than anything else (and Oldaker is essentially just a sideman on his own record), but the fun is infectious, and the cast lets loose with some fine sounds along the way -- it's a good guess that these sessions were a pretty great party, and Oldaker's musical snapshots of the proceedings are the next best thing to being there.
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Leggett
Tulsa, OK, native Jamie Oldaker was born on September 5, 1951. He began playing drums at the age of nine after hearing a recording by jazz great Gene Krupa. By the time he was in high school, Oldaker was gigging regularly in the Tulsa area, and in 1971 he joined Bob Seger's band, working with Seger through 1973. In 1974 he joined Eric Clapton's band during the 461 Ocean Boulevard sessions and remained through 1980, with a second stint from 1983 to 1986. Oldaker has also worked with the Bellamy Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Frampton, Stephen Stills, Leon Russell, Ace Frehley, Freddie King, the Bee Gees, and many others as both a session and touring drummer. He was a founding member of the Tractors, who hit platinum out of the gate with their self-titled debut album on Arista Records in 1994. Along the way Oldaker learned about all facets of the music business, working in artist management, music publishing, and as a producer, putting together an all-star album, Mad Dogs & Okies, centered around songs written by Oklahoma natives and featuring performances by Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, J.J. Cale, Peter Frampton, Tony Joe White, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Bramlett, and others. Mad Dogs & Okies was released on Oldaker's own Mint Blue Island label, in conjunction with Concord Records, in 2005.
''JAMIE OLDAKER'S MAD DOGS & OKIES''
AUGUST 9 2005
62:56
1/Wait Til Your Daddy Gets Home/Feat. Vince Gill
Bob DiPiero / Vince Gill/4:20
2/Positively/Feat. Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton / Willis Alan Ramsey/3:26
3/Don't Let Your Feet Git Cold/Feat. Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal/3:33
4/Sympathy for a Train/Feat. Willis Alan Ramsey
Willis Alan Ramsey/6:27
5/Promises/Feat. Zadig & Marcella
Marcella and George / Roger Linn/3:03
6/Magnolia/Feat. Tony Joe White
J.J. Cale / Tony Joe White/3:55
7/Make Your Move/Feat. Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett / Walt Richmond/3:32
8/Shotgun Shack/Wiley Hunt
Casey Van Beek / Wiley Hunt/3:28
9/Sending Me Angels/Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton/6:41
10/Time to Boogie/Feat. Ray Benson
Ray Benson / Walt Richmond/3:38
11/Can't Find My Way Home/The Steve Pryor Band
The Steve Pryor Band / Steve Winwood/4:18
12/Stagger Lee/Feat. Taj Mahal
Harold Logan / Taj Mahal / Lloyd Price/4:02
13/Daylight/J. J. Cale
J.J. Cale/3:45
14/Song for You/Feat. Joe & Ellen
Leon Russell/3:36
15/Motormouth/Feat. J.J. Cale, Willie Nelson
J.J. Cale / Willie Nelson/3:18
16/Make Your Move (Revisited)/Feat. Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett / Jim Byfield / Walt Richmond/1:54
Ray Benson /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Chuck Blackwell /Drums
Joe Bonamassa /Slide Guitar
Bekka Bramlett /Backing Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett /Vocals
Jim Byfield /Guitar (Electric)
J.J. Cale /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
John Catchings /Cello
Eric Clapton /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Brandon Colvin /Vocals (Background)
Martin Crutchfield /Dobro, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Shelby Eicher /Fiddle, Mandolin
Richard Feldman /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Ellen Feltsky /Vocals
Joe Feltsky /Guitar (Acoustic)
John R. Ferguson /Guitar (Electric)
Peter Frampton /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Rocky Frisco /Organ
Ron Getman /Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel)
Jenny Gill /Vocals (Background)
Vince Gill /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Gary Gilmore /Bass
Wiley Hunt /Guitar, Vocals
Fats Kaplin /Accordion, Fiddle
Jim Karstein //Drums, Percussion, Tambourine
Joslyn Keel /Backing Vocals
Jeremy Kelsey /Backing Vocals
Jimmy Lee Keltner /Drums
Viktor Krauss /Bass (Acoustic)
Christine Lakeland /Guitar (Acoustic)
Latimer Street Quartet /Backing Vocals
Taj Mahal /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Jimmy Markham /Harmonica
Bob Mayo /Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Willie Nelson /Vocals
Jamie Oldaker /Drums, Percussion
Dante Pope /Backing Vocals
The Steve Pryor Band /Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Bill Raffenspeger /Bass
Willis Alan Ramsey /Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar
John Regan /Bass
Royce Rice /Organ
Walt Richmond /Clavinet, Organ, Piano
Dick Sims /Fender Rhodes, Organ
David Spricher /Bass (Acoustic)
Casey Van Beek /Guitar (Bass)
Don White /Guitar (Electric)
Tony Joe White /Harmonica, Spanish Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
by Mark Deming
Veteran session drummer Jamie Oldaker was born and raised in Tulsa, OK, and has a pronounced soft spot for the country, blues, and roots rock sounds of his home state. With that in mind, Oldaker assembled the album Mad Dogs & Okies as a tribute to Oklahoma's musical heritage (with an accompanying movie in the works), and thankfully he had the good sense to bring in some of his good friends and jamming buddies from over 30 years in the music business to help take the leads rather than doing it himself. Mad Dogs & Okies would be a cause for celebration if only for the fact it features an actual new song written and performed by the brilliant but reclusive Texas singer and songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey, and "Sympathy for a Train" is a slice of late-night blues that sounds like it could have been an outtake from Ramsey's superb 1972 album. But that's not all this album has going for it -- Taj Mahal shines on his two cuts (including a rollicking version of "Stagger Lee"), Vince Gill and Eric Clapton are in laid-back but emphatic form on numbers that outclass their most recent albums, J.J. Cale and Tony Joe White serve their legends well, and Ray Benson and Bonnie Bramlett sound like they're having a whole lot of fun on their selections. Mad Dogs & Okies sounds like an album that was made for the enjoyment of the musicians involved more than anything else (and Oldaker is essentially just a sideman on his own record), but the fun is infectious, and the cast lets loose with some fine sounds along the way -- it's a good guess that these sessions were a pretty great party, and Oldaker's musical snapshots of the proceedings are the next best thing to being there.
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Leggett
Tulsa, OK, native Jamie Oldaker was born on September 5, 1951. He began playing drums at the age of nine after hearing a recording by jazz great Gene Krupa. By the time he was in high school, Oldaker was gigging regularly in the Tulsa area, and in 1971 he joined Bob Seger's band, working with Seger through 1973. In 1974 he joined Eric Clapton's band during the 461 Ocean Boulevard sessions and remained through 1980, with a second stint from 1983 to 1986. Oldaker has also worked with the Bellamy Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Frampton, Stephen Stills, Leon Russell, Ace Frehley, Freddie King, the Bee Gees, and many others as both a session and touring drummer. He was a founding member of the Tractors, who hit platinum out of the gate with their self-titled debut album on Arista Records in 1994. Along the way Oldaker learned about all facets of the music business, working in artist management, music publishing, and as a producer, putting together an all-star album, Mad Dogs & Okies, centered around songs written by Oklahoma natives and featuring performances by Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, J.J. Cale, Peter Frampton, Tony Joe White, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Bramlett, and others. Mad Dogs & Okies was released on Oldaker's own Mint Blue Island label, in conjunction with Concord Records, in 2005.
