1. Take a Little Time
2.
When Old Worlds Fall
3. Man
On The Run
4. Katie
5. One More Toke
6. Downtown
7. Blue Skies
8. Sitting
Here By Myself
9. Spend The Night
10. Time
Code
11. Don't Go Away
12. Do What's Right
Produced
and Arranged by
Pride Hutchison
Dick Sims - Vocal, Hammond
B-3 Organ, Piano, Melodica, Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Marcy Levy
- Vocal
Shannon McNally - Vocal
Rod Jackson - Vocal
Todd Griffin - Vocal
Lester Chambers - Harmonica
William
"Stumuck" Nugent - Saxophone
Pride Hutchison-Drums
Jamie
Oldaker - Drums
Richard Hayward - Drums
John Heard -
Upright Bass
Pat Senatore - Upright Bass
Gary Neal - Electric
Bass
Dusty Wakeman - Electric Bass
Doug Pettibone - Electric
and Acoustic Guitars, Electric Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Lap Steel
Josh Grange
- Electric and Slide Guitars, Bass
Dale Lawton - Electric Guitar
Freddy Flint - Piano and Electric Guitar
Unity Horns - Trombone,
Trumpet and Saxophone
Elmo Webber - Synthesizer
Danny Frankel
- Percussion
Jim Barth - Strings
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Dick Sims
Within
Arm's Reach
Dick Sims' professional career began in 1968, when at the age of 17,
he appeared on the last Ed Sullivan Show ever aired, performing with Phil Driscol
and Yo’ Mama. It was at the age of 5 that music first took a hold of Dick and
there was never any question of what he was going to do with his life. He grew
up in musically rich Tulsa, OK and was earning money, playing clubs by the age
of 12.
Arguably one of best rock keyboard players in the world, his work
on the Hammond B-3 is, I think unparalleled. He recorded with Bob Seger on his
landmark LP, ‘Back in ‘72’, and on blues great Freddie King’s ‘Burglar’, before
joining Eric Clapton and his band in 1974 for his comeback album, ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’.
From 1974 through 1981, Dick was a driving force in Clapton’s band, playing the
Hammond B-3 organ and piano on a number of hit songs including; "I Shot the Sheriff",
"Wonderful Tonight", "Cocaine", "Lay Down Sally", and "Willie and the Hand Jive",
and accompanying Eric and his band on eight world tours. Dick has also performed
and recorded with artists such as JJ Cale, Peter Tosh, Joan Armatrading, Yvonne
Elliman, the Pure Prairie League and most recently with Vince Gill.
After
taking a sabbatical from the music world for nearly 10 years, Dick returned to
Los Angeles and started composing the songs that would make up the album, ‘Within
Arms Reach’. He joined forces with music producer, Pride Hutchison who also hails
from Tulsa.
With classic rock songwriting and Dicky's amazing Hammond
B-3 organ playing, and featured classic and contemporary players such as: Jamie
Oldaker (ex-Clapton drummer) and Richie Hayward (Little Feat drummer), jazz bassists,
John Heard (Count Basie, etc.…) and Pat Senatore (ex-Tijuana Brass), Lester Chambers
(Chambers Brothers) on harmonica, Doug Pettibone on guitar (Lucinda Williams)
and most noticeably the familiar and stunning vocal style of Marcy Levy (ex-Clapton).
Featuring guest vocals by Shannon McNally and Rod Jackson (Slash’s Snakepit) the
album covers a lot of musical territory, from the ethereal "Katie" and "Blue Skies"
to the reggae "Don’t Go Away", the folk/country of "Time Code" and "Sitting Here
By Myself", the classic rocker "One More Toke", the upbeat, timbale laden "Man
on the Run" and the haunting "Downtown" blues rock. |
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