THE HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES "SOUL SANCTUARY"

# OF TRACKS: 13 / RELEASE DATE: 2005 / CATALOG #: DGPCD102

MUSICIANS:
Al Blake - vocals, harmonica & acoustic guitar
Kirk Eli Fletcher - guitar
Richard Innes - drums
Fred Kaplan - piano & organ
Larry Taylor - bass

SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST:
Kim Wilson - harmonica

Executive Producer: Randy Chortkoff
Produced by Al Blake
Assistant Producer: Fred Kaplan

DESCRIPTION:
It might have been after a late night after hours session in a smoky bar or it might have been on a back porch over a plate of fried chicken and greens. It might have been in the front seat of an old station wagon driving to the grocery store or beside a hospital bed. You’re a kid in the 1960s. And while most other twenty year olds are holdin’ on to the pop culture fads, you’re sittin’ in with aging blues masters in the storied ghetto bars throughout Watts. At some point, the talk turns serious and a torch is passed. Though others would ignore that moment and let the flame die, you’re cut from a different cloth.

CREDITS:
All songs written by Al Blake, Richard Innes, Fred Kaplan, Larry Taylor & Kirk Eli Fletcher - Except: Track 2 written by L.C. McKinley / Track 4 written by "St. Louis" Jimmy Oden / Track 13 written by James A. Lane

Executive Producer: Randy Chortkoff
Produced by Al Blake
Assistant Producer: Fred Kaplan
Recorded & Mastered by Joe Bellamy at Peace in the Valley Studio, Arleta, CA.
Artwork & design by Joshua Temkin
Cover photograph by Joshua Temkin
Cover guitar courtesy of Bill Bates
Illustration by Alannah Cerra
Hollywood Fats Band photo (late 1970's) courtesy of Al Blake
Kirk Fletcher photo by Art Tipaldi
Liner notes by Art Tipaldi