The maxi-single from (American Idol Finalist) Donnie Williams featuring: Higher Power, Music Land, The Steps, Darkness To The Light, The Power, & Higher Power (Old School Bonus Track)
FEATURING John Handy, Robert Stewart, Wilton Felder, Ron Stallings, Spencer Allen, Carl Lockett, Baba Tunde, Gaylord Birch, Dave Enos, John Turk, Steve Campos, Hollis Gentry, Clairdee
"Bridge’s CD “Crying for Love” won the record of the year, Blues and Soul Magazines in the United Kingdom in 2001."
Considering the quality of the vocalists, Instrumentalists and songwriters who comprised Bridge, The Oakland/Berkeley, California septet should have been big. Dissension within the group and conflicts with producers doomed the band, which spent four weeks in Boulder, Colorado in 1981 cutting an album for Ilene Burns’ CBS distributed Bang label that never saw the light of day. Now after nearly 20 years in mothballs, comes a collection of the demos that helped the group land the Bang deal. These selections reveal a sophisticated fusion of soul, jazz, rock and latin elements that placed Bridge well ahead of its time.
The Big Belly Blues Band originated from a blues song co-written by songwriter/drummer Paul Tillman Smith and Jazz Diva Faye Carol called the "Big Belly Blues" in Oakland, Ca., 2002.
Talita Long has recorded her music and performed in venues of all sizes. Some of her composition recording credits include (“Back To You”, “Lies”, “It Could Have Been”, & “Burning Star”, produced and arranged by Kevin Toney.