Tracks:
Sport
Spoon
Caf Black Rose, The
Brother Hominy Grit
Coppin' Some Fronts for the Sets
Hamhock's Hall Was Big (And There Was a Whole Lot to Dig!)
Bones Fly from Spoon's Hand, The
Break Was So Loud, It Hushed the Crowd, The
Four Bitches Is What I Got
Grit's Den
Shit Hits the Fan Again, The
Sentenced to the Chair
Performer Notes:
- Personnel: Lightnin' Rod (vocals); Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, Buzz Feiten (guitar); Julius Hemphill (alto saxophone); King Curtis, Brother Gene Dinwiddie, Trevor Lawrence, Maurice Smith, Andrew Love, Lou Collins (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Richard Tee, Truman Thomas (piano); Billy Preston (organ); Neil Larson (keyboards); Chuck Rainy, Jerry Jemmot, Fred Backmeier (bass); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums); Norman Pride, Pancho Morales, Rocky Dejon (congas); Bobby Matos (timbales); Gordin Specks Powell (percussion); Kool And The Gang.
- All tracks have been digitally remastered.
- With music by Kool & the Gang, Rod recites a rhyming story of gamblers, pimps, and players. ~ Dan Heilman
Format: CD (1 Disc)
Country: USA
Studio/Live: Studio
Guest Artist: Kool & The Gang; Billy Preston; Eric Gale; Cornell Dupree; Richard Tee; Bernard Purdie
Release Date: 1 June, 1996
Label: Charly Records (UK)