30 Mar Meena Cryle’s Album Tell Me Release
My latest work as a producer, the new album of Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band Tell Me will be released in April via Ruf Records. It can then be ordered in any CD shop or online store like Amazon, Itunes, etc.
At the end of March, Meena and Chris have been on tour in Germany and in the Netherlands where a few copies have already been sold exclusively.
The release concert will take place in Vienna at Chaya Fuera on June 5th.
Listen to some samples here:
After recording all the tracks in the second half of 2013 in my studio and the Golden Retriever studio in Berlin, I mixed the album with Chris Fillmore in January 2014. It’s their first record as “a band” and thanks to the fact that Meena also acted as the executive producer, we had the artistic freedom to do exactly what we wanted to do. All songs where recorded live!
The mastering was done by Doug Henderson who worked for artistst like The Swans and Devendra Banhart.
Hans Theessink (Vienna, February 2014)
On Tell me Meena’s expressive voice and a highly competent band led by Chris Fillmore, take us on a magical blues journey. The trip is never dull as they traverse a varied sonic landscape full of emotional highlights. All 12 songs are self-penned and the sound spectrum reaches from steaming roadhouse blues to dark and slow-burning blues sermons that put the listener right into the Mississippi backwoods. Tell me is a great album and comes highly recommended.
(Update 05.04.2014: the first review just came in! Over here at RockTimes)
Here is a list of further information you won’t find in the booklet:
01. Take This Pressure Off Of Me
Meena Cryle: Vocals
Chris Fillmore: Electric Guitar, Tambourin
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond
Raphael Tschernuth: Glockenspiel
02. Bring Me Some Water
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir
Chris Fillmore: Electric Guitar, Bariton Guitar, Acoustic Slide Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Carl Kaye: Pedal Steel
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond, Rhodes
Raphael Tschernuth: Vox Organ, Shaker, Tambourin
03. Tell Me
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir
Chris Fillmore: Electric Guitar, Upright Piano
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond
04. Enough Is Enough
Meena Cryle: Vocals
Chris Fillmore: Electric Guitar, Fuzz Guitar, Clavinet, Wah Wah Bass, Wah Wah (funk) Guitar, Brushes
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond, Synthesizer, Harmonium
Raphael Tschernuth: Shaker, Tambourin
05. I Beg You
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir
Chris Fillmore: Electric Guitar, SFX Guitar, Solo Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Roland Guggenbichler: Rhodes, Hammond
Raphael Tschernuth: Strings
06. Give It Back
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir, Clapping
Chris: Banjo, Saz, Brushes, Acoustic Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Accordeon
Raphael Tschernuth: Mandoline, Clapping
07. This Is My Will
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir
Chris: Electirc Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Carl Kaye: Pedal Steel
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond
Raphael Tschernuth: Martenot, Organ
08. You Don’t Know
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir, Acoustic Guitar
Chris: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bariton Guitar, SFX Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Rhodes, Hammond
Raphael Tschernuth: SFX Synthesizer
09. I’ve Been Drinking
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Choir
Chris: Acoustic Guitar, Mandoline, 12 String Guitar, Slide Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums, Acoustic Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass, Acoustic Guitar
Carl Kaye: Pedal Steel
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond, Rhodes
Raphael Tschernuth: 12 String Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer
10. I Will
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Choir
Chris Fillmore: Acoustic Guitar
Marlene Lachersdorfer: Bass
Frank Cortez: Drums
Carl Kaye: Pedal Steel
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Roland Guggenbichler: Harmonium, Accordeon, Piano
Raphael Tschernuth: 2nd Acoustic Guitar, SFX Synthesizer, String Bass, Piano
11. Where Is Your Love Gone
Meena Cryle: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Shaker, Choir
Chris Fillmore: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Washbrettl
Marlene Lachersdorfer: glass bottle
Frank Cortez: Sticks, Jungle Drum
Roland Guggenbichler: Hammond, Piano
Birgit Guggenbichler: Choir
Raphael Tschernuth: Upright Bass
Meena, Chris, Franky, Marlene, Jeremy, Raphael: Clapping and snapping
Johannes: Tambourin
12 You May Love Me Today
Meena Cryle: Vocals
Chris Fillmore: Acoustic Guitar
All songs engineered by Jeremy Nothman and Raphael Tschernuth.