Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement [Hidden Beach] [Digipak]

Performer: Various Artists
Artist: John Legend; Adam Levine; Kanye West; Keb' Mo'; Ken Stacey
Engineer: Claude Kelly; Alex Venguer; James Auwarter; Tyler Van Dalen; Bill Botrell; Jochem van der Saag; Gabe Veltri; Gregg Jampol; Michael Bradford; Niko Bolas; Stephan Oberhoff; Vidal Davis; Ned Douglas
Producer: Claude Kelly; Dave Stewart; Steven "Steven J." Jordan; Bill Botrell; James Patrick Dunne; John Legend; Kanye West; Michael Bradford; Stephan Oberhoff; Steve McKeever; Stevie Wonder; Tom Hemby; Vidal Davis; BeBe Winans; Wayne Wilkins; Ned Douglas; Steve McKeever (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Lyricist: Jill Scott. Personnel: Henry Garza (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); JoJo Garza (vocals, Wurlitzer organ, bass guitar); Ringo Garza (vocals, drums, percussion); Jill Scott (vocals, background vocals); Adam Levine (vocals); Stephan Oberhoff (guitar, piano, keyboards); Mark Goldenberg, Scott Thurston, Tom Hemby, Waddy Wachtel (guitar); Jafar Barron (pocket trumpet); Pat Coils (keyboards); Jochem van der Saag (synthesizer, programming); Steve Brewster (drums, percussion); Mauricio-Fritz Lewak (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Nikki Flores, Darwin Hobbs, Emmylou Harris, Shontelle Layne, BeBe Winans, LeAnne Palmore, Lisa Williams (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Manny Marroquin; Andrew Dawson; Ed Cherney; Bill Botrell; Jochem van der Saag; Gregg Jampol; Jacques Richmond; Mike Bradford; Michael Brauer; Phil Tan; Wayne Wilkins. Audio Remasterers: Thierry Migeotte; Jerrold Thompson. Liner Note Author: Steve McKeever. Recording information: Boom Boom Room; Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Chung King Studios, New York, NY; East Side Stages, Austin, TX; FCP Studios; Legacy Recording Studios, New York, NY; Legacy Studios, New York, NY; Quiz And Larossi Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; St Sound Stage Recording Studios, Nashville, TN; Terminal Recording; The Jam Studios, Burbank, CA. Photographers: Marc Baptiste; Alan Silfen; Steve Ragland; Nabil Elderkin; Rod Spicer; Andrew Eccles; Mike Ruiz; Christian Lantry; Michael "Mick" Wilson; Nels Israelson; James Minchin; Norman Jean Roy. Arrangers: Claude Kelly; Paul Riser; Stephan Oberhoff; Tom Hemby; BeBe Winans. Hidden Beach Recordings is the first label--independent or otherwise--to commemorate the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States with YES WE CAN: VOICES OF A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT. The album was produced by Steve McKeever of Hidden Beach, and in his liner notes, McKeever documents the birth of the project, but that hardly matters in a sense, because the music is what does. Assembled here are 18 cuts, some of them presented in their original form, some with bits from the speeches of Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Those using Obama speech audio include: John Legend ("Pride, In the Name of Love"), Lionel Richie ("Eternity"), and artists as diverse as Ozomatli, Jill Scott, Dave Stewart, Shontelle, Los Lonely Boys, Suai, Keb' Mo', and Buddy Miller (whose closing number "Wide River to Cross" is among the real highlights). While it's far more memorable as a piece of memorabilia or nostalgia than as a musical artifact, it's quite a handsome package, with photographs of everything from the Democratic National Convention to the New Hampshire Primary, and the many snippets from Obama speeches on the campaign trail included.

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