The tracks are:
1. There is always one more time.......Johnny Adams
2. You're a wonderful one.................Marvin Gaye
3. And I love you so..........................Perry Como
4. Mambo UK....................................Cubanismo!
5. Super bad, super slick.....................James Brown
6. Secret agent man............................Johnny Rivers
The remaining tracks are from the film score composed by David Newman
7. Betsy chases Kit/The first shot/A short ride/Dave makes a call/Dave
returns camera
8. Cafe set-up/Shooting the cafe/Stealing Renfro's car/Auditioning the butts
9. "Chubby rain"
10.Clothing store/Daisy rescues Kit
11.The observatory
12.Finale/ Fed Ex delivers
This is really an album in two parts, one part features music written for
the film by David Newman and the other part is of established icons of the
pop world past and present "struttin' their stuff". I enjoyed the former
more than the latter, the Bowfinger Band are a bunch of top professionals
at work and they are all worthy of mention.
Steve Shaeffer-Drums and Percussion, Lenny Castro-Percussion, Mike long and
Jim Cox Keyboards, Dean Parks and George Doering-Guitar, Neal Stubenhaus-Bass
Guitar, Dan Higgins-Saxes and Gary Grant-Trumpet.
It is probably a sign of the times that the sound crew was as large as the
Band! To my way of thinking this is a mixed blessing, whilst no-one can deny
it has delivered a first class product, I would have loved to be in the studio
to hear what the band sounded like live! (If you think these are the comments
of an old saxophone player, you are probably correct!) The important thing
however is that I enjoyed the music in this part of the CD so much, that
I would like to see the film.
The first six tracks do however have their highlights, I particularly enjoyed
'Mambo UK', there is some excellent musicianship and arranging on display
here. It would be nice to know who was responsible, the sleeve doesn't say.
Johnny Adams on track one has a nice jazz feel to his vocals, Margin Aye
and Perky Comma in their respective time, are in the "quality" pop business.
Super bad, Super slick is James Brown with his own song and an excellent
band, well worth a listen. The Johnny Rivers track is worthy of similar comments,
but the backing reminds me of France Lain!
All in all a good value CD, I would give it four stars, if only for the film
score, but I am sure many would disagree and award the stars for the vocals.
Reviewer
Don Mather
OST
