Shawn Phillips - Transcedence - 1978
Shawn Phillips may not be a name that rings bells for the casual music fan, but it is a name that can be tied to some of the greatest moments in music history. Whether it's Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” or The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” singer/songwriter Shawn Phillips is someone that was there. The Fab Four had Phillips lend his vocals to “Lovely Rita,” and Donovan and Phillips used to sit in a room and write songs together. But this is only the beginning of the Shawn Phillips story.
This is a man that studied sitar with Ravi Shankar and gave George Harrison some basic lessons before the famed Beatle later found Shankar himself. He is also, through his work with Donovan, the first artist to introduce the sitar to popular music. Phillips also gave guitar lessons to Joni Mitchell while she was working as a waitress in Saskatchewan. Mitchell was interested in learning Phillips’ 12-string technique. Some of the musicians that can be found on Phillips’ albums are iconic names like Rick Wakeman, Michael Kamen, Steve Winwood, and Eric Clapton. Other world famous artists that Phillips has had relationships with are Delbert McClinton, The Moody Blues, Bill Cosby, Bob Ezrin, Jerry Moss, ZZ Top, Cass Elliot, Paul Buckmaster, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Steve Morse, John Denver, Paul Simon, and more.
01. Take It Easy
02. I'm an American Child (on a Nuclear Pile)
03. Implications
04. Lady in Violet
05. Good Evening Madam
06. Lament pour l'Enfant Mort
07. Julia's Letters
08. Motes of Dust
09. Ease Your Mind
SHAWN PHILLIPS - GUITAR & VOCALS
MICHAEL KAMEN - ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS, ACOUSTIC PIANO
MARK CURRY - YAMAHA & ACOUSTIC PIANOS
CHRIS NEILSEN - LEAD & ACOUSTIC GUITARS
JEFFREY PORCARO, MICHAEL CLARK, MICHAEL BAIRD, MICHAEL BOTTS - DRUMS
PAUL JACKSON, LELAND SKLAR, JOHN PIERCE - BASS
PETER ROBINSON, SCOTT MAcDONALD - ACOUSTIC PIANO
M.L. BENOIT - WATERPHONE
MARK CURRY - YAMAHA & ACOUSTIC PIANOS
RICK HART - BASS & FUZZ BASS
RICHARD GREEN - VIOLIN
MICHAEL KAMEN - OBOE
M.L. BENOIT - PERCUSSION
ROBIN MILLER - MANDOLIN
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Patrick Frances McManus was one of 6 children born into an incredibly talented musical family in Derrylin, Co.Fermangh, N.Ireland. Pat’s father, John, and his mother Valerie were highly accomplished Traditional Irish music players, so it wasn’t long before Pat and his two brothers, John and Tommy, were picking up all the instruments lying around the house and learning to play. By the age of 7, Pat had already performed on live T.V. and by 14 he was All-Ireland Fiddle Champion. Aged 20, Pat somehow stumbled across a band called Horslips. As Horslips were a Celtic rock band, the 3 brothers could relate to their music and quickly became big fans and later attended so many gigs that they formed a friendship with the guys in the band. The brothers soon swapped their Fiddles, Uilleann Pipes and Bodhrans for electric instruments and formed their first band called - Pulse, with Pat on Guitar, John on Bass & Vocals and Tommy (who was only 12 at the time) on drums. During an interview with Radio Luxembourg , Dj – Tony Prince, who remarked how young they all were, jokingly called them Mamas Boys - the boys changed their name. It was just meant to be an ‘of the cuff’ remark but the name stuck and soon the 3 brothers were officially known as Mamas Boys........... 
