Down Below by Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires
Love and loss in the time of Covid 19! What a blessing it was to have a collection of new songs to record during this crazy year. It kept all of The Thousandaires a little more grounded. We're really proud of these songs and the way they came together at the studio.
Tracklist
| 1. | Lay Your Problems on My Knww | 4:41 |
| 2. | Hurtin' Too | 4:00 |
| 3. | Hang on to your hat | 4:25 |
| 4. | Please Don't Refuse | 4:35 |
| 5. | My Life in Bars | 3:30 |
| 6. | Into My Head Again | 3:38 |
| 7. | Down Below | 4:32 |
| 8. | Ella Speed | 2:51 |
| 9. | Big Thing | 3:18 |
| 10. | One More Picture of You | 4:21 |
Credits
released May 23, 2021
Produced by Ted Hefko & Justin Carlo Davi
Recorded August - September 2020 at Music Shed Studios, and Below Studio by Mike Dorsey and Ben Lorio
Edited by Ted Hefko and Justin Davi
Mixed by Keenan McRae Artisound Production
Mastered by Gene Paul at G&J Audio
Musicians
Ted Hefko (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Clarinet, Flute)
Matt Galloway (Lead Guitar)
Justin Carlo Davi (Bass)
Chris Davis (Drums & Percussion)
Isaac Eady (Drums on Lay Your Problems on my Knee)
Lynn Drury (Backup Vocals on Hurtin’ Too, My Life in Bars, Down Below)
Jamey Saint Pierre (Backup Vocals on Down Below, BIg Thing)Michael Skinus (Percussion on Down Below, Please Don’t Refuse, Hang on to Your Hat & One More Picture of You)
Kevin Louis (Trumpet on Please Don’t Refuse, Hang on to Your Hat, Ella Speed)
Craig Klein (Trombone on Hang on to Your Hat, Ella Speed)
Beck Burger (B3 Organ on Down Below, Please Don’t Refuse, Hurtin’ Too, Into My Head Again)
Tom Hefko (Jews Harp on Lay Your Problems on My Knee)
Alex Mallet (Guitar on Please Don’t Refuse)
All songs written and arranged by Ted Hefko except My Life in Bars (Ted Hefko/Lynn Drury), Big Thing (Ted Hefko/Paul Sanchez) & Ella Speed (Huddie Ledbetter PUBLIC DOMAIN)
Produced by Ted Hefko & Justin Carlo Davi
Recorded August - September 2020 at Music Shed Studios, and Below Studio by Mike Dorsey and Ben Lorio
Edited by Ted Hefko and Justin Davi
Mixed by Keenan McRae Artisound Production
Mastered by Gene Paul at G&J Audio
Musicians
Ted Hefko (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Clarinet, Flute)
Matt Galloway (Lead Guitar)
Justin Carlo Davi (Bass)
Chris Davis (Drums & Percussion)
Isaac Eady (Drums on Lay Your Problems on my Knee)
Lynn Drury (Backup Vocals on Hurtin’ Too, My Life in Bars, Down Below)
Jamey Saint Pierre (Backup Vocals on Down Below, BIg Thing)Michael Skinus (Percussion on Down Below, Please Don’t Refuse, Hang on to Your Hat & One More Picture of You)
Kevin Louis (Trumpet on Please Don’t Refuse, Hang on to Your Hat, Ella Speed)
Craig Klein (Trombone on Hang on to Your Hat, Ella Speed)
Beck Burger (B3 Organ on Down Below, Please Don’t Refuse, Hurtin’ Too, Into My Head Again)
Tom Hefko (Jews Harp on Lay Your Problems on My Knee)
Alex Mallet (Guitar on Please Don’t Refuse)
All songs written and arranged by Ted Hefko except My Life in Bars (Ted Hefko/Lynn Drury), Big Thing (Ted Hefko/Paul Sanchez) & Ella Speed (Huddie Ledbetter PUBLIC DOMAIN)
License
All rights reserved.
Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires stir up an intoxicating brew of the profound and the profane, of virtue and vice and most importantly the volatile in-between. Ted’s songs explore hope and hustlers, saints and strays, drifters and the down-and-out. The band brings these stories to life with the spontaneity of jazz, and the rough-hewn, bare-bones tone of backwoods rhythm and bllues.