Album Credits

Gregg Rolie – Lead Vocals, Hammond B3 Organ, Keyboards
Ron Wikso – Drums, Background Vocals
Kurt Griffey – Guitars, Background Vocals
Wally Minko – Keyboards
Alphonso Johnson – Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
Adrian Areas – Timbales and Percussion
Michael Carabello – Congas, Background Vocals

Produced by Gregg Rolie and Ron Wikso
Mixed by Sean Rolie

Artwork by Jim Welch

Additional Info

This record was recorded live at Sturgis, in 2006, on a festival bill that featured the Steve Miller Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and a number of other acts.

After finally obtaining the multitrack audio recordings that were made at the event, Gregg and I brought the tracks into my studio, where we did a few minor edits and generally made sure everything was in good shape.

After that, his son, Sean mixed the record and we released it in 2009.

Album Credits

Gregg Rolie – Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Hammond B3 Organ, Piano
Ron Wikso – Drums (all tracks except for “Only You”)
Michael Shrieve – Drums on “Only You”
Steve Lukather – Lead Guitar on “Give Me Tomorrow” and “They Want It All”
Neal Schon – Lead Guitar on “Breaking My Heart” and “Lift Me Up”
Dave Amato – Guitar on “Breaking My Heart” and “That’s The Way It Goes”
Kurt Griffey – Guitar on “Lift Me Up, “Us” and “You”
Rocket Ritchotte – Guitar on “Look Into The Future”
Alan Haynes – Guitar on “Give Me Tomorrow”, “They Want It All”, “Rockit”, “If I Went Home”, and “Don’t Be Cruel”
Sean Rolie – Guitar on “What About Love”
Alphonso Johnson – Bass Guitar (except “Only You”, “What About Love”, “Lift Me Up”, “Rockit”, “If I Went Home”, and “Don’t Be Cruel”)
Sticky Lopez – Bass Guitar on “If I Went Home”, and “Don’t Be Cruel”
Kenny Patterson – Bass Guitar on “Lift Me Up”, and “Rockit”,
Adrian Areas – Timbales and Percussion on “Breaking My Heart” and “That’s The Way It Goes”
Michael Carabello – Congas and Percussion on “Breaking My Heart” and “That’s The Way It Goes”
Daniel Sahad – Background Vocals
Akina Adderley – Background Vocals
Taylor Mills – Background Vocals
Teal Collins – Background Vocals

Produced and Mixed by Sean Rolie with additional production by Chris “Frenchie” Smith and Daniel Sahad (except “Breaking My Heart” and “That’s The Way It Goes – Produced by Gregg Rolie and Ron Wikso – originally from the “Roots” CD”)

Mixed by Sean Rolie (except “Breaking My Heart” and “That’s The Way It Goes – Mixed by Tom Size – originally from the “Roots” CD)

Additional Info

We initially started recording this record was back in December of 2011, when we went to Sonic Ranch studios, outside of El Paso, TX, to record five songs.

Not long after that, Gregg joined Ringo Starr's All Starr Band, and the recordings were put on the back burner for a bit, but we did reconvene in December of 2013 to record most of the rest of the basic tracks that wound up on the record. A couple of the songs we did then didn't make it on the record, and a couple of others, including "What About Love" and "Only You" were written and conceived later.

Eventually, in between moving, touring with Ringo, touring with the Gregg Rolie Band, and the Gregg Rolie Quartet, plus a few other obligations, the record was finally completed and released in 2019.

I hope you enjoy it!

Album Credits

Cher – Lead Vocals
Ron Wikso – Drums, Background Vocals
Hugh McDonald – Bass Guitar
Dave Amato – Guitars, Background Vocals
David Shelley – Guitars, Background Vocals
Elijah Blue Allman – Guitar
Paul Mirkovich – Keyboards
Gary Scott– Piano
Darlene Love – Background Vocals
Edna Wright – Background Vocals
Patty Darcy – Background Vocals

Additional Info

This track was taken from the DVD, "Cher Extravaganze - Live At The Mirage", which was originally broadcast as a TV special on CBS television. The show was recorded in 1990 but didn't air until 1991.

The band features Bon Jovi bassist, Hugh McDonald, REO Speedwagon guitarist, Dave Amato, Darlene Love, and Paul Mirkovich, who has served as the musical director on the hit TV Show, "The Voice", on NBC, for many years now.

An interesting bit of trivia is that two of the band members, Hugh McDonald and Darlene Love, have both been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but strangely, Cher, despite her illustrious career, both as a solo artist and as part of Sonny & Cher, has not.

Given that there are some artists who've been inducted that arguably were influenced by her, I think she's deserving of it. I guess we'll see what happens!

Here is a video for Many Rivers To Cross, taken from that DVD.

Album Credits

David Lee Roth – Lead Vocals
Ron Wikso – Drums, Background Vocals
Brett Tuggle – Keyboards, Guitar, Background Vocals
Jamie Hunting – Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
Terry Kilgore – Guitar, Background Vocals

Additional Info

This record was recorded during a live show that we played at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, CA.

The show was broadcast live on the Westwood One Radio Network and since the studio we were playing in was relatively large, they had some invited guests as well as radio contest winners in attendance, so it was a sort of intimate show, for one a few people (I'm guessing maybe 50 -75 or so?), with the added advantage of being done in a world class recording facility, so of course, it was recorded.

The record was not released widely and a lot of people still are unaware of its existence, so now you know...I hope you enjoy it!

Album Credits

Gregg Rolie – Lead and Background Vocals, , Keyboards
Ron Wikso – Drums
Ross Valory – Bass Guitar
Kevin Chalfant – Lead Vocals
Josh Ramos – Guitar
Bob Marlette – Programming

Produced by Nigel Green, (The Storm - Gregg Rolie, Ron Wikso, Kevin Chalfant, Ross Valory, Josh Ramos) and Bob Marlette

Engineered and Mixed by Nigel Green

Artwork by Kelly and Mouse

Additional Info

This record was recorded in the spring of 1993, at Fantasy Studios, in Berkeley, CA.

We enlisted the services and expertise of Nigel Green to produce, engineer, and mix the record. Nigel established himself as the engineer who worked on many huge records for world renowned producer, Mutt Lange, including some of Def Leppard's biggest records, such as "Hysteria" and "Pyromania", as well as Bryan Adams's record "Wake Up The Neighbors". Coincidentally, we had toured with Bryan in 1992, as part of the tour he was promoting that record on.

We started pre-production at our rehearsal studio, in Petaluma, CA, where we spent a week or two going over the songs, arrangements and some technical details, before heading into Fantasy Studios to record the tracks.

After all the recording was done, Nigel wanted to mix at Battery Studios, in NYC, so that's what we did. Gregg, Kevin and I all went to New York for that and while we were there, we got to see Paul McCartney at the Meadowlands, in NJ, which was fantastic!

Anyway, the record was made for Interscope Records, who we were signed to at the time, but they gradually turned into a rap/grunge label and eventually they transferred the rights to the master to us, and we released it on three different boutique labels - Music For Nations, in Europe, Avex Trax/Bareknuckle, in Japan, and Miramar in the US.

Album Credits

Marcy Requist – Lead Vocals
Ron Wikso – Drums and Percussion
Wally Minko – Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards
Kurt Griffey – Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Matt Bissonette – Electric Bass Guitar and Upright Bass
Tom Evans – Saxophone
Bihn Park – Cello

Produced and Mixed by Ron Wikso

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Mastering, Austin, TX

Album Artwork by Ron Wikso

Photos of Marcy by Ann Luchsinger

Additional Info

This record was conceived as a collection of music that people could use for comfort when they might be in the midst of one of life's difficult times. They were that for Marcy, so we decided to record versions of these songs that would be done in a delicate, soothing, and comforting way, featuring not only Marcy's beautiful voice, but Wally's expressive piano playing and arrangements.

We hope you enjoy it and if you'd like to learn more about Marcy, the Covers of Comfort album, or our company, Circle of Comfort, LLC, please visit Marcy's site.

Album Credits

Charley Langer – Alto and Soprano Saxophone, Wind Synthesizer, , Keyboards
Ron Wikso – Drums and Percussion
Kurt Griffey – Guitars
Wally Minko – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Piano, Syntheizer, Keyboards
Alphonso Johnson – Bass Guitar
Matt Bissonette – Bass Guitar
Ed McGlaughlin – Bass Guitar
Michito Sanchez – Percussion
Tom Marino – Trumpet and Trombone
Tom Evans – Tenor Saxophone
Mark Morris – Clavinet and Guitar

Produced by Ron Wikso and Charley Langer
Mixed by Ron Wikso

Photography by Rick Anderson

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Mastering - Austin, TX

Additional Info

Charley initially contacted me through my website when he was looking for someone to play live drums on the songs he was working on, so when I first started working with him, that's mainly what I was doing. Since Charley was in the Sacramento area, and I was living in the Los Angeles area, we worked by sending WAV files back and forth, which is something I've been doing now, since I first put my studio together in the late 1990s.

After sending him back the rough mixes of the tracks I did for him, he asked me if I knew any other musicians who could play on the record, and at the time, I was working extensively with the Gregg Rolie Band, so it made sense to ask Wally Minko to play keyboards, Alphonso Johnson to play bass, and Kurt Griffey to play guitar. Wally and Alphonso, in particular have an incredible pedigree in the jazz genre - Wally having played with Jean Luc Ponty for many years, and Alphonso having played with Weather Report, George Duke and many other jazz luminaries in his illustrious career.

As the project continued and evolved, Charley asked me to get some other musicians for certain parts and certain songs. Alphonso became busy with other things so I got Matt Bissonette to play on several songs, and I recruited Michito Sanchez on percussion, Tom Marino on Trumpet and Trombone, and Tom Evans on Tenor Sax...incredible musicians all!

I recorded most of their performances in my studio so essentially, I became the producer of the record as I engineered and oversaw what everyone was playing, and after each one, I would send Charley another rough mix. I guess he liked how those were sounding because when we were all done, he asked me to mix the record for him, too.

By that time, I had moved to Austin, TX, so I mixed it in my new studio there. And then, when that was all done, I took it to Jerry Tubb, at Terra Nova Mastering to put the finishing touches on it.

I'm proud of the way this record turned out and while I've played lots of jazz over the years, it's not the genre I'm most closely associated with, or that I typically work in, so it was a lot of fun getting to stretch out and do this with everyone.

I hope you enjoy it!

Album Credits

Dan Gallapoo (aka Doberman Dan) – Guitar
Ron Wikso – Drums, Percussion
Wally Minko – Keyboards
Matt Bissonette – Bass Guitar
Charley Langer – Saxophone
Tom Evans – Saxophone
Tom Marino– Trumpet

Produced by Ron Wikso and Dan Gallapoo
Mixed by Ron Wikso

Artwork by Tom Nikosey

Additional Info

This was yet another remote recording project. Dan Gallapoo (aka Doberman Dan), contacted me through my website and asked if I'd be interested in working on his music and of course, I was glad to.

This was another project where, as it progressed, he asked me if I knew some other people who could play on it, so I recommended most of the same people who I've done literally hundreds of songs with...Wally Minko on Keyboards, Matt Bissonette on Bass, Tom Marino on Trumpet and in this case, I also got Charley Langer, whose "Never The Same" record I played drums on, recorded, and produced, to play some saxophone.

This is another venture into the Jazz realm for me me. I hope you dig it!

Album Credits

David Glen Eisley – Lead and Backing Electric Guitar, Keyboards
Ron Wikso – Drums
Paul "Clem" Calder – Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
G.D. Tubbs – Bass Guitar

Produced by David Glen Eisley and Paul "Clem" Calder
Mixed by Paul "Clem" Calder

Photography by Olivia Hussey Eisley and Paul "Clem" Calder

Additional Info

I've been fortunate to have worked with Dave on several of his recordings over the years, going all the way back to the late 1980s.

He's a great guy and always very complimentary, and he plays drums, so he's able to communicate what he's looking for really well, too.

This was another project where we just sent the files back and forth (I recorded all the drum tracks in my home studio) and whenever I had a track done, I'd just send the files back to Paul, who imported them into his session and they did whatever other overdubs they needed to do after that.

I still haven't met Paul either, but that's not uncommon for a lot of the remote recording I've done over the last 25 years or so. Hopefully we'll meet up one of these days soon!

I really enjoyed working on this record and I hope you dig it too!

Album Credits

David Glen Eisley – Lead and Background Vocals, Lead Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Drums on Track 6
Ron Wikso – Drums (Except for Track 6)
Craig Goldy – Lead Guitar (Except for Tracks 3, 8 and 11)
Pat Regan – Organ and Strings on Track 3
Chuck Wright – Bass Guitar on Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 12
Ricky Phillips – Bass Guitar on Track 6
Steph Ellis – Bass Guitar on Tracks 3 and 7
India Joy Eisley – Door Slam
Eric Rigler – Uilleann Pipes on Tracks 1 and 13

Produced by G. D. Tubbs
Mixed by Pat Regan

Artwork by Jim Welch

Additional Info

Dave had been working on these songs for a while and when he decided to actually move forward and put a record together, he came over to my studio and we recorded all the drums for it in about two days. 

I believe some of the tracks may have existed previously, from past projects that he didn't use them for, so some bass, guitar and keyboard tracks were already there. The rest of the overdubs were done after we did the drum tracks and he brought everything over to Pat Regan's studio, where they did some more overdubs and also mixed the record.

I hope you enjoy it!

Album Credits

Jesse Harms – Lead Vocals, Hammond B3 Organ, Keyboards, Percussion
Ron Wikso – Drums
Dave Amato – Guitars, Background Vocals
Vic Johnson – Guitars
Ricky Phillips – Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
John Paul McClean – Bass Guitar

Produced by Jesse Harms
Mixed by Jesse Harms

Additional Info

I was thrilled when Jesse contacted me about playing drums on this record.

I had known him for over 10 years at that point but we'd never really worked on any projects together except for the odd demo here and there, and I always had great respect for his songwriting and musical abilities, so I was glad to finally get to do a whole record with him.

We did all the drum tracks over two days at my studio and brought those tracks back to his own studio to do overdubs and mix.

It was really a ton of fun doing versions of some of the hit songs he'd written for other people, but doing them with his interpretation. Those songs include "Walk On Water", which Eddie Money had a huge hit with, "Make Me A Believer", which was done by the incredible Patty Smythe, and "All I Want Is You", which was done by Alias, with Freddy Curci.

I think, if you listen to it, you might agree that a lot of it is as good or better than the more "well known" versions.

Album Credits

John Pratt – Lead and Background Vocals, Keyboards
Ron Wikso – Drums
Lance Morrison – Bass Guitar
John Thomas – Guitars
Wally Minko – Piano
Michael Alemania – Keyboards
Chris Trujillo – Percussion
Angela Alemania – Backing Vocals
Deena Russo – Backing Vocals
Kira Alemania – Backing Vocals
Ira Glansbeek – Cello
Justin Pratt – Violin
Erlinda Romero – Violin

Executive Producer – John Pratt

Produced/Engineered/Mixed by Ryan Green - Assisted by Jacob Dennis

Recorded and Mixed at Validus Recording Studio, North Hollywood CA

Additional Recording by John Pratt and Jacob Dennis at Bear Studio, Encino, CA

Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, New York, NY

Additional Info

I've worked quite a bit with John Pratt over the years, including on three records for the band, "Firefly", as well as various other projects.

When he decided to make this solo record, I was living in Austin, TX and John asked me if I'd be willing to fly out to Los Angeles to play on it for him, which of course, I was glad to do, and I was honored he thought enough of me to ask. It's not like there are no good drummers in LA!

I flew out to LA, John picked me up, and I stayed with him at his beautiful home in the hills of Encino. We spent a little time going over the songs, and I made charts of everything before going into the studio to record them.

I was able to get the companies I endorse, Sonor Drums and Zildjian Cymbals, to provde the gear and we got set up at Validus Recording Studio, under the auspices of the extremely talented producer and engineer, Ryan Green.

Within a couple days, we had all of the drum tracks done and John spent some time after that doing overdubs with all the talented musicians who also appear on this record, all of whom I'm honored to have performed on this with.

Album Credits

Fergie Frederiksen – Lead Vocals
Ron Wikso – Drums
Ricky Phillips – Bass Guitars, Keyboards, Guitar, Background Vocals
Bruce Gowdy – Guitars, Keyboards
Rocket Ritchotte – Guitars
Neal Schon – Guitar Solo on "Language of Love"
Tim Pierce – Guitar Solos on "Blaze of Love", "All For Love" and "Crazy"
Denny Laine – Acoustic Guitar on "The Truth Is Good Enough"
Michael Monarch – Slide Guitar on "Falling Into Place"
Marcus Nand – Nylon String Guitar on "Falling Into Place"
Steve Porcaro – Keyboards on "Mata Hari" and "Tell Me Diana"
Guy Allison – Keyboards (Strings) on "The Truth Is Good Enough"
Kelly Hansen – Background Vocals
Jason Scheff – Background Vocals "Best I Can Be" and "Falling Into Place"
Dave Amato – Background Vocals on "Language of Love"
Jeff Scott Soto – Background Vocals on "Best I Can Be"

Produced by Ricky Phillips
Mixed by Bruce Gowdy and Ricky Phillips

Mastered by Christoph Tuschen

Artwork by DTP Studio Winter

Additional Info

My longtime pal, Ricky Phillips produced this little gem for former Toto lead singer, Fergie Frederiksen, who I later wound up playing with in the World Classic Rockers.

This album is like a who's who of Los Angeles session musicians, with folks like Steve Porcaro, Jason Scheff and many others (see the credits listed above), so I'm beyond thrilled ot have been asked to play on it.

Ricky and Bruce Gowdy did an amazing job putting the whole thing together and I think it came out pretty good. Give it a listen and see if you agree. I hope you enjoy it!