CD, Taxi To Tonganoxie

CHET NICHOLS

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Chet Nichols ~ The CD, Taxi To Tonganoxie

Taxi To Tonganoxie
by Chet Nichols

Taxi To Tonganoxie is the only CD of Chet Nichols’ music
that features full back-up bands in the studio. The material on
this CD was recorded, engineered and co-produced by
Stephen Barncard (CSNY, David Crosby) in two different
studios. The songs, “Paper Burns” and “If You Were They And
They Were You” , were recorded at Wally Heider’s Studio in
San Francisco in 1974.

Stephen brought in members of “The New Riders Of The
Purple Sage” to back up Chet on these two songs.
Included were:
Pete Sears on bass,
Spencer Dryden (RIP) on drums
Buddy Cage on guitar and pedal-steel guitar.
Chet sings, plays acoustic and electric guitar and some very
interesting bass harmonica on these two cuts.

These two songs were initially part of a group of songs being
considered for inclusion on Chet’s album, Waving Prairie.
But, due to some recording problems that had to do with
equipment updates at Heider’s, the songs were pulled and
saved for later.

In the past year (2007) some unblemished mixes were
discovered and the songs were given new life. At the same
time, another group of songs recorded and produced by
Stephen Barncard at his home studio up the hill from
Beverly Glen in 1977 were re-discovered and re-mastered.

This group of songs includes an outstanding back-up
band and singers. Included in this group was the incredibly
versatile Wayne Goodwin on lap-steel guitar, electric
guitar and fiddle. Wayne began his touring career
with Emmylou Harris, performed with the group Crossfire
and went on to a successful career as a feature film composer.
His credits as a violinist list the “Who’s Who” of music including:
Midnight Oil, INXS, Sting, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt,
Tony Bennett, ELO, Gene Pitney, Dolly Parton,
Bread and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Also in the band
was infamous Fuzzy John Oxendine on drums. Fuzzy
has played with many top groups. most notably Mopy Grape,
The Sons Of Champlin and the Rhythm Dukes.
Rounding out the band was Billy Berosini on bass.
Billy played with Jackson Browne and Brewer & Shipley,
to name a few. Chet sang and played multiple instruments.

The back up singers included those mentioned above, plus
the incredible Laura Allan, Sherry Fox, Estrella
Berosini and Rick Wallace. We decided to put these
tunes together because as a suite of music they sound
really good together. We hope you enjoy these tunes.
The sessions were a riot, so the music brings back great memories.

Many thanks go to Stephen Barncard for his time,
expertise and interest in saving these tapes and remastering
them. Without his efforts, we would not be able to offer
this CD to you.
..................Chet Nichols, March 2008.

THE SONGS:

1. Texacan Love
2. I Want The Best That We Can Give
3. If They Found Out We Were Living Together
4. Rock & Roll Music
5. Start Again
6. Keys To My Heart
7. (Take The ) Taxi To Tonganoxie
8. Paper Burns
9. If You Were They And They Were You

You can listen to some of Chet's music by scrolling
through the music player below and making a selection.
Or you can listen to ALL of Chet's song in their
entirety at Chet's music site. You can also purchase
CDs and MP3 downloads at Chet's Music Site.

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