As you'll notice, my session-playing was most centered around the 80's. It was never just a job, nor something I was raving about. It was a bit like supporter-acting, since I was to work as a 'faire-valoir' to the main actor (the Artist), moulding my visions to this of the director (the record producer), yet bringing my own character. Most of the time there was no script for me (how do you tell what a synth should sound like, other than miming some existing stuff ?).
I've always prefered the word 'guest', with or without the 'star' suffix.
I've been far less sollicited in sessions since I've reached the 'producer' status, which people presumed made me 'too expensive' to hire. Hence the too-apparent decline in session activity. I do not regret it, although I do miss some of it sometimes. Just like acting, it's a perfect character workout. A matter of balance probably.
1979 M: "Pop Muzik (New-York, London, Paris, Munich)"
1979 Myriam Makeba: "Comme Une Symphonie d'Amour"
1980 Bernie Lyon: "Bernie Lyon"
1980 Grace Jones: "Warm Leatherette"
1980 Grace Jones: "Nightclubbing"
1980 M: "The Official Secrets Act"
1980 Lizzy Mercier Descloux: "Mambo Nassau"
1981 Bernie Lyon: "I'm Living In The Sunshine"
1981 The Gibson Brothers: "Quartier Latin"
1981 Barry Reynolds: "I Scare Myself"
1981 Jimmy Cliff: "Give The People What They Want"
1982 Charlélie Couture: "Pochette Surprise"
1982 Joe Cocker: "Sheffield Steel"
1982 Black Uhuru: "Chill Out"
1982 Gregory Isaacs: "Night Nurse"
1982 Grace Jones: "Living My Life"
1982 Gwen Guthrie: "Gwen Guthrie"
1982 Robin Scott & Shikisha: "Jive Shikisha !"
1983 Talking Heads: "Speaking In Tongues"
1983 Tom-Tom Club: "Close To The Bone"
1984 Foreigner: "Agent Provocateur"
1985 Mick Jagger: "She's The Boss"
1985 The PowerStation: "Some Like It Hot"
1985 Gwen Guthrie: "Just For You"
1985 Sly & Robbie: "Language Barrier"
1985 Robert Palmer: "Riptide"
1988 Manu Dibango: "Electric Africa"
1988 Melissa Etheridge: "Melissa Etheridge"
1988 Talking Heads: "Naked"
1988 Julio Iglesias: "Libra"
1994 The PowerStation: "Living In Fear"
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