WORKING 1968 SESSIONS

(left to right) Toxi French, Steve Clark, Fred Borkgren, Jerry Scheff 1968


above right corner Sid Feller....................above lower right corner Bob Ross


Jerry Scheff.........Mike Hendersen........Mike Deasey

In 1968 Jerry Scheff and James Burton met for the first time at Bob Ross's Harmony Recorders in hollywood during the recording of Bobby Jameson's WORKING album. Impressed by Scheff's bass playing and down to earth demeanor, Burton's immediate choice for a bass player, when asked to assemble a Las Vegas show band for Elvis Presley, was Jerry.

Below are 2 songs not on the album Working, but recorded at those sessions in 1968


Arranged by Sid Feller

"If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody"

Arranged by Mike Hendersen

Strings and horns
Ray Kelley
Israel Baker
Bobby Bruce
Roy Catron
Harold Dickrow
Jesse Ehrlich
Nathan Gershman
Jerry Grant
Jim Horn
Richard Hyde
Armond Kaproff
Bill Krudsch
Leonard Malarsky
Ollie Mitchell
Tibor Zelig
Toxi French drums
Jerry Scheff bass
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Produced by Steve Clark
Fred Borkgren engineer
Recorded at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood

THE WEIGHT

Bobby Jameson version of "The Weight"


Arranged by Ben Benay
Ben Benay rhythm guitar
Jerry Scheff bass
Red Rhodes steel guitar
James Burton dobro
Toxi French drums
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Written by Bobby Jameson
Fred Borkgren engineer
Produced by Steve Clark
Recorded in 1968 at Harmony Recorders Hollywood

The entire Working album was cut live by me doing the vocals to my own piano accompaniment. All the other instruments were added after the fact.

The reason I did this was to insure that how I actually played these songs live was how the album would end up sounding. When I tried to record with the musicians their meter was always different than mine.

I fought to play it the way I played it instead of changing it to fit the way they played it. Because they were more perfectionistic than I was, regarding tempo, I decided to do it my way or not at all.

It is a strange way to make a record, but in the end Working has a feel to it that is basically live, because of this decision by me to do it the way I did.

PALO ALTO

Arranged by Sid Feller
Strings and horns
Ray Kelley
Israel Baker
Bobby Bruce
Roy Catron
Harold Dickrow
Jesse Ehrlich
Nathan Gershman
Jerry Grant
Jim Horn
Richard Hyde
Armond Kaproff
Bill Krudsch
Leonard Malarsky
Ollie Mitchell
Tibor Zelig
Toxi French drums
Jerry Scheff bass
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Written by Bobby Jameson
Produced by Steve Clark
Fred Borkgren enginee
Recorded at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood

GENTLE ON MY MIND

Arranged by Sid Feller
Strings and horns
Ray Kelley
Israel Baker
Bobby Bruce
Roy Catron
Harold Dickrow
Jesse Ehrlich
Nathan Gershman
Jerry Grant
Jim Horn
Richard Hyde
Armond Kaproff
Bill Krudsch
Leonard Malarsky
Ollie Mitchell
Tibor Zelig
Toxi French drums
Jerry Scheff bass
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Produced by Steve Clark
Fred Borkgren enginee
Recorded at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood

I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT

Arranged by Ben Benay
Ben Benay rhythm guitar and harmonica
Jerry Scheff bass
Red Rhodes steel guitar
James Burton dobro
Toxi French drums
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Written by Bobby Jameson
Fred Borkgren engineer
Produced by Steve Clark
Recorded in 1968 at Harmony Recorders Hollywood

NORWEGIAN WOOD

Arranged by Ben Benay
Mike Deasey fuzz guitar
Ben Benay rhythm guitar
Jerry Scheff bass
Red Rhodes steel guitar
Toxi French drums
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Written by Bobby Jameson
Fred Borkgren engineer
Produced by Steve Clark
Recorded in 1968 at Harmony Recorders Hollywood

BROKEN WINDOWS

Arranged by Ben Benay
Ben Benay rhythm guitar
Jerry Scheff bass
Red Rhodes steel guitar
James Burton dobro
Toxi French drums
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Written by Bobby Jameson
Fred Borkgren engineer
Produced by Steve Clark
Recorded in 1968 at Harmony Recorders Hollywood

BOUT BEING YOUNG

Arranged by Sid Feller
Strings and horns
Ray Kelley
Israel Baker
Bobby Bruce
Roy Catron
Harold Dickrow
Jesse Ehrlich
Nathan Gershman
Jerry Grant
Jim Horn
Richard Hyde
Armond Kaproff
Bill Krudsch
Leonard Malarsky
Ollie Mitchell
Tibor Zelig
Toxi French drums
Jerry Scheff bass
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Produced by Steve Clark
Fred Borkgren enginee
Recorded at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood

AIN'T THAT LOVIN YOU BABY

Arranged by Mike Hendersen
Strings and horns
Ray Kelley
Israel Baker
Bobby Bruce
Roy Catron
Harold Dickrow
Jesse Ehrlich
Nathan Gershman
Jerry Grant
Jim Horn
Richard Hyde
Armond Kaproff
Bill Krudsch
Leonard Malarsky
Ollie Mitchell
Tibor Zelig
Toxi French drums
Jerry Scheff bass
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Produced by Steve Clark
Fred Borkgren enginee
Recorded at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood

DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT

Arranged by Mike Hendersen
Strings and horns
Ray Kelley
Israel Baker
Bobby Bruce
Roy Catron
Harold Dickrow
Jesse Ehrlich
Nathan Gershman
Jerry Grant
Jim Horn
Richard Hyde
Armond Kaproff
Bill Krudsch
Leonard Malarsky
Ollie Mitchell
Tibor Zelig
Toxi French drums
Jerry Scheff bass
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Produced by Steve Clark
Fred Borkgren engineer
Recorded at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood

SINGIN THE BLUES

Arranged by Ben Benay
Ben Benay harmonica and rhythm guitar
Mike Deasey lead guitar
Jerry Scheff bass
Toxi French drums
Bobby Jameson piano and vocal
Fred Borkgren engineer
Produced by Steve Clark
Recorded in 1968 at Harmony Recorders in Hollywood.