STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - ART GARFUNKEL - WATERMARK

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Great Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Mishawaka, Indiana born drummer and session musician, Roger Hawkins, on what would have been his 78th Birthday. He was born in 1945 and is perhaps best known as a member of the studio backing band,  the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as the Swampers) of the country music group Alabama. In addition to that he can be heard of albums and songs from Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffet, Kim Carnes, Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Linda Ronstadt, and much, much more. Today we have him on the third solo album from Art Garfunkel. Watermark was released October 25, 1977 on the Columbia label and produced by Garfunkel. It reached #41 in Australia, #25 in the UK, #19 on the Billboard 200, #18 in New Zealand, #15 in Canada, and #11 in Norway. Three singles were released ;  "Crying In My Sleep" (#95 Canadian Adult Contemporary, #25 US Adult Contemporary), "Marionette" (#18 Canadian Adult Contemporary) and  "What a Wonderful World", a cover of Sam Cooke's song, but on Garfunkel's Phil Ramone produced version, Paul Simon and James Taylor trade off on lead vocals. 

Hawkins passed away May 20, 2021, age 75 after suffering many health problems, including COPD. 

"Crying in My Sleep" – 4:06

"Marionette" – 2:36
"Shine It on Me" – 3:26
"Watermark" – 2:59
"Saturday Suit" – 3:16
"All My Love's Laughter" – 3:56

Side two

"(What a) Wonderful World" (Herb Alpert, Sam Cooke, Lou Adler) – 3:32 (added to the January 1978 reissue, replacing the song "Fingerpaint")
"Mr. Shuck'n Jive" – 4:48
"Paper Chase" – 2:37
"She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional) – 2:45
"Someone Else (1958)" – 2:19
"Fingerpaint" - 3:55 (removed from the January 1978 reissue, replaced with ("What a) Wonderful World")
"Wooden Planes" – 3:13

Art Garfunkel – vocals
Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, Lead & background vocals on "(What a) Wonderful World"
James Taylor - acoustic guitar, Lead & background vocals on "(What a) Wonderful World"
Stephen Bishop – guitar, background vocals
Derek Bell – harmonica
Carol Flamm, Alexandra Stavrou, Ed Hasselbrink, Shelley Hirsch, Fred Farell, David Crosby, Bob Dorough, Leah Kunkel – background vocals
Jay Clayton Voice Group - background vocals
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Pete Carr, Jimmy Johnson, Hugh McCracken – guitar
Tommy Vig – vibraphone, background vocals
Ralph MacDonald, Tom Roady, Craig Krampf – percussion
Jimmy Webb – keyboards
Barry Beckett – piano
David Campbell – arranger
Christopher Dedrick – arranger
Joe Farrell – flute, English horn, oboe
Martin Fay, Seán Keane – fiddle
Jimmie Haskell – arranger
Roger Hawkins, Steve Gadd, Rick Shlosser – drums
David Hood, Joe Osborn, Tony Levin – bass guitar
Thomas Latondre – percussion, handclaps
Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
Oklahoma Uni Chorale – background vocals
Bill Payne – synthesizer
Jack Schroer – saxophone
Richard Tee – piano, Fender Rhodes
Michael Tubridy – flute