STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - LOUSIANA'S LE ROUX - KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN'

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Goods Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today our dedicated disc is the second record from Louisiana's LeRoux (later shortened to just LeRoux), Keep The Fire Burnin'. The LP was released on Capitol Records in 1979 and features the six piece band churning out their distinctive brand of Middle Of The Road Rock (MOR) mixed with  jazz, funk, and Creole R&B. The album reached #162 on the Billboard 200 and was produced by the group's bassist,  Leon Medica. The album's sole single, "Feel It" did not chart. I guess audiences weren't feeling it. (Joking). It's a great album and should have been more successful. I bought the album for it's cover which shows a man sitting at a table, wearing his spaghetti dinner on his head, courtesy of the two scorned women standing over him.  

A1 Keep The Fire Burnin'
Written-By – Jeff Pollard
3:42

A2 Call Home The Heart
Written-By – Tony Haselden
3:45

A3 When I Get Home
Written-By – Jeff Pollard
3:12

A4 You Be My Vision
Written-By – Jeff Pollard
4:00

A5 Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (The Sad Song)
Written-By – Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
3:05

B1 Feel It
Written-By – Jeff Pollard, Rod Roddy
3:40

B2 Thunder N' Lightnin'
Written-By – Tony Haselden
4:27

B3 Windows Eyes
Written-By – Jeff Pollard
3:36

B4 Say It (With Your Heart)
Written-By – Jeff Pollard
3:34

B5 Back To The Levee
Written-By – Jeff Pollard
5:00

Arranged By – Le Roux

Backing Vocals – Jeff Pollard, Rod Roddy, Tony Haselden

Bass – Leon S. Medica

Clavinet – Rod Roddy

Congas – Bobby Campo

Cover – Dawn Patrol 

Design – Jimmy Wachtel

Drums – David Peters 

Electric Guitar – Jeff Pollard, Tony Haselden

Engineer – William S. Evans

Engineer [Assistant] – David Cole (4), David Farrell, David Woodley, Ronny Dobbs, Tim Cuthbertson, Tony George

Guest, Saxophone [Solo] – Bryan Savage (tracks: A4)

Lead Vocals – Jeff Pollard, Tony Haselden

Mastered By – Wally Traugott

Organ [Hammond B3] – Rod Roddy

Percussion – David Peters 

Photography By – Jimmy Wachtel

Photography By [Assistant] – Michael Curtis 

Piano [Acoustic] – Rod Roddy

Producer – Leon S. Medica

Strings [Conducted & Arranged By] – Gene Page (tracks: A4)

Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Rod Roddy

Trumpet – Bobby Campo