POTATO SALAD: Potato Salad

Potato Salad

Potato Salad

© 2004 Potato Salad (700106763228)

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Produced by and featuring famed keyboardist David Garfield along with special guests Lenny Castro and Larry Klimas this live recording features the original music of Potato Salad plus their new arrangements of tunes from Los Lobotomys and Karizma.

tracks

1 Ire
2 D.s.
3 Belly
4 Get Out of Town
5 Ode to Henrietta
6 Rug Burn
7 Lobotomy Stew
8 I'm Buzzed
9 Corbitt Van Brauer

notes

Potato Salad is usually comprised of chopped cooked potatoes, mayo, and other stuff, but this Potato Salad has different ingredients that create an incredible sound.
The band was formed in early 2001 as an excuse to jam weekly at a local coffee house covering songs from LA bands Karizma and Los Lobotomys, both fronted by famed keyboardist David Garfield. Mr. Garfield was invited to play with the band, and he gracefully accepted which lead to him producing the bands' first recording project on the "Creatchy" label.

The name? Potato Salad is a product of a baked potato, which is also the name of a world famous club in North Hollywood, CA. The members of Potato Salad have been visiting The Baked Potato for over 20 years listening to great musicians play the music they love. Heavily influenced and inspired by these world-class players, Potato Salad was formed and named in homage.

This debut album was recorded live at The Baked Potato and live in the studio and features special guests: David Garfield (George Benson) on keyboards, Lenny Castro (Toto) on percussion and Larry Klimas (Manhattan Transfer) sax and flute.

Potato Salad includes: Kurt Dohy and Doug Nofsinger on guitars, Dave "Beaker" McNichols on drums, and Felix Nunez on bass.

The track list includes new arrangements of songs originally recorded by Karizma and Los Lobotomys, bands which were lead by David Garfield and featured a who's who of the LA studio scene including Steve Lukather, Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau, Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Johnson, Lenny Castro, Nathan East, and the list goes on.

There are also several original tunes penned by the band with co arrangements by Garfield along with a Garfield original from the Karizma days with Vinnie that was never released.

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  • Excellent Live Set!
    author: bluzplayer

    Quality production in a live setting that truly captures the feel of what must have been a great show! The lineup of talent on this CD sets the expectation bar pretty high. Give this a listen...it exceeds all pre-conceived expectations. Buy this CD - you won't be able to take it out of the CD player for about the first 3 weeks!!

  • Piece of art
    author: Arno C

    Great bunch of guys together who give their best. The cd is very well mixed and great for in-car use. Tracks are a good mixture where all artists can show off their skills. Personal fav is I'm buzzed. Those guitar licks really rock!

  • As good as the amazing list of musicians.
    author: Stéphane from Paris

    I'm a big fan of all this type of music and this CD is THE CD to buy from anyone who like the hard work of David with his friends Steve Lukather, Colaiuta, Castro and of course Simon "Master" Phillips. So, order it, it's what you need !!!

  • Excellent performance with TWO! first class guitar players MORE PLEASE
    author: RAY (thelegendnedk) KELLY
  • A CD where the talent and musicality still count !!
    author: Alan Friedman

    I've seen David Garfield and friends play live many times (Baked Potato, NAMM shows, etc.) and am I always in awe of their musical prowess. David and company write great jazz-rock fusion tunes with a hook. Make sure you grab any of David's related CDs (i.e. Los Lobotomys, Karizma) or anything he's done with guitar maniacs Steve Lukather and Mike Landau. It's all great, timeless music and something to still get excited about.

  • Amazing band. Great arrangements of LA fusion cult classics.
    author: Alex

    Awesome performances and great arrangements.

  • A Star is born
    author: Olivier HUGUENOT

    Truly, these guys remind me of other famous boys who were playing in Toto's band (you see who I mean...). It is another great David Garfield's realization which througout his huge talent and generousity and the participation of both Larry Klimas (Sax) & Lenny Castro (Percussion) gives a very special colour to the CD. Just get it right now, you won't be disappointed a second ! Olivier from Dijon France

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