>■「"NOW" CHICAGO XXXVI」 CHICAGO MICP-11161
“長い夜”、“サタデイ・イン・ザ・パーク”、“素直になれなくて”、“ルック・アウェイ”…数々の大ヒット曲を持つ、今年デビュー45周年を迎えたアメリカを代表するロック・バンド「シカゴ」。Frontiers Recordsと契約を果たし、アヴァロン・レーベルからまさかのニュー・アルバム発売決定! 2012年の来日公演も記憶に新しい彼らが、再びシーンに舞い戻る。当時はビジネスの問題でお蔵入りとなり、2008年に“幻の作品”としてリリースされた作品「シカゴ32 ストーン・オブ・シシファス」以来、6年ぶりとなるスタジオ・アルバム!
>Naked In The Garden Of Allah [from the album "NOW" Chicago XXXVI]
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>NAKED IN THE GARDEN OF ALLAH
> (Lyrics by Robert Lamm/Music by Robert Lamm/ Hank Linderman)2012-2013
Video: Mark Rizzo
>Basic track recorded 2012 @ Robert’s home studio using Garage Band
>transferred to Pro Tools @ Hank studio 2012
>Jason Scheff: recorded Bass, Sarasota FL 4/20/12
>Keith Howland: Guitars recorded at home studio 11/7/12
>Robert Lamm recorded lead vocal @ Hank’s studio 11/18/13,
>Robert added BG vocals to Hank's vocals @ end section 11/20/13
>Hank & Robert manipulated all BG vocals 11/20/13
>Brass recorded at Nashville, TN July 21, 2013 by Hank Linderman
>Lee Loughnane: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
>Walt Parazaider: Alto Sax
>James Pankow: Trombone
>Brass arrangement: Trent Gardner
>Fiddle: John McFee
>Drums: Tris Imboden
>Recorded @ Drew Hester Studio, Hank producing. March 2013
>Doumbek & Percussion: Walfredo Reyes Jr. @ Hank’s Studio
>The song is about "vulnerability & violence". I had this music idea in the 90's going back to post - Desert Storm. The basic lyric came during 2011 in the wake of the Troop Surge in Afghanistan. (The Greek chorus lyrics are rough translations of incantations uttered while entering a mosque.) They could just as well be a prayer I offer up any given morning. I have read several books about the region, the war, and the forces we are fighting against. I watched many films and documentaries about these battles, which seem so ..... pre-Terminator Sci-Fi. How did we get to this? I know. I remember. Many sides to this lyric.
>Inspiration for this song also comes from casual reading a number of newspaper and magazine articles, and books: The Increment, Agents of Innocence, Blood Money, Body of Lies, The Crisis of Islam, Breach of Trust and many others. Films: Three Kings, Green Day, The Hurt Locker, Traitor, Lawrence of Arabia.
>Re brass: "I asked Trent Gardner to interpret the fiery angst of the past decade with his brass soli. His arrangement contribution is so apt on so many levels. This moment in the piece is climactic and hints at the beginning of a return to the 'Garden's' serenity ... at least as a hope". RL