Say Blow By Blow Backwards

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Say Blow By Blow Backwards
Say Blow By Blow Backwards cover
Studio album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Funk
Length 56:12
Label Atlantic Records
Producer Bootsy Collins, George Clinton and Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns chronology
A Blow for Me, A Toot for You (1977) Say Blow By Blow Backwards (1979) The Final Blow (1994)

Say Blow By Blow Backwards is the second and last album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns featuring Maceo Parker. The album was released in August of 1979 by Atlantic Records and was produced by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Fred Wesley.

The album was reissued in 1993, first by P-Vine records in Japan, then by Sequel Records in the UK, and lastly AEM in the U.S.. The CD reissue contains remixes of "Half A Man" and "Say Blow By Blow Backwards" as well as an interview with Bootsy Collins.

[edit] Track listing

  1. We Came To Funk Ya (Bootsy Collins)
  2. Half A Man (Billy Bass Nelson, George Clinton)
  3. Say Blow By Blow Backwards (Fred Wesley)
  4. Mr. Melody Man (Ron Dunbar)
  5. Just Like You (George Clinton, Garry Shider)
  6. Circular Motion (Fred Wesley)

[edit] Bonus tracks on the CD reissue

  1. Half A Man (New Remix)
  2. Say Blow By Blow Backwards (New Remix)
  3. Interview (with Bootsy Collins)

[edit] Personnel

  • Guitars: Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins, Garry Shider, Rodney Crutcher, Michael Hampton
  • Bass: Bootsy Collins, Donnie Sterling, Billy Bass Nelson, Cordell Mosson, Rodney Curtis
  • Drums: Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper, Frank Waddy, Tyrone Lampkin, Jesse Williams
  • Keyboards: Bernie Worrell, Joel Johnson, Jerome Rogers, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley
  • Horns: Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith
  • Percussion: Carl Small, Larry Fratangelo
  • Background vocals: Gary Copper, Jessica Cleaves, Dawn Silva, Jeanette McGruder, Sheila Horne, Robert Johnson, George Clinton