Casting Pearls

Mill Valley Bunch

Polydor 2310 300

The only album released by the Mill Valley Bunch, a loose agglomeration of Bay Area musicians getting togther for jam sessions. An expanded CD version was released on Magical Records in 1996 and later on Akarma.

Tracks

LP track list;

• I've Had It
• Young Girl Blues
• What Would I Do Without My Baby
• Settle It In The Bedroom, Baby
• Jimmy's Blues
• Let Me Down Easy
• Hollywood Blues
• Lettin' Go Ain't Easy
• Last Call Blues

• Honky-Tonk Blues
• Betty & Dupree
• La Ooh-Ooh-Ooh, La, La
• Run for Cover
• What Would I Do Without My Baby
• Mellow Mountain Wine
• Let Me Down Easy
• Jimmy's Blues
• Young Girl's Blues (Janis Blues)
• Letting Go Ain't Easy
• Bye, Bye, I'm Goin
• Bells Are Gonna Ring
• I've Had It
• Bedroom Blues
• Your Hollywood Blues
• Go Home Blues

Musicians include;

• Dino Andino - percussion
• Michael Bloomfield - guitar, vocals
• Ron Cimille - guitar
• Russell Dashiell - guitar, vocals
• Rick Dey - bass, vocals
• Tony Dey - drums
• Spencer Dryden - drums
• Barry Goldberg - piano
• Nick Gravenites - guitar, vocals
• Rick Jaeger - drums
• Jeffrey James - drums
• John Kahn - bass, piano
• Ira Kamin - keyboards
• Lee Michaels - keyboards
• Mark Naftalin - keyboards
• Fred Olsen - guitar
• Tom Richards - guitar
• Mark Ryan - bass
• Pete Sears (on Hollywood Blues and Settle it in the Bedroom Baby)
• Michael Shrieve - drums
• Craig Tarwater - guitar
• Chicken Billy Thorton - guitar
• Bill Vitt - drums
• Ace of Cups, Denise Jewkes, Jeneatte Jones And Co., Ron Stallings, The Pointer Sisters - additional vocals

• Producer - Leo de Gar Kulka, Nick Gravenites, Mike Bloomfield
• Engineer - Leo de Gar Kulka
• Recorded at Golden State Recorders

Original cover

Reissue cover