Artist: ROGER GLOVER
Album: IF LIFE WAS EASY (CD)

Release date: 2011
EAN/UPS: 4029759069034
Media type: CD

This hodgepodge collection of songs reveals or obscures a range of emotions over a turbulent decade; separation, divorce, injustice, uncertainty, new love, escape, fatherhood, grand-fatherhood, emigration, touring and losing my mother are some of the extreme highs and lows during this storm-tossed period. All were written wherever I was living – on a MacPro with ProTools and a few instruments and gadgets – extra musicians were added in the studio as needed. By the way, I know that it should be If Life Were Easy – it’s a subtle irony.

I am most grateful to The Guilty Party, my collaborators, whose patience and alent has graced these humble efforts; Joe Bonadio – musical director, Randall Bramblett, Oz Noy, Nicky Moroch, Joe Mennonna. My guests; Gillian Glover, Dan Cafferty, Pete Agnew, Walther Gallay, Mickey Lee Soule, Sahaj Ticotin, Sim Jones, Don Airey, Eliot Denenberg, Harvey Jones.

~ Roger Glover, Mai 2011

TRACKLIST + PERFORMERS:

•DON’T LOOK NOW [EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED] (Roger Glover/Randall Bramblett)
Randall Bramblett – vocals, keyboards, saxophone
Gillian Glover – vocals
Roger Glover – bass, baglama, guitar, piano
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Oz Noy – guitars
Harvey Jones – synthesizers

•BOX OF TRICKS (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – Vocals, bass, guitar, programming
Dan McCafferty – vocals
Eliot Denenberg – drums, guitar atmosphere

•MOONLIGHT (Roger Glover)
Gillian Glover – vocals
Roger Glover – Godin fretless bass
Randall Bramblett – keyboards
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Oz Noy – guitars
Joe Mennonna – horns, horn arrangement

•THE CAR WON‘T START (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – vocals, guitar, harmonica, Godin fretless bass, keyboards, percussion, programming.
Nicky Moroch – guitar

•THE DREAM I HAD (Roger Glover)
Dan McCafferty and Pete Agnew – vocals
Roger Glover – guitar, bass, percussion
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Oz Noy – slide, guitar

•STAND TOGETHER (Roger Glover/Randall Bramblett)
Randall Bramblett – vocals, keyboards
Gillian Glover – vocals
Roger Glover – bass, keyboards, programming
Don Airey – pianet
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Oz Noy – guitars

•IF LIFE WAS EASY (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – vocals, Spanish and electric guitars, Godin fretless bass, percussion
•WELCOME TO THE MOON (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming

•SET YOUR IMAGINATION FREE (Roger Glover/Gillian Glover)
Gillian Glover – vocals
Roger Glover – bass, guitar, strings
Randall Bramblett – keyboards
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Oz Noy – sitar guitars

•WHEN LIFE GETS TO THE BONE (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion

•WHEN THE DAY IS DONE (Roger Glover)
Walther Galley – vocals
Roger Glover – guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming
Sim Jones – strings, string arrangement

•STARING INTO SPACE (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizer, percussion, programming

•GET AWAY (CAN’T LET YOU) (Roger Glover /Gillian Glover)
Gillian Glover – vocals
Randall Bramblett – piano
Roger Glover – bass
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion, electric drill
Oz Noy – guitar
Nicky Moroch - guitar
Joe Mennonna – horns, horn arrangement

•THE GHOST OF YOUR SMILE (Roger Glover)
Mickey Lee Soule – vocals
Randall Bramblett – keyboards
Roger Glover – Godin fretless bass, keyboards, percussion
Oz Noy - acoustic guitar
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Nicky Moroch – lead guitar

•CRUEL WORLD (Roger Glover)
Roger Glover – vocals, bass, acoustic and ‘Tin–Tone’ guitars, percussion, programming
Randall Bramblett – keyboards
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Oz Noy – sitar guitar

•FEEL LIKE A KING (Roger Glover)
Sahaj Ticotin – vocals
Roger Glover – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, bass, programming
Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion
Nicky Moroch – guitar