Brian Bell

About Brian Bell

PLAYERS

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE RECORDED SONGS I WROTE, OR CO-WROTE AND SANG LEAD VOCALS ON. I COULDN’T FIND THEM ALL AND OTHERS DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT. I WROTE THE LYRICS FOR KING OF THE WATERS IN 1978 AND RECORDED IT IN 1981. WHILE I DID START WRITING SNOW GLOBE IN 1986, I FINISHED AND RECORDED IT IN 2012. ALL SONGS IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER HERE. SOME RECORDINGS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. BEING JUST A WRITER AND SINGER OF WORDS, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, THAT NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR ME, WITHOUT THE AMAZING MUSICAL AND TECHNICAL TALENTS, UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, CREATIVE PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS, OF BY AND WITH THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE/PLAYERS AND SINGERS.
CHARLEY BASS: ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, BACKUP VOCALS
LONNIE SWINDELL: DRUMS
RON CHRISMER: BASS GUITAR
MIKE MILLER: GUITAR AND BACKUP VOCALS
RONN CHICK: 6 AND 12 STRING ACOUSTIC,
ELECTRIC AND BASS GUITARS, MANDOLIN,
KEYBOARDS, DRUM PROGRAMMING AND BACKUP VOCALS
TIM SCOTT: CELLO (CHAPIN’S CELLIST)
KAREN WHITE: VIOLIN
BURKE HARRIS: KEYBOARDS
JODY CHALK: FIDDLE
BERNIE WEIMER: BACKUP VOCALS
PAM SUKONIK: BACKUP VOCALS
BEVERLY ERVEN: BACKUP VOCALS
RAY BELL: BACKUP VOCALS
ALL THE LAUGHING CHILDREN:
CASSIE, LAUREN, RYAN, BECCA, MARTY AND ERIN BELL

CREDITS

ALBUM CONCEPT: BRIAN BELL
COMMISSIONED HOWLING WOLF ARTWORK:
DENISE CALISTI WHITE PLAINS MD
COVER AND BACKGROUND PHOTOS: FROM SHUTTERSTOCK AND DEPOSIT PHOTOS
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY: CALEB OLSEN AT NETTLEINGHAM AUDIO
RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY:
RONN CHICK, BATTLE GROUND WA. AND VANCOUVER WA.
MIKE MILLER WALDORF MD.
ORIGINALLY MASTERED BY:
RYAN “FREQ” FOSTER, PORTLAND OR
MIKE MILLER, KEEDYSVILLE MD.
RONN CHICK, VANCOUVER WA
REMASTERED BY: KEVIN NETTLINGHAM
NETTLINGHAM AUDIO, VANCOUVER WA
DISK MANUFACTURING, REPLICATION AND PACKAGING BY:
NETTLINGHAM AUDIO, VANCOUVER WA

ANTHOLOGY DISC ONE

1 KING OF THE WATERS 4:32 Brian Bell and Mike Miller
2 I’D RATHER BE HOME 4:44 Brian Bell
3 ALONE 4:53 Charley Bass and Brian Bell
4 SORRY SISTER 4:15 Brian Bell
5 REASON 4:41 Charley Bass and Brian Bell
6 HAMMER 3:52 Brian Bell and Mike Miller
7 WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN 3:23 Brian Bell
8 NATALIE WOOD 3:43 Brian Bell
9 AMERICAN DREAM 3:50 Brian Bell and Mike Miller
10 STORIES OF OLD 4:20 Brian Bell
11 IN WHICH WE LIE 3:48 Brian Bell

ANTHOLOGY DISC TWO

1 CHARACTERS IN A PLAY 3:35 Lonnie Swindell Brian Bell and Mike Miller
2 LITTLE MAN 4:55 Mike Miller and Brian Bell
3 SUGARPLUMS 4:28 Brian Bell
4 GOODBYE MY OLD FRIEND 4:17 Brian Bell
5 GUINEVERE 4:21 Brian Bell Mike Miller and Charley Bass
6 CARMEL BY THE SEA 4:20 Brian Bell
7 SHADOW MAN 7:51 Brian Bell Mike Miller and Lonnie Swindell
8 MR BLUEBIRD 5:31 Brian Bell and Mike Miller
9 LOST TIME 3:58 Brian Bell and Mike Miller
10 SING ABOUT LOVE 3:46 Brian Bell
11 SNOW GLOBE 3:26 Brian Bell

©℗ 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012 Brian Bell (ASCAP) Julian Daze and Megalodon Records
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRODUCED BY BRIAN BELL FOR MEGALODON RECORDS 2021

DEDICATED WITH LOVE TO THE MEMORY OF

DARCY BELL
MY WIFE OF 29 YEARS
SHE WAS LOVING, SELFLESS AND STRONG.
SHE GAVE ME EVERYTHING I HAVE
AND MADE ME WHO I AM.
SHE SHOWED US ALL HOW TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
IF THE TIME EVER COMES. I ONLY HOPE
I CAN HONOR HER EXAMPLE, IF IT DOES.

BERNIE WEIMER
NO ONE COULD ASK FOR A BETTER FRIEND.
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, NO MATTER WHAT.
HE TAUGHT ME THE TRUE MEANING OF WHAT
IT MEANT TO HAVE CHARACTER.

MIKE STEWART
HE WAS ANOTHER BROTHER IN OUR HOUSEHOLD GROWING UP.
HE COULD FIND HUMOR IN MOST EVERYTHING
AND I LEARNED FROM HIM HOW TO LOOK AT LIFE
THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS..