Bloom (Eric Johnson album)
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Bloom is Eric Johnson
's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album Venus Isle
almost nine years prior. However in these nine years he had released a live album by his side-project Alien Love Child entitled Live and Beyond
in 2000 as well as an album of previously unreleased material titled Souvenir in 2002.
The album is split into three sections, 'Prelude' (tracks 1-6), 'Courante' (tracks 7-12) and 'Allemande' (tracks 13-16). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award
in 2006 under the category of Best Pop Instrumental Album.
, except where noted.
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Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...
's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album Venus Isle
Venus Isle
Venus Isle is the fourth solo album by American musician Eric Johnson, released in 1996. The album includes the song "S.R.V." which is a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan. It features his brother, Jimmie Vaughan, as a guest soloist...
almost nine years prior. However in these nine years he had released a live album by his side-project Alien Love Child entitled Live and Beyond
Live and Beyond
Live And Beyond is the first, live album by Eric Johnson's side-project Alien Love Child. The album was recorded in 2000, Texas and features Chris Maresh on bass guitar and Bill Maddox on drums with guest vocals by Malford Milligan. It also features one studio recorded track, "World of Trouble"...
in 2000 as well as an album of previously unreleased material titled Souvenir in 2002.
The album is split into three sections, 'Prelude' (tracks 1-6), 'Courante' (tracks 7-12) and 'Allemande' (tracks 13-16). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 2006 under the category of Best Pop Instrumental Album.
Track listing
All songs written by Eric JohnsonEric Johnson
Eric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...
, except where noted.
- Prelude
- "Bloom" – 3:10
- "Summer Jam" – 2:11
- "My Back PagesMy Back Pages"My Back Pages" is a song written by Bob Dylan and included on his 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. It is stylistically similar to his earlier folk protest songs and features Dylan's voice with an acoustic guitar accompaniment...
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) – 3:47 - "Good to Me" – 4:31
- "Columbia" – 2:22
- "12 to 12 Vibe" – 2:21
- Courante
- "Sea Secret" – 1:57
- "Sad Legacy" – 4:06
- "From My Heart" - 7:26
- "Cruise the Nile" - 2:13
- "Tribute to Jerry Reed" – 2:27
- "Your Sweet Eyes" – 6:08
- Allemande
- "Hesitant" – 6:28
- "Sunnaround You" – 3:07
- "Magnetized" – 3:21
- "Ciel" – 3:26
Personnel
- Eric JohnsonEric JohnsonEric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Classical), Piano, Pedal Steel, Composer, Vocals, Producer, Sitar (Electric), Bass, Synth, Rhodes Electric Piano - Chris Maresh - Bass
- C. Roscoe BeckRoscoe BeckRoscoe Beck is a multi-Grammy Award winning record producer and bassist. He has recorded and played with Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Leonard Cohen, The Dixie Chicks. He also has his own signature electric bass: the Fender Roscoe Beck Bass, used by many other players.After earning a reputation from...
- Bass - Steve Barber - Acoustic Piano, Vocals, Moog Synth
- Bill Maddox - Percussion, Drums
- James Fenner - Percussion
- Tal Bergman - Drums
- Tony Phillips - Drums, Bass, Synth
- Richard Mullen - Engineer
- Tommy Taylor - Percussion, Drums
- Tom Brechtlein - Drums
- Salvatore Banzai La Rocca - Harp
- Barry "Frosty" Smith - Drums
- Jody Lazo - Vocals
- Tom Burrit - Percussion
- Adrian LeggAdrian LeggAdrian Legg is an English guitar player who has been called "impossible to categorize". He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic, and his fingerstyle picking technique has been acknowledged by the readers of Guitar Player who voted Legg the "best acoustic fingerstyle"...
- Guitar - Brad Evilsizer - Percussion
- Shawn ColvinShawn ColvinShawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...
- Vocals - Rich Harvey - Acoustic Piano
- Lisa Tingle - Vocals
Awards and nominations
Grammy AwardGrammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
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| Year | Nominated | Category |
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| 2006 | Eric Johnson | Best Pop Instrumental Album |