David Wiffen is the first studio album and second solo album by Canadian Singer-Songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 David Wiffen

David Wiffen

David Wiffen is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards.- Career :...

. The standout tracks are "I've Got My Ticket", "Driving Wheel", and "More Often Than Not". As one reviewer recently commented, "Its complex arrangements sneak around behind seemingly simple songs which gives the whole thing an incredible depth. Stealing the show throughout is Wiffen's incredible baritone. It's smooth but fractured. It's the kind of voice you wish you had. ...As you'll never own his talent, buy the record and get lost in the wonder and heartbreak..."

Track listing

1. "One Step" (K.Dunham) - 2:33
2. "Never Make a Dollar That Way" (David Wiffen) - 3:24
3. "I've Got My Ticket" (David Wiffen) - 2:45
4. "What a Lot of Woman" (David Wiffen) - 2:12
5. "Since I Fell for You
   Since I Fell for You
   "Since I Fell for You" is a jazz and pop standard. The blues ballad was composed by Buddy Johnson in 1945 and was first popularized by his sister, Ella Johnson, with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra. The biggest hit version was recorded by Lenny Welch in 1963, reaching number four on the U.S...
   
   " (B.B. Johnson
   Buddy Johnson
   Not to be confused with Budd Johnson.Buddy Johnson was an American jazz and New York blues pianist and bandleader, active from the 1930s through the 1960s...
   
   ) - 3:28
6. "Driving Wheel" (David Wiffen) - 4:24
7. "Mr. Wiffen" (David Wiffen) - 2:50
8. "Blues Was the Name of the Song" (David Wiffen) - 1:34
9. "Mention My Name in Passing" (David Wiffen) - 2:20
10. "More Often Than Not" (David Wiffen) - 3:30

Personnel

• David Wiffen
  David Wiffen
  David Wiffen is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards.- Career :...
  
   - acoustic guitar, vocals, organ, arranger
• Jerry Corbitt
  The Youngbloods
  The Youngbloods was an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young , Jerry Corbitt , Lowell Levinger, nicknamed "Banana," , and Joe Bauer . Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together".-Background and...
  
   - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Ed Bogas
  Ed Bogas
  Ed Bogas, born Edgar Noel Bogas, and sometimes credited as Edward Bogas, is an American rock musician and composer and whose work has been featured in films, animations, and video games.-Career:...
  
   - piano, arranger
• John McFee
  John McFee
  John McFee is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long time member of the Doobie Brothers.-Biography:...
  
   - steel guitar
• Sandy Crawley - acoustic guitar
• Kelly Bryan - bass guitar
• Vic Smith - bass guitar
• Bing Nathan - bass guitar
• Greg Dewey - drums
• Jeff Myer - drums
• Jim Stern - drums
• Jeremy Merrill - french horn
• Germain Wallace - saxophone
• Gerry Gilmore - saxophone
• Bernard Krause
  Bernie Krause
  Bernard L. Krause is an American musician, soundscape recordist and bio-acoustician, who coined the term biophony and helped define the structure of soundscape ecology. Krause holds a Ph.D. in bioacoustics from Union Institute & University in Cincinnati.-Biography:Bernie Krause was born in 1938...
  
  - moog synthesizer

Production

• Producer: Ed Bogas
• Recording Engineer: Robert DeSousa
• Mixing: Robert DeSousa/Mike Fusaro
• Photography: Tony Lane
• Liner Notes: n/a