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CD " Rural Renewal Verve Records 2003
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credits:
Composed By – Joe Sample
Joe Sample – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes,
Wurlitzer organ, organ
Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone
Stix Hooper – drums
Steve Baxter – trombone
Freddie Washington – bass
Dean Parks – guitar
Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
Arthur Adams – guitar
Lenny Castro – percussion

Special guests

Eric Clapton – acoustic guitar on “Rural Renewal”;
electric guitar on “Creepin'”
Donnie McClurkin – vocals
Sounds of Blackness – background vocals

The album was recorded in 2002 at several studios
in California, with additional gospel recording in Minneapolis:

Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, California
Cello Studios, Hollywood, California
Record One, Sherman Oaks, California
Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota — recording of Sounds of Blackness

Producer: Stewart Levine
Recording engineer / mixing: Rik Pekkonen
Additional engineering: Tom Tucker Jr.
Assistant engineers: Al Sanderson, Tom Sweeney