Dream (Keller Williams album)

Dream
Studio album by
Keller Williams
ReleasedFebruary 6, 2007
RecordedOctober–December 2006
GenreRock
Length73:00
LabelSCI Fidelity Records
ProducerKeller Williams
Keller Williams chronology
Grass
(2006) 		Dream
(2007) 		12
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Dream is the ninth solo album from Keller Williams, released in 2007. With the help of numerous collaborators, Williams explores a wide spectrum of musical genres in each of the songs.

The album ranked number 4 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart in 2007,[2] and the song Cadillac won the Jammy award for Song of the Year in 2008.[3]

Track listing

All tracks by Keller Williams except where noted.

  1. "Play This" – 2:55
  2. "Celebrate Your Youth" (Timothy Kobza, John Molo, Bobby Read, Williams) – 3:52 with Modereko and John D'Earth
  3. "Cadillac" – 4:32 with Bob Weir
  4. "Ninja of Love" – 5:34 with Michael Franti
  5. "Kiwi and the Apricot" – 5:01 with Charlie Hunter
  6. "People Watchin' " – 5:14 with Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, and Jeff Sipe
  7. "Cookies" – 4:51 (Fareed Haque, Williams) with Fareed Haque
  8. "Rainy Day" – 5:30 with Martin Sexton
  9. "Sing for my Dinner" – 5:09 with The String Cheese Incident
  10. "Restraint" – 4:11
  11. "Life" – 3:57
  12. "Twinkle" (Steve Kimock, Molo, Williams) – 7:40 with Steve Kimock and John Molo
  13. "Got No Feathers" – 5:10 with John Scofield, Victor Wooten, and Jeff Sipe
  14. "Slo Mo Balloon" – 4:34 with Fleming McWilliams and Charlie Hunter
  15. "Lil' Sexy Blues" – 3:34 with Sanjay Mishra and Samir Chatterjee
  16. "Bendix / Dance Hippie" (Williams, Ella Mae Williams) – 1:08 with Ella Williams

Personnel

  • John Molo – drums
  • John "J.T." Thomas – keyboards
  • Victor Wooten – bass
  • Bobby Read – clarinet, engineer, mixing, flute, saxophone
  • Jim Watts – engineer
  • Sanjay Mishra – classical guitar
  • Samir Chatterjee – tabla
  • Jeff Covert – guitar, drums, voices, vocals, editing, mixing, talk box, engineer
  • Louis Gosain – engineer
  • Michael Travis – mandolin, drums
  • Martin Sexton – acoustic guitar, percussion, trumpet, vocals, vocal percussion, guitar
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • John Painter – engineer
  • Jon Altschiller – engineer, mixing
  • Fleming McWilliams – vocals
  • Jason Hann – percussion
  • Mark Berger – design, layout design
  • Dave Chalfant – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Michael Kang – mandolin
  • Keith Moseley – bass
  • Bill Nershi – acoustic guitar
  • Keller Williams – organ, banjo, bass, percussion, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, 12 string electring guitar, editing, fretless bass, producer, 12 string acoustic guitar, human whistle, voices, vocals, theremin
  • Kyle Hollingsworth – keyboards
  • Jeff Sipe – drums
  • Zac Rae – keyboards, optigan
  • Derrek Phillips – drums, tambourine
  • Roberto Battaglia – engineer
  • Nadia Prescher – management
  • Jack Mascari – engineer
  • Mike McGinn – engineer
  • Noel White – percussion, drums, engineer
  • Scott Cresswell – engineer
  • Jeremy D'Antonio – assistant Engineer
  • Sandy Loeber – artwork, Photography
  • Christine Stauder – management
  • Jackson Hamlet Weir "Bob's Dog" – vocals
  • John D'earth – trumpet
  • Béla Fleck – banjo, engineer
  • Michael Franti – vocals, voices, engineer
  • Charlie Hunter – guitar, 8 string guitar
  • Steve Kimock – electric guitar
  • Tim Kobza – guitar
  • Bob Weir – acoustic guitar, vocals, foot stomping, voices (His dog is barking in background of Cadillac)
  • Fareed Haque – guitar, engineer, percussion, electric guitar
  • John Scofield – guitar

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Artist Chart History – Keller Williams, billboard.com, Retrieved May 9, 2008.
  3. ^ 2008 Jammys: And The Winners Are, bandsthatjam.net, Retrieved July 7, 2008.