"We All Need Heroes":

“We All Need Heroes” is a new collection of original songs and studio recordings by Tim Lake that at once addresses the spiritual issues that we all confront daily during these turbulent times as well as the role of the banjo in American popular music.  With the support of an all-star cast (piano, woodwinds, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, double bass, tuba, and percussion) this recording features a series of four songs inspired by the “9/11” events that begins with “We All Need Heroes” and ends with “If Only I Was A Praying Man” while the banjo employs inventive four and five string styles with inspired solos such as the raucous banjo solo on “Who’s The Lord Get To Talk To?”

Musicians:

Tim Lake: five-string and four-string plectrum banjos, guitar, ukulele, slide whistle, and lead and background vocals

Dave Anderson: clarinet, oboe, and alto, tenor, and soprano saxes

Tripp Bratton: all percussion: congas, dejimbe, deng deng, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, shaker, and wood block

Rick Cook: trumpet

Jay Flippin: piano, organ and string arrangements

Bob Hackett: tuba

Ken Holbrook: fiddle, mandolin, and lead acoustic and electric guitars

Charlette's Web - Charlette and Danielle Thompson: background vocals

Nathan Wilson: bass and background vocals

Children's voices: Sheehan Lake, Luke and Eli Francis, and Ben and Elliott Mawby

Pull up a chair and give a listen.

 

1. Are You Ready
2. It's You
3. They Will Always Love You
4. We All Need Heroes
5. Praise The Lord & Shoot To Kill
6. Two Gls In A Foreign Play
7. If Only I Was A Praying Man
8. Only Eat When Your Hungry
9. Annette And Me
10. That's Why I'm Smiling
11. Sail For The Lord
12. Outside Looking In
13. When I Think Of You
14. Who's The Lord Got To Talk To
15. When We Make Love
16. Ain't Nobody Normal Anymore
17. After All