Hugh McCracken

 

 

Músic de sessió, guitarrista, arranjador i productor

 

Naixement: 31 de març de 1942

Mort: 28 de març de 2013

 

A mitjans de la dècada de 1960, McCracken tocava en una banda d'un club nocturn de North Jersey anomenat The Funatics sota el nom artístic de Mack Pierce. La banda es va convertir en Mario & The Funatics per un curt temps quan es va fusionar amb el saxofonista Mario Madison. Va ser membre de la White Elephant Orchestra de Mike Mainieri (1969-1972).

El 1971, després de ser substituir per seu company David Spinozza en l'enregistrament de l'àlbum Ram, de Paul McCartney, McCrackin va rebutjar la invitació de McCartney d'incorporar-se en una nova banda que estava formant, "Wings"

Va ser molt sol·licitat en els anys 1960, 1970 i 1980, i va participar en molts enregistraments de Steely Dan, així com discos de Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, BB King, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Idris Muhammad, James Taylor, Phoebe Snow, Bob Dylan, Linda McCartney, Graham Parker, Yoko Ono, Eric Carmen, Loudon Wainwright III, Lou Donaldson, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, The Four Seasons, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hank Crawford, Jerry Jemmott i Gary Wright.

 

Enregistraments

1967: “Blowin' Your Mind!” – Van Morrison

1967: “Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina” – The Left Banke

1968: “Did She Mention My Name?” – Gordon Lightfoot

1968: “Eli and the Thirteenth Confession” – Laura Nyro

1968: “The Circle Game” – Tom Rush

1968: “Livin' the Blues” – Jimmy Rushing

1969: “Today” – Gloria Loring

1969: “Completely Well” – B.B. King

1969: “Everything's Archie” – The Archies

1970: “A Time To Remember!” – The Artie Kornfeld Tree

1970: “Hoboken Saturday Night” – The Insect Trust

1970: “Outlaw” – Eugene McDaniels

1970: “Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse” – Eugene McDaniels

1970: “Indianola Mississippi Seeds” – B.B. King

1971: “Ram” – Paul McCartney

1971: “Mike Corbett & Jay Hirsh whit Hugh McCracken” - Mike Corbett & Jay Hirsh With Hugh McCracken

1971: “Extraction” - Gary Wright

1971: “Flagrant Délit” – Johnny Hallyday

1971: “Quiet Fire” – Roberta Flack

1971: “Barbra Joan Streisand” – Barbra Streisand

1972: “Album III” – Loudon Wainwright III

1972: “Stoneground Words” – Melanie Safka

1972: “Sweet Buns & Barbeque” – Houston Person

1972: “Young, Gifted and Black” – Aretha Franklin

1972: “Yvonne Elliman” – Yvonne Elliman

1973: “Abandoned Luncheonette” – Daryl Hall & John Oates

1973: “Sassy Soul Strut” – Lou Donaldson

1973: “For the Good Times” - Rusty Bryant

1973: “From the Depths of My Soul” – Marlena Shaw

1973: “Breezy Stories” – Danny O'Keefe

1973: “Daybreaks” – John Wonderling

1973: “Extension of a Man” – Donny Hathaway

1973: “Bette Midler” – Bette Midler

1974: “Your Baby Is a Lady” – Jackie DeShannon

1974: “With Everything I Feel in Me” – Aretha Franklin

1974: “Walking Man” – James Taylor

1974: “Until It's Time for You to Go” – Rusty Bryant

1974: “Let Me in Your Life” – Aretha Franklin

1975: “Desire” – Bob Dylan

1975: “Still Crazy After All These Years” – Paul Simon

1975: “Katy Lied” - Steely Dan

1975: “Feel Like Makin' Love” – Roberta Flack

1975: “New York Connection” – Tom Scott

1975: “First Cuckoo” – Deodato

1975: “Peach Melba” – Melba Moore

1976: “Just a Matter of Time” – Marlena Shaw

1976: “Yellow & Green” – Ron Carter

1976: “Second Childhood” – Phoebe Snow

1976: “Everything Must Change” – Randy Crawford

1976: “Pastels” – Ron Carter

1976: “Smile” – Laura Nyro

1977: “Havana Candy” – Patti Austin

1977: “The Stranger” – Billy Joel

1977: “Blue Lights in the Basement” – Roberta Flack

1977: “Never Letting Go” – Phoebe Snow

1977: “Celebrate Me Home” – Kenny Loggins

1977: “Watermark” – Art Garfunkel

1977: “Blow It Out” – Tom Scott

1977: “Ghost Writer” – Garland Jeffreys

1978: “Pick 'Em” – Ron Carter

1978: “52nd Street” – Billy Joel

1978: “Roberta Flack” – Roberta Flack

1978: “Boys in the Trees” – Carly Simon

1978: “City Lights” – Dr. John

1978: “Intimate Strangers” – Tom Scott

1978: “One-Eyed Jack” – Garland Jeffreys

1979: “Tango Palace” – Dr. John

1979: “Headin' Home” – Gary Wright

1979: “Fate for Breakfast” – Art Garfunkel

1979: “Street Beat” – Tom Scott

1980: “After Dark” – Andy Gibb

1980: “Double Fantasy” – John Lennon and Yoko Ono

1980: “Naughty” – Chaka Khan

1980: “Red Cab to Manhattan” – Stephen Bishop

1980: “One-Trick Pony” – Paul Simon

1980: “Gaucho” – Steely Dan

1981: “Apple Juice” – Tom Scott

1981: “There Must Be a Better World Somewhere” – B.B. King

1981: “Torch” – Carly Simon

1981: “Season of Glass” – Yoko Ono

1981: “4” – Foreigner

1982: “The Nightfly” – Donald Fagen

1982: “Another Grey Area” – Graham Parker

1982: “Hey Ricky” – Melissa Manchester

1982: “It's Alright (I See Rainbows)” –Yoko Ono

1982: “Anyone Can See” – Irene Cara

1983: “Guts for Love” – Garland Jeffreys

1983: “Emergency” – Melissa Manchester

1983: “Dirty Looks” – Juice Newton

1983: “Burlap & Satin” – Dolly Parton

1983: “Hello Big Man” – Carly Simon

1984: “Milk and Honey” – John Lennon and Yoko Ono

1987: “Jill Jones” – Jill Jones

1987: “Coming Around Again” – Carly Simon

1987: “Inside Information” – Foreigner

1988: “Left” – Art Garfunkel

1988: “Hot Water” – Jimmy Buffett

1989: “Steady On” – Shawn Colvin

1991: “Don't Call Me Buckwheat” – Garland Jeffreys

1997: “A Story” – Yoko Ono

1997: “Alta suciedad” – Andrés Calamaro

1997: “Deuces Wild” – B.B. King

2003: “Everything Must Go” – Steely Dan

2005: “Restless Angel” – Marie Gabrielle (coproductor)

2006: “Morph the Cat” – Donald Fagen

2007: “Romancing the '60s” – Frankie Valli

2011: “Stronger” – Kelly Clarkson

2012: “The King of In Between” – Garland Jeffreys

2014: “Life Journey” – Leon Russell