Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney

Tributee: Chris Gaffney.
Personnel: Dave Gonzales (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar, jarana); Doug Sahm, Boz Scaggs (vocals, guitar); Danny Ott (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Joey Burns (vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion, pump organ, vibraphone, upright bass); Tom Russell (vocals, acoustic guitar); James McMurtry (vocals, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar); Rod Hodges (vocals, electric guitar, accordion); Rick Shea (vocals, lap steel guitar); Joe Cabral (vocals, bajo sexto, tenor saxophone); Wyman Reese (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards); Augie Meyers (vocals, keyboards); Chris Gaffney, Dan Penn, Freddy Fender, Robert Williams "Big Sandy", Jim Lauderdale, Joe Ely, Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Case, Robbie Fulks (vocals); Cesar Rosas (guitar, jarana); Stephen Bruton (guitar, mandolin); Eddie Angel, Bill Kirchen (guitar); Greg Leisz, Teddy Morgan (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Fiona McBain (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Nick Luca (electric guitar, baritone guitar, nylon-string guitar, glockenspiel); Tim Holt (electric guitar); Ry Cooder (slide guitar); Jon Graboff (steel guitar); Max Baca (bajo sexto); Tony Leone (mandolin, drums); Michael Henry Martin (mandolin); Warren Hood (violin); Ted Roddy (harmonica); Flaco Jiménez, Ponty Bone, Barry Walsh, David P. Jackson (accordion); Eric Crystal (saxophone); Dave Scott (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jacob Valenzuela (trumpet); Glenn Patscha (piano, background vocals); Brenden Kearney, Jim Pugh (organ); Steve Berlin (keyboards); Steve Mugalian, Don Heffington (drums, percussion); Jason Smay, Dale Daniel, Doug Garrison, Hector Muñoz, Barry "Frosty" Smith , John Convertino, Damien Llanes, Cougar Estrada, Richard Medek (drums); Craig Schumacher (shaker, tambourine); Louie Pérez, Byron Isaacs (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chet Himes; Craig Schumacher; Mark Johnson .
Recording information: Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX; ASM Studio, Austin, TX; Congress House Studio, Austin, TX; CRG, Rowland Heights, CA; Espresso Forte, Queens, NY; His Living Room; MEAC Studio, San Francisco, CA; Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, LA; The Cavern Recording Studio, Tucson, AZ; The Pow Wow Fun Room, Los Angeles, CA; WaveLab Studio, Tucson, AZ; Winslow Court Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Wire Studio, Austin, TX.
Photographers: Jeff Smith ; Beth Herzhaft.
MAN OF SOMEBODY'S DREAMS is a fine tribute to the late Chris Gaffney, a cult favorite Americana singer best known as half of the alt-country duo the Hacienda Brothers. Gaffney, who died in 2008 of liver cancer, was a measured, spare lyricist with a knack for refreshing the tropes of country music. Fans and friends like Dave Alvin, Peter Case, Robbie Fulks,and Calexico perform sensitive versions of Gaffney's songs, closed out with the man's final recording, the heartbreaking "Guitars of My Dead Friends."