Art: Tanya Tull

These Are the Times

A Musical in Two Acts

By Grant Johnson and Brooke Harris Wolff

BROOKE HARRIS WOLFF

Executive Producer, Lyricist, Dramatist

Learn more about Brooke

Abby

Tory

Betsy/Greek Chorus

Narrator/Greek Chorus

Monique Donnelly

Greek Chorus

Fletcher Sheridan

Greek Chorus

David Loucks

Greek Chorus

Vangie Gunn

Greek Chorus

Singers

The remarkable cast of These Are the Times includes:

Rich Eames

Piano, Electric Piano

Richard Shaw

Electric, Acoustic Bass

Ray Brinker

Drums

Scott Breadman

Percussion (Tabla, Congas, Tambourine, Triangle, Shaker, Sound Effects/Atmosphere)

Robby Krieger

Guitar (Electric Guitar Solo on two tunes)

Mike Miller

Guitar (15 tunes)

Gary Solt

Guitar (8 tunes)

Doug Walter

Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboards

Brian Scanlon

Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet

Dan Fornero

Trumpet

Michael Cordone

Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Peter Kent

Violin

John Koenig

Cello

Musicians

The stellar musicians playing on this album include:

Explore the singers and musicians more in a tune-by-tune breakdown of their contribution to These Are the Times.

Recorded at:

Stagg Street Studio
Assistant Engineer: Trent Slatton
Owner: Melody Carpenter

The Hideaway
Owner/Assistant Engineer: Eric Astor

GRANT JOHNSON

Composer, Pianist

Grant Johnson is a composer with vast experience as a jazz and blues pianist, session player, arranger, and teacher. Conceived as a jazz-rock opera, These Are the Times is his magnum opus. In 2014, he played keyboards on William D. Wolff’s Threat Matrix with jazz legends Russell Ferrante, Will Kennedy, Bob Mintzer, and Jimmy Haslip of Yellowjackets fame. Included in that recording is “This is the City,” one of his tunes from These Are The Times. Grant has performed and recorded with Grammy Award-winning blues and rock greats like Charlie Musselwhite, Jackson Browne, Dobie Gray, and Gene Vincent. He and William D. Wolff were founding members of The Psychedelic Rangers with John Densmore and Robby Krieger of The Doors. He played for other seminal ‘60s bands, including The Sound Machine, The Truth, and Fever Tree, and in the ‘70s with Blue Heaven. He toured with oldies greats, such as The Drifters, The Coasters, and The Platters. He also was one of the founding members of Segue, a revered Bay Area jazz trio, which included bassist Blair Hardman and drummer Tom Hassett. Mentored by Miles Davis’ drummer Philly Joe Jones and bassist George Morrow of the famous quintet featuring Max Roach and Clifford Brown, Grant owes some of his musical expertise to his mother, world-class violist Maxine Johnson of the Amati String Quartet, and of the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein, among other renowned groups. (You can hear Maxine playing on every Alfred Hitchcock movie!) Grant has recorded on Warner Bros. Records, Epic Records and Columbia Records.

DOUG WALTER

Music Director, Orchestrator

Doug Walter has found himself wearing a wide variety of musical “hats” all through his career: composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, educator, copyist, pianist, saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist, among others. His compositions, arrangements, orchestrations and performances have been heard on television, in movies, and in live performances around the world, and he has performed on stage and in the studio with many artists representing myriad styles of music. In the jazz world, as pianist and/or woodwind player, he has performed with Chuck Mangione, Phil Woods, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Chuck Israels and Bill Dobbins, and in the big bands of Gordon Goodwin, Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin, Ray Anthony, and Bill Watrous, to name a few. Other memorable performances included artists such as Stevie Wonder, Sting, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow, Billy Joel, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Ashford and Simpson, Michael McDonald, Bernadette Peters, Jason Mraz, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Patti Labelle, Michael Crawford, Lea Salonga, Cyndi Lauper, Wynonna Judd, Herb Alpert, Barbara Cook, Rita Moreno, Chaka Khan, Frederica Von Stade, Joan Osborne, Dianne Reeves, and Leslie Odom, Jr. Conducting credits, on stage and/or in the studio, include Paul Williams, Connie Francis, Rita Moreno, Suzanne Somers, Michael Feinstein, Barry Manilow, Sally Kellerman, Melissa Manchester, and Daft Punk. Doug’s arrangements and orchestrations have been performed by Doc Severinsen, Ben Vereen, Paul Williams, Connie Francis, Michael Feinstein, Ann-Margret, Barry Manilow, Melissa Manchester, and Steve Tyrell, among others. He was a member of the house band on TV talk shows, one hosted by Suzanne Somers and the other by Howie Mandel, in addition to writing and/or arranging much of the music. His orchestrations have been heard for years on daytime shows The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, as well as on albums by Karrin Allyson, Melissa Manchester, and many by Barry Manilow. His compositions have been featured in episodes of Knots Landing, The Bold and the Beautiful, Brown vs. the Board of Education (documentary), Carol Burnett’s “Let’s Bump Up the Lights” TV special, Once Upon a Tree (children’s series), and Finders Keepers. Movies that Doug has orchestrated (and conducted) or provided orchestrations for include: The Snow Queen, The Snow Queen’s Revenge, The Ugly Duckling, Ishtar, The Muppets, A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, Muppets Most Wanted. He conducted his orchestrations on Daft Punk’s Grammy-winning album Random Access Memories. In the world of musical theater, Doug orchestrated and conducted Suzanne Somers’ Broadway show The Blonde in the Thunderbird, Steven Cagan’s Love Tunes - A Musical, and contributed orchestrations to Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna’s Broadway show All About Me, and Corky Hale and Mike Stoller’s I Only Have Eyes For You. He is the orchestrator for Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s musical Harmony, which was recently nominated for 8 Outer Critics Circle awards, including best orchestrations. He has done extensive music prep work (including elements of transcription, notation, editing and printing of scores and parts) for Jerry Herman, Peter Matz, Garry Marshall (Happy Days - A New Musical, in which he also performed in the orchestra), Rosemary Clooney, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Tyrell, John Beasley, Larry Blank, Barbara Cook, Alan Broadbent, Jennifer Warnes, Diana Krall, Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, Jane Monheit, Kenny Rankin, Natalie Cole and Rod Stewart. For more about Doug’s film, TV and theater credits, visit: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910012 https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/470251-doug-walter

JOHN KOENIG

Producer, Cellist

John Koenig has been a record producer and musician for decades in a variety of genres encompassing rock, jazz, blues, pop, folk, Latin and classical. Among the performers who have appeared on records he has produced include Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Carter, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Chick Corea, Kenny Kirkland, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Ray Brown, Phineas Newborn, Hampton Hawes, Tete Montoliu, Tony Williams, Peter Erskine, George Duke, Joe Farrell, Buster Williams, Charlie Haden, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader, Art Farmer, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Illinois Jacquet, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Lowell Fulson, Milt Hinton, Taj Mahal, Wallace Roney, Jack De Johnette, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Clarke, Elvin Jones, Wynton Marsalis, George Duke, Johnnie Johnson, Billy Higgins, Cedar Walton, Shelly Manne, Art Pepper, Eddie Gomez and countless others. John was the solo cellist in the Jerusalem Symphony and a section cellist in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and has performed and recorded as guitarist with artists such as Van Morrison, Taj Mahal and Lucky Peterson. He was president of the preeminent jazz label, Contemporary Records, for seven years and produced records released on a variety of labels including Atlantic, EMI, Elektra, Musician, Liberty, Rhino, Flying Fish, Kicking Mule, Luna Blanca, Warner-Pioneer, Analogue Productions, King and others. John composed the score for the feature film, Luminarias , which featured Cheech Marin and Scott Bakula and was Music Director for the Los Angeles Chamber Ballet. He also produced live jazz and pop events at venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Concerts by the Sea, the Japan America Theater and the Montreux International Festival (co-produced with Ahmet Ertegun) in Montreux, Switzerland. For more about John, check out his credits at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/299481-John-Koenig?type=Credits&filter_anv=0 Also, catch his interview with West Coast Jazz Hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbcYtNB2e2w

ANGIE JARÉE

Vocal Contractor, Singer (Betsy, Greek Chorus)

Angie won a Grammy Award for Clare Fischer’s 2+2+ Freefall album, received Emmy Award recognition, is a first-call studio singer/voice actor. She has been one of the featured solo performers with Danny Elfman recreating The Nightmare Before Christmas live with full orchestra internationally. She has recorded and/or performed with Daft Punk (2016 Grammy album winner), Christina Aguilera, Billie Eilish. “Weird Al” Yankovic, Meghan Trainor, Sugarland, Bette Midler, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’99, Patti LaBelle, Clare Fischer, Michael Jackson, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, and Walter Becker. She’s performed in film, including Sing 2, Scoob!, La La Land, Mulan, Sausage Party, Matrix 2, Matrix 3, X-Men, Spiderman, Pitch Perfect 2, and The Mask (duet with Jim Carrie). In TV, Angie has had featured performances in Central Park, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Midnight Mass, Tangled The TV Series, The Middle, and Lizzie McGuire, among others, and was Paramount TV’s Vocal Contractor (1993-2006) She also was featured in the video game, World of Warcraft: Rise of the Dark. With an extensive background in improv acting—studying at Second City, the Groundlings, and L.A. Connection—Angie played the role of “Donna” in the world premiere of Without Annette (a unique comedy combining both improv and scripted) and is the founder/wrangler of the a cappella improv comedy/character singing troupe. The Cleanup Crue: www.thecleanupcrue.com.

STEVE SHEPHERD

Engineer

Steve Shepherd is an American music composer and recording engineer based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists ranging from Kenny G to Giorgio Moroder to Josh Groban. He has also contributed to the scores for movies that include Before The Final Picture and The Tailor Embroidery. He’s a frequent collaborator with guitar virtuoso, Grant Geissman, and New Age recording artist, Darlene Koldenhoven, and is an active member of the composer collaborative Sum Of All Music at: https://www.sumofallmusic.com/artists For more about Steve, check out his discography at: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-shepherd-mn0000041505

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CREATORS

SINGERS AND MUSICIANS

This is the City (Iteration 1)
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Doug Walter - Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- John Koenig – Cello
All the Clubs and Bars
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Michael Cordone – Flugelhorn
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano (Solo)
- Richard Shaw – Acoustic Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
Tomorrow’s My Dancing Day
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax (Solo)
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
Morning After
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- Brian Scanlon – Flute
- Robby Krieger – Electric Guitar Solo
- Mike Miller – Acoustic Guitar
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
This is the City (Iteration 2)
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- John Koenig – Cello
Distracted
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- Michael Cordone – Trumpet
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax (Solo)
- Mike Miller – Electric, Acoustic Guitar
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Doug Walter – Electric Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
These Are the Times
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
This is the City (Iteration 3)
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- Michael Cordone – Trumpet
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Doug Walter – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
Mirror, Mirror
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Doug Walter – Keyboards
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
Lazy Days
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano*
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
This is the City (Iteration 4)
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Doug Walter – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
Point of View
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
Two Lonely People
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Rich Eames – Piano (Solo)
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
Private Places
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- Michael Cordone – Flugelhorn
- Brian Scanlon – Flute, Clarinet
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Doug Walter – Keyboards
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
Interlude 1
- Doug Walter – Electric Piano
Tomorrow’s My Dancing Day – Reprise 1
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
Recitative
- Rich Eames – Piano
Let’s Play Dirty
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Betsy
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax (Solo)
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
The Man from Apartment 108
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Acoustic Bass
This is the City (Iteration 5)
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar (Solo)
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
Interlude 2
- Doug Walter – Keyboards
Dancing Shoes
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Betsy
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- Michael Cordone – Trumpet
- Brian Scanlon – Clarinet
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano (Solo)
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
Wake Up, Now Wake Up
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Doug Walter – Keyboards
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- John Koenig – Cello
Wonderful Promise
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Betsy
- Mike Miller – Acoustic Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Doug Walter – Keyboards
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
These Are the Times – Reprise
- LC Powell – Vocalist – Abby
- Gary Stockdale – Vocalist – Tory
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
Boom Boom Boogie
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist –Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Dan Fornero – Trumpet
- Michael Cordone – Trumpet
- Brian Scanlon – Tenor Sax (Solo)
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar (Solo)
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
Wake Up, Now Wake Up Reprise
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Doug Walter – Keyboards
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
This is the City (Iteration 6)
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Gary Solt – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Electric Piano
- Doug Walter - Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion
- Peter Kent – Violin
- John Koenig – Cello
Tomorrow’s My Dancing Day – Reprise 3
- Randy Crenshaw – Vocalist – Narrator, Greek Chorus
- Angie Jaree – Vocalist –Greek Chorus
- Monique Donnelly – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Fletcher Sheridan – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- David Loucks – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Vangie Gunn – Vocalist – Greek Chorus
- Robby Krieger – Electric Guitar Solo
- Mike Miller – Electric Guitar
- Rich Eames – Piano
- Richard Shaw – Electric Bass
- Ray Brinker – Drums
- Scott Breadman – Percussion

Discover a story of love in our times when a man from a “red state” and a woman from a “blue state” move in together. Their challenge is not only to see if their love can keep them together despite their differences, but also to learn how to respect each other—which is the key to happiness.

Executive producer Brooke Harris Wolff brought together an extraordinary team to create an album of this timely musical for all to hear. Find out more about the remarkably talented and highly skilled people who lovingly contributed to making These Are the Times what it now is.

Download and view the lyrics (pdf) of These Are the Times.