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Just that Phil Solem is a genius songwriter with gratitude to Andy Dee doing George Harrisson, , Amy Tobin all the strings and mellotron master Donnie LaMarca. My dear wife Beverly Rae Roath passed away 5 years ago. When she got angry with me she would take the Amtrak Empire Builder to her parents in Montana, and tell me to pack my shit and get out. But 10 days later she always came back. The one time though? I called Phil Solem and this very Beatlesque song came out of a marathon 26 hour writing session where I learned why Phil is such a Virtuoso songwriter, musician and co-producer.

Music & Lyrics by Phil Solem & Chris "Zannman" Zann ©2006

Drums; Michael "Ringo" Bland
Bass: Phil Solem & Zannman
Guitars: Phil Solem & Zannman
Keys & Mellotron: Donnie LaMarca
All Strings: Amy Tobin
George Slides: Andy Dee
All Vocals: Phil Solem

Recorded at Uptown Studios, The Cabin Studios St. Paul 
Mixed & Mastered by Zannman at The Greenroom Studios in Appalachian Ohio

I Still Care 4 Bev Feat Phil Solem Michael B, Donnie L Andy Dee Amy Tobin  & "Zannman"

Zannman & the core members of #Prince's #NPG throw down...   As for you aspiring young producers? Many of the Grammy winning session players and producer mentor's I have worked with will often reflect even years later that "the first live take with the whole band playing together is often the best and the one that makes it to vinyl". Certainly true with this crew. The four of us ran down Tommy's chart once for about a verse or two, Andrew hit the red button and the live 1st take in 2015  plus a few of my overdubs 7 years later are this track. The outro? I just got outta the way...
Drums: Michael Bland
The Warwick White Bass: Sonny T.
Wurly Lead: Tommy Barbarella
Percussion Programming: Zannman
Basic Track recorded Live in March, 2015 
at Shock & Audio, Minneapolis by Andrew Zoellner
Additional Recording, Mix and Mastering at The Green Room 
in Appalachian East Ohio by Chris "Zannman" Zann.

Special thanks to Michael B., Sonny T. & Tommy B. ... for the great groove gentleman. Also to Andrew Zoellner for hitting the red button that caught the magic moment, and of course 2 J.D. Steele & Rachel Mead  for a great co-writer experience (as always) :)

Writers: J.D. Steele, Chris "Zannman" Zann, & Rachel Mead. ©2023Avant Groove Music. All Rights Reserved.

You Move Me  Instrumental ReMix-The Sons of Almighty & Zannman

If you are a Joni Mitchell fan or like Prince, you will be pleased with what Pavi, Sonny T, Donnie L. & Zannman did with this version. 

It started with the keys track by my favorite MD & keys cat Donnie LaMarca.  Then we added the enigmatic Sonny T.- who plays guitars and bass on this version.  He also played bass on Prince's version but did like this one as well..

Enjoy this one take of Pavi with 3 Warehouse Barbarians. Trivia? Pavi's vocal and Sonny's guitars were recorded on Joni Mitchell's 2014 birthday at The Cabin Studios Northeast Minneaplois, which was my living room at 1820 2nd St. NE, MInneapolis.  It was a magic room. Donnie sent his track to me over the InterWeb to inspire the rest of us...  It did.

Vocal: PaviElle French
Grand: Donnie LaMarca
Guitar & Bass: Sonny T.
String Arrangement: Zannman
Produced by Sonny T. & Zannman at The Cabin Studios NE Minneapolis
© 2014 Zannman Productions & Publishing

A Case of You 55418  Feat. PaviElle French, Sonny T., Donnie LaMarca & Zannman

I have known and loved Liv since years ago in the 70's when our college band #KIDDOG opened for a few of his shows in the Pittsburgh area including our home club at the time, the legendary Tin Pan Alley in #WheelingWV. That tri-level venue  was built and became a New York mafia hangout known as Zellar's SteakvHouse in the prohibition era. We opened  for Liv there as well and he and I became musical friends over coffee and brandy in the downstairs acoustic room.

Over time?  I vividly recall a visit to his home west of #Boston where on that day he was building a birdbath on the back deck and Maggie brought home a pie we shared. Many years later when Maggie went down another road, Liv wrote this beautiful plea for her to simply forget all the marital strife and Just Come Home... Sadly it all ended in a 2003 amicable divorce...

I Asked You Once

I Asked You Once Livingston Taylor & Zannman

Written by Daryl Hall & performed on a good candle lit night at Daryl's House with The Company of Thieves, Tom Wolk and the house band plus a few misfits including Zannman on Bass & BGV's

In Memory of Bev going to Montana

Every Time You Go Away Zannman ReMix Feat Company of Thieves

A duet version of one of Matraca Berg's most authentic songs ever with a dedication to the Love of my life and soulmate Diane A. from Austin TX.

You & Tequila Matraca Berg & Zannman Remix

One of my "In the vault" tracks from 2005, and one of the first Master recordings of one of my favorite country song co-writes with Andy Dee with authentic traditional vocals by Minnesota's own Becky Schlegel & Dan Gaarder of Trailer Trash.
Dobro & Baritone Guitars: Andy Dee
Guitars & Bass- Zannman
Drums- Jaran Sorenson
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Zannman at The Cabin Studios, St. Paul, Minnesota
©2005 Chris "Zannman" Zann 
Avant Groove Music (ASCAP)

Down The Road Feat: Becky Schlegel, Dan Gaarder, Andy Dee & Zannman

Glen Campbell recorded this song, often touted as the best country ballad of all time in 1968 when I was a high school freshman. Little did I know that 20 years later Glen would become my publisher and that I would get to record with an All Star background choir in Nashville in 1990.  Now and then inspiration and magic strikes like lightening. This is my tribute to Glen, who among several other Nashville legends mentored me and influenced everything I have done since as a songwriter, producer, artist, and recording professional. God Bless You Glen- may you sing and play with God's Angels..  Chris
Written by Jimmy Webb 
©1968 Universal Polygram Publishing (BMI)
Piano:Jimmy Webb. All other parts performed, Produced, Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Zannman  At the Greenroom Studio in Appalachian Ohio 
January 30th- December 7th, 2024

Witchita Lineman-  Zannman Feat. Jimmy Webb

Underground early release,,, Credits to come later. but mostly Zannman on all instruments and the Appalachian Americana Choir on Background Vocals.

Old Man-  Zannman & The Warehouse Barbarians

Pre Production demo for my upcoming album. Thanks to Brian Dunne for the outstanding drum samples, Otherwise all tracks are performed by Zannman

Music & Lyrics by Daryl Hall. Go to Daryl's House for cool versions by Elle King & Tribe of Thieves on YouTube.

Every Time You Go Away Pre-Production

Mr. Cut Time Orchestra 4 Children of Zannman

You tell me?
The band?
Daryls House Band
Synth Bass- Zannman
Vocals- Daryl Hall & Zannman

Somebody Like You Daryl Hall & Zannman Duet Remix

Zannman throws down on a #Beatles Classic..
Guitars, Synth Bass, Vocals, Production, Mix & Mastering by Zannman
Recorded March 30th & 31st 2025 at The Green Room Studios  in Appalachian Ohio.

Long & Winding Road 4 Payton

"I kept myself in boxes,
Taped shut, labeled fragile
Now I’m unfolding…
And I don’t care if it’s messy."

I walked like a question
Curved back, soft tone
You traced my silence
Like it was carved in stone

Said “you’re too much” in quiet ways
With every glance you looked away
But I learned loud from broken days
I’m not that girl, I won’t obey

Ah-ah, I unfold me
Ah-ah, unapologetically
Ah-ah, don't control me
I unfold, unfold...

Your rules were riddles
Painted gold
I tried to solve you
But lost my soul

Now I scream in full technicolor
Found my echo in another
Don’t need your shade to feel the light
I dance alone, and that’s alright

I’m not your shadow anymore
Not the echo by your door
I’m the thunder and the floor
I’m the scream you can’t ignore

I burned the scripts, I broke the scene
Wrote new lines with gasoline
Every flaw, a burst of art
Every tear, a fresh restart

Unfold me, I won’t rewind
Unfold me, don’t cross that line
Unfold me, no more disguise
Unfold me — watch me rise

I was paper, now I’m flame
You’ll forget, but I remain
Folded once, but never tamed
Now I rise, and say my name

Unfolded

Tom Tucker Sr, Alex Oana, and I were mixing, Adrienne and Laura were hanging out, and in walks Cool Funk, He had recently been introduced to me by Jimmy Russell & J.D.Steele as a Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator. We were almost done mixing Get The Funk Outta My Way (incidentally the most played WHB track over 7 years) when Cool Funk Insisted we give him a track and one take. Damn am I glad we said YES! Because his 6 minute hilarious Ad Lib made that song the biggest hit of the entire WHB Experience over seven years of being secretly posted here on SoundCloud. 

     THEN, as if that wasn't brilliant enough, he asks for another track and proceeds to perfectly describe the concept of The Warehouse Barbarians project and Experience in terms only a Master Beat Poet, Rapper, or Hip-Hop Artist could.

     And So here to introduce the concept and vibe behind the Warehouse Barbarians Experience (as it was between 1993-97), Give It Up!!! for Cool Funk. Last I could get any info someone said he is a DJ in Denver...Cool Funk...you out there somewhere Bro? The Warehouse In the forefront of this photo is the actual building (The Ford Centre, where all WHB sessions were held from 1993 to 1997)- Zannman

In The Warehouse 1997 Feat. Cool Funk

A Minnesota tribute to The Allman Brothers and Southern Rock, this classic tale of a man trying to win back the woman he loves is musically punctuated by the guitar work of writer Paul Mayasich, the etherial lap steel his Dough Dros. partner Andy Dee, and the most gorgeous mandolin solo I have ever heard in a rock song played by 3-time Grammy winner and father of Newgrass, Sam Bush. Serendipity- In September of 1972 my long journey to the end of this project began with a meeting with Jim Seals & Dash Crofts in Athens Ohio. A few months later I became an adherent of the Baha'i Faith. In the years that followed I began meeting the many musicians, writers, and producers I would later mentor with to learn the crafts of song writing, production, engineering, and advanced musicianship. That week in 1972, Seals & Crofts "Summer Breeze" was at the top of the charts. The mandolin Sam Bush plays on Vidalia is that same mandolin, acquired from Dash Crofts in recent years....strange, but true. The Barbarians this day in September of 2008? Michael Bland, Leland Sklar, Paul Mayasich, Andy Dee, Donnie LaMarca, Sonny T., Billy Franze,  Kevin Bowe, and Zannman.  Sam Bush was recorded at The Cabin South in Brentwood, TN.

Vidalia Feat. Paul Mayasich, Sam Bush, Leland Sklar, Michael B., Andy Dee Donnie LaMarca & Zannman

Chris "Zannman" Zann- Music  Industry Curriculum Vitae

•	Is an Independent Artist, Songwriter & Producer with co-production and engineering experience with Norbert Putnam (Jimmy Buffet, Dan Fogelberg, Kris Kristoffesen,Joan Baez), Steve Gibson (Michael Johnson, & the Music Director for Grand Ole Opry Television/Gaylord Entertainment), Phil Solem (The Rembrandts), the late Tom Tucker, Sr., (Prince, Paisley Park) Andy Dee (Molly & The Haymakers) J.D. Steele & Tarra Layne  at TarraLayne.com.

Artists produced include  Tarra Layne,  J.D. Steele, Billy Franze, Jonell Mosser, Karen Staley, Stella Parton, Debbie Duncan, The Warehouse Barbarians (with Steele, Solem, Tucker, Putnam,Gibson), G# Greg Sain, Sonny T. (Prince's NPG & Cory Wong & the Wong Notes) Emmy winner PaviElle French, Paul Mayasich, Paul Metsa, blues legend Willie Walker, Charlie Roth (w Andy Dee), Rachael Mead, Jonny Bartlett, Mark Licktieg. Chris Halberg, Andy Hartin, Egon Danielson (w Andy Dee), Deep River, Lauren Redpath, Brokenheart Jones, Deb Brown, Brandie Adams, Peter McQuaid (with Gibson/Putnam) 70's Ohio hit band Kiddog(with Stan Hutto).

•	Recording mix and mastering engineer, with work at Paisley Park, Wild Sound, Flowers, Shock & Audio, FlyteTime/MMI, Winterland, The Terrarium, The Bennett House, Quad, Digital Recorders, Fonogenics in Los Angeles, Thr Cabin Studios in St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN, and at numerous other studios in the Twin Cities, Nashville including The Church Studios, Pittsburgh's premier studio.

•	Studio bassist, guitarist, drummer, Keys. arranger. percussionist and background vocalist having session and production experience with Steve Cropper (The Blues Brothers, Ringo Star, Booker T & the MG’s) Leland Sklar (James Taylor, Carole King, Phil Collins, CSNY, etc), Larrie Londin (Elvis Presley, Journey), Norbert Putnam (Elvis, Jimmy Buffett, Muscle Shoals) Russ Kunkel (James Taylor, Carole King, CSN, Judith Owen, Tarra Layne) Joe Osborne (Simon & Garfunkel, The Carpenters), Steve Gibson (Reba McEntire, Neil Young, George Harrison, Randy Travis), Dave Hungate (Toto & Chet Atkins), Michael Bland (Prince, Soul Asylum, Nick Jonas, Dixie Chicks, Chaka Khan, Waddy Wachtel (Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards), Sonny T., Tommy Barbarella (tommybarbarella.com), Sam Bush (Multiple Grammy winner for O Brother Where Art Thou),  Jessy Greene (Foo Fighters),Dave Barry (Janet, Cher), Paul Peterson (The Family, FDeluxe) Billy Franze (Prince, Mavis Staples, Johnny Lang) , Donnie LaMarca (Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Lang, Whitney Houston), Andy Dee  (Molly & The Haymakers, Soul Asylum) Kevin Bowe (Jonny Lang, Paul Westerberg)  & Dr.Matt Fink (Prince & the Revolution)

•	Staff bassist for Jamboree USA radio show (1975-77), Wheeling, WV. Zannman worked as a staff musician with regional and on shows national artists, including Brad Paisley, Crystal Gayle, Charlie Pride, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Chet Atkins.

•	Artist and songwriter development, including early artist development (1984-86) and co-writing with Karen Staley, writer of the 1995 Academy of Country Music song of the year, Keeper of the Stars and numerous country hits for Reba McIntire, Patty Loveless, Trick Pony, & Faith Hill . Additional co-writing in the Twin Cities with Phil Solem  (I’ll Be There For You – NBC “Friends” Theme), J.D. Steele , Andy Dee (Molly & The Haymakers), Billy Franze (Prince, Mavis Staples, Johnny Lang), Greg Sain (Grammy winner w/ Jimmy Vaughn and Prince's MD for Carmen Elektra),  Margaret Cox (Prince & NPG, Tamara & the Scene), Tarra Layne & Rachel Mead.

•	Studio background vocalist for Glen Campbell with Alan Jackson, Ricky Skaggs, The Gatlin Brothers, Kathy Mattea, The Whites and others (Jesus On My Mind- MCA 1989}, produced by Jimmy Bowen- see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkin'_in_the_Sun

•	ASCAP writer and publisher member since 1985, co-published by Glen Campbell Music & BMG/Sony/Universal Nashville.  Catalog recorded by Johnny Paycheck, J.D. Steele, with songs also used in film and on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

•	Nearly 45 years of experience as a studio musician, songwriter, producer, music publisher, engineer, event promoter and private music & technology educator.

A Case of You 55418 Feat. PaviElle French, Sonny T., Donnie LaMarca & Zannman

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