Zannman & The Resisters- Cover This?

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As Luke Combs, Morgan Whallen & Lainey Wilson are the hottest tickets on earth (after Swifty) genre's no longer matter... Just listen click & explore you might like something here.. ©Quoth the Zannman 2025

Best of Zannman- Country, Pop, Funk, Rock, Writing, Covers & Productions

Zannman and more than 75 of the Twin Cities and Nation's most notable musicians, including more than a dozen Grammy winners, Members of The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, and The Country Music Hall of Fame, as well as many of Minneapolis, LA & Nashville's most accomplished songwriters, vocalists, and producers collectively wander through every genre of American music imaginable; Funk, R&B, Country, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Acoustic, Roots, Americana, and more. Original songs with a classic feel, some select classic covers, and 39 years of sessions, good times in studios all over Minneapolis, St. Paul, Los Angeles, and Nashville. A 21st Century Steely Dan and Large Band adventure that we hope you enjoy. 

     With much love and gratitude to Tom Tucker Sr., Arif Mardin , Larrie Londin , Greg Sain, Michael Bland, Sonny T., J.D. Steele, Donnie LaMarca, Andy Dee, Matthew Zimmerman & Wilde Sound MPLS, Andrew Zoellner, Todd Fitzpatrick, Jana Anderson, Billy Franze, Billy McLaughlin, St. Paul Peterson, Tara Layne, PaviElle French, Kevin Bowe, Mark Licktieg, Paul Mayasich, Stella Parton, Karen Staley, Roger Hoard, Jaime Peck, Margaret Cox, Debbie Duncan, Dave Barry, Lauren Redpath, Jen Ordalen, Jonell Mosser, Billy Thommes, Lecily McKee, Dave Annania, Ken Chastain, Steve Cropper, David Hungate, Leland Sklar, Brian Dunne, Russ Kunkel, Waddy, Jason-Peterson DeLaire, Jesse Greene, Phil Solem, Sam Bush, Dr. Matt Fink, The Horn Heads, Shane Keister, Tommy Barbarella, Dan Seals, Dana Cannone, The Church Studios Pittsburgh, and to all over many years for answering my calls, saying yes, playing your best, and and to those who advised me along the way...

The Warehouse Barbarians Experience

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ZANNMAN  ~  NOTHING TO LOSE ☆★☆

Widespread Panic and Friends, from a Live Show in Athens, Ga. in 1999, Cover One of the Bad Ass'est Songs EVER. Superstition by Mr. Stevie Wonder.

WSP (Feat. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band) - Superstition

This track is a Tribute to one of my major musical influences and friends over many years, Dan Seals.  Dan passed of a rare lymphatic cancer in 2009. This gorgeous and deep Todd Rundgren song was the biggest hit of his career as England Dan (Seals) & John Ford Coley in 1979. The Resisters on this cut are: Drums: (From Hall & Oates and Daryl's House)- Brian Dunne.  Bass, Electric Guitars, Keys, Percussion, Duet & Harmony Vocals; Zannman.   Acoustic Guitars: Steve Gibson & Mark Casstevens.    Lead & Background Vocals: Dan Seals (Posthumously & Licensed), with Dan Timinski, Allison Krause et. al, & Zannman.

This tribute version will be featured on my upcoming release "Cover This?",  much of which was recorded while I was writing my forthcoming book "Homeless in Minneapolis." 

I consider that period of time as The War of(against)George Floyd- and the events following his death that made the world a better place. This track is dedicated as well to George whom I knew as the "door man"and bouncer  at a popular Latin dance club in NE Minneapolis where I went to enjoy a beer and watch the Salsa dancers.

With wishes for Peace, with Love & Respect,
Zannman

The War of George Floyd

Love Is the Answer

Love Is The Answer Remix Zannman & the Resisters Feat. Dan Seals (Posthumously)

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

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

énorme groove... comme quoi il n'est pas (toujours) nécessaire de jouer juste

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - We Got Robbed

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

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

Nobody's Girl Zannman & The Warehouse Barbarians

Music & Lyrics by Chris "Zannman" Zann & Tim Greenwood
Produced by : Zannman
The Band? Drums: Michael Bland Bass: Zannman Keys: Donnie LaMarca Guitars: Tim Greenwood & Zannman Lead Vocal: Tim Greenwood Backing Vocals Amy Tobin, Tim Greenwood & Zannman

Recorded at Wild Sound, Nordeast Minneapolis, MN in 2007
Trackinng Engineer : Matthew Zimmerman
Mix & Mastering: Zannman & Matthew Zimmerman

Relieved

Relieved -  Zannman & The Warehouse Barbarians Feat. Andy Dee & Tim Greenwood

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

Minneapolis Funk written by funky white boys Billy Franze and Zannman in Billy's back yard in North East Minneapolis in 1995 with the lyric, Billy's bass, and a six of Heineken. The first WareHouse Barbarians session ever took place that Summer at Wild Sound in The Ford Centre building by the new Target Field in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. It  saw NPG members Michael Bland & The Hornheads team with Zannman on bass, Stevie Cherewan on B3, Lee Blaske on clav, and Dave Barry and Billy Franze on electric guitars.  Greg "G#" Sain sang lead. Cool Funk did some CRAZY ad libs as Tom Tucker Sr., Alex Oana, & I were mixing it at CD Underbelly in 1997. Zannman, Cool Funk, and G# clowned the background vocals... This is dedicated to our very beloved friend Tom Tucker Sr., who passed earlier this year. It, and his other work on The Warehouse Barbarians project, is probably among the last work of this amazingly talented, Grammy-award winning engineer and local music legend to ever be released.

Get The Funk Outta My Way feat. G# Cool Funk Billy Franze Michael B. Lee Blaske The Hornheads & Zman

Zannman and The Warehouse Barbarians take it down south with a bit of what Michael B. calls "gut bucket" music-- yep, some Tony Joe White styled Polk Salad Annie evocative Country Blues that sounds like its down Louisiana way but is, like all Barbarians wackiness, written, performed and recorded here in "Minneanapolis". Margaret Cox (Tamara & The Scene Everybody Dance Now) produced Zannman's vocal and she and Billy Franze laid down the cool as shit background vocals at The Cabin. Kevin Bowe's syncopated Taylor Acoustic guitar got us in the mood, Donnie L. Laid in the Trem Rhodes over Andy Dee's vintage dobro and the result in 6 minutes or so was a live performance that Bluesman Zannman had to funk along with Michael B on bass and solid four's.  Then after watching two hours of Buddy Guy & Johnny Lang on PBS last night had to lay down some dirty Strat rhythm on it. Andy Dee and Tim Greenwood were Zannman's writing partners-in-crime for this tale of a man newly out of the joint in search of his next wild, dangerous woman....

Nothin' To Lose feat. Zannman, Tamara, Billy Franze, Michael Bland, Andy D,  Donnie L & Kevin Bowe

The all talented Dirty Dozen Brass Band brought a taste of New Orleans to Ames during their performance at Bandshell Park for the 2012 Maximum Ames Music Festival.

Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Maximum Ames Music Festival 2012

Written by amazing tap guitarist Billy McLaughlin, his performance was recorded at The Cabin in St. Paul in 2009. The rest of us piled on to what was originally titled "Mountain Fog", but was recently re-named by Billy as "Back From the Brink", while driving back from a gig at The Brink lounge in Madison, Wisconsin. It is also metaphoric of his ongoing battle to overcome Focal Dystonia and continue to play music for as long as possible. Please watch any of  TPT2 performances of Starry Night or follow other posts of Billy on YouTube and Facebook to find out more about Focal Distonia.  A portion of the proceeds of the sales of Back From the Brink will be forwarded to a charity of Billy's choice supporting research on his condition. -Zannman

Back From the Brink feat. Billy McLaughlin, Donnie LaMarca, Nathan Wilson, Michael Bland, & 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.