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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"

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

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

Still in Progress with all Sound Design, Keys, Drums, Bass, Percussion, Lead Vocal Mix & Mastering So Far by Zannman

Can We Still B Friends Lead Vox Mix 11 -22

Yamaha Grand: Joe Munroe
Drums, Bass, and Trem Wurly: Zannman
Recorded 12-17-21 at The Church Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
By Dana Cannone.
Additional recording at the Green Room Studios in Appalachian OH in the Spring & Summer of 2023 by Zannman.
Produced by Zannman, Dana Cannone & Joe Munroe
Mixed & Mastered by Zannman
Recording © 2023 by Chris "Zannman" Zann All Rights Reserved
Written by Mike Reid & Alan Shamblin ©Universal Music (ASCAP)

If I Can't  Make You Love Me Instrumental Feat. Joe Munroe with 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

What started out as a demo recording of Lauren on a very cold December night at The Cabin Studios was recut with the full band about a year later using Lauren's haunting original demo vocal...now the master performance. This tune written by Karla Bonoff was a hit for Linda Rondstat on het 1976 vinyl "Hasten Down the Wind.." With deep gratitude to Donnie LaMarca, Andy Dee, Michael Bland, Phil Solem, George Scott McKelvey, and of course Lauren & John Redpath for all of your talents and love...

Someone To Lay Down w. Lauren Redpath, Donnie LaMarca, Phil Solem, Michael B., Andy D. GSM & Zannman

Originally written in 1995 after church burnings in the South it is even more relevant today after the outrageous police abuses in Ferguson,Baltimore, NYC, Minneapolis & elsewhere by bigoted racists. If racial unity will ever be achieved in this country ALL must realize crime is a poverty problem not a race problem, police must "serve & protect" not abuse & neglect and love in the spirit of God and Peace must prevail.. Exceptional thanks to Waddy Wachtel, Bob Glaub, Michael Bland, Lee Blaske, Andy D. , & Stevie C, for the amazing track to sing to... Thank you my Brothers!

Burnin Down with Waddy Wachtel Bob Glaub Michael B. Andy Dee Lee Blaske, Steve Cherewan & Zannman

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

Penned by Parker McGee and featuring Nashville's Super A-Team of 1981 with an as yet undiscovered Pam Tillis at age 18...  Co-produced by Steve Gibson & Zannman Mixed by Stan Hutto, Don Cobb, Gene Eichelberger & Norbert Putnam at The Bennett House, Franklin, TN April 1981. 
Mastered by Zannman at The Green Room Studios in Appalachian OH.
With Posthumous Thanks to Edward M. Meyer of MYER-EMCO for believing and Terri Meyer for encouraging us both...

Real Love-Peter McQuaid, Shane Keister Steve Gibson Larrie Londin Dave Hungate Pam Tillis Zannman

This dreamy tune was Rachel's expression of the times she simply did not want to be earthbound. Her perspective? Suicidal ideation, dream, fantasy, hallucination? Only the artist knows. Written by Zannman & Rachel Mead during our LoveFest in early 2015.  This most fabulous incarnation of The Warehouse Barbarians features NPG members Michael Bland, Sonny T. & Tommy Barbarella on drums, bass, and keys respectively, with Andy Dee on Dobro and Zannman on Nylon Acoustics.  Recorded in 2015 at Shock & Audio Uptown Minneapolis MN Engineered by Andrew Zoellner & at The Cabin NE by Zannman. Mixed by Zannman at The Cabin Studios NE. Mastered by Greg Rierson at Rareform Mastering, Minneapolis, MN in February 2021.

Sky Open Wide Feat.  Rachel Mead, with Sonny T., Michael Bland, Tommy Barbarella Andy Dee & Zannman

The Title track to The Warehouse Barbarians Experience featuring the funkiest players I know... from 1995 at Wild Sound. A half dozen of these cats are currently touring with and as Minneapolis own "Cory Wong & The Wong Notes."   If they gotta gig near you? Do not miss it... horns that know funk after yea s with #Prince #CoryWong #WongNotes #HornHeads #NPG

All You Need is This w. Billy Franze Michael B. Hornheads Stevie C. Lee Blaske Dave Barry & Zannman

The band was tracked live at Shock & Audio studios in the Lynlake neighborhood of MInneapolis on December 9th, 2009 by Andrew Zoellner. The players were Michael Bland: drums, Sonny T.: Bass, Jellybean Johnson: Electric lead Duet, Donnie LaMarca; Piano's & B3, Zannman: Roland Handsonic Percussion, & Taylor Open Tuned Acoustic.

Written by Jonell Mosser, Donnie LaMarca, Sonny T., & Zannman. © 2009 Avant Groove Music (ASCAP)

It was December 2009 in Uptown Minneapolis when it was many degrees Below Zero. Jonell, a native of Kentucky and Blues maven of the South had never been in weather that brutally cold. . But the band was smokin' and she came with this melody live and this lyric later to compliment the track written by Sonny, Donnie & Z. Tracked live. Went down pretty much as a duet between Jonell & Jellybean Johnson. So go to JonellMosser.com Because you will know about The Maroons Soon..  We hope you enjoy...but stay warm this Winter wherever you are...

Engineered by Andrew Zoellner @Shock & Audio, Lynnlake, Uptown Minneapolis MN.

Tryin' To Stay Warm

Tryin 2 Stay Warm Feat. Jonell Mosser, Jellybean, Michael B, Sonny T., Donnie L., & Zannman

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

Sometimes song accidents happen. This Hilarious song was actually written by Elijah the Non-Profit and Zannman while busking on the "homeless wall" in Dinkytown U of M campus neighborhood. That night Elijah had almost 100 Sorority girls singing it with him on the corner of 4th St SE. Then the 4th Jew was the legendary bassist Leland Sklar... so we had a great deal of fun doing this track. In  the tradition of Chocolate Rain,  50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, You Can Call Me Al and almost anything Weird Al does...enjoy, laugh & sing along... 

Dedicated posthumously to the Memory of Robert Leon Commodore who met his unfortunate end murdered by an unknown assailant on a Minneapolis Uptown bus while still homeless. RIP & God Bless You & Keep You Bro!!!

Thanks to Lee, Dana Canone & Dave Hidek at The Church Studios in Pittsburgh and Todd Fitzgerald & Austin at Winterland Studios in Minneaplois.

Last Night I Kissed Prince

Last Night I Kissed Prince- Feat. Leland Sklar, Zannman, Elijah the Non-Profit & Commadore

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.