A little tune I composed while working out some general keyboard comping on this dying Yamaha 4 track some time in 2004 or before. Finger drumming attempting an Elvin Jones version of "Tin Tin Deo" and of his type of drum pattern on a Korg O1W. Awful recording, but the tune is nice. Hope to re-record this Pablo Calogero on a real flute and baritone sax or bass clarinet and some other cats.

TRANSITION (2004? 4track sketch)

MARY J. (demo from 2002-03)

Something I recorded in my apartment a long time ago.

TARGET PRACTICE (2002)

I wrote this song on the fly in the wee hours for this girl who was on my mind at the time. I sang the lyrics and played guitar and did the other vocals all in on take, which is why it sounds a little raggedy and pitchy in some spots.

"Breathe"

I want you to breathe in my direction
I wanted to know what I've been missin'
I could’ve loved you so much better
But it’s all in the past and I’ve been kissin’

And you were nowhere to be found my dear
and all my time’s been searchin’ for this true love I’ve yet to find

Do you believe in my intentions?
And do you believe in this twisted kind of blues?
I couldn’t love you any stronger
but it’s all in the past and I got so much more to lose (in the end)

(and) you were nowhere to be found my dear
and all my time (spent) searchin’ for this true love I’ve yet to find, and we were lovers for each day, girl I fear that I have found my love for you has drifted amongst the passing clouds

I want you breath in my direction
Do you believe????

I want you to breathe……. my……......way

Lonnie D. Hillyer's Album

BREATHE (super raw 4 track demo - 1996-98?)

Lenny Kravitz; lead vocals
Paul  Gordon; keyboards
Tony James; drums
Raf Hernandez; guitar
Lonnie Hillyer; bass
Suzanne Simpson and Kelly Meehan; background vocals

'Live @The China Club'

Moments Notice - Live At The China Club  - "It's Time"

Bernard Fowler & Stevie Salas "12 Hits And A Bump (Iguana Records 1996)

Bernard Fowler - Vocals   Stevie Salas - Guitars

Lonnie Hillyer - Bass        Brian Tichy - Drums


Bernard Fowler & Stevie Salas "Too Many Mountains" (Big Daddy Mix)

Maggie's Dream (unreleased 1992)

Robi Draco Rosa: voz
Danny Pallomo : guit, coros
Raf Hernandez: el guit, coros
Lonnie Hillyer: bass, coros
Zachary Alford: drums

MAGGIE'S DREAM - "Before I'm Seven" 1992

Live at the Tin Palace Apr. 8, 1980 - NYC

Lonnie Hillyer- trumpet
C Sharpe - alto sax 
Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
Ted Wald - bass 
Jimmy Lovelace - drums

"WOODY N YOU" Live at the Tin Palace Apr. 8, 1980 - NYC

THRUST - LONNIE D. HILLYER BASS FADE - 11:3:19, 5.46 PM (TEST)

THRUST - LONNIE D. HILLYER_BASS FADE - 11:3:19, 5.46 PM (TEST)

IT KINDA SOUNDED LIKE THIS INSIDE AT 3:45 AM BACK IN 1982-83. I RECORDED THIS FROM A FLASHBACK I HAD.

Robi Rosa - lead vocals
Lonnie Hillyer - bass, vocals
Raf Hernandez - guitar, vocals
Danny Palomo - guitar, vocals
Tony James - drums


1. "Change For The Better"
Zachary Alford - drums on "Change For The Better"  
Alto Saxophone – Vincent Herring
Baritone Saxophone – Pablo Calogero
Clavichord – Dan Stein
Drums – Zachary Alford
Percussion – Daniel Sadownick
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Snitzer
Trombone – Michael Davis
Trumpet – Chris Botti, Steven Bernstein

2. "Father Mother"	

3. "Love & Tears"
Percussion – Daniel Sadownick




4. "Human"
Guitar – Josh Deutsch
Keyboards – Dan Stein
Percussion – Daniel Sadownick

5. "Livin' For The Times" 
Backing Vocals – Diva Gray, Fonzie Thornton, Vaneese Thomas
Organ – Richard Tee
Percussion – Daniel Sadownick

6. "It's A Sin"

7. "One In Six"
Backing Vocals – Diva Gray, Fonzie Thornton, Vaneese Thomas
Organ & Piano – Richard Tee

8. Between Fear & Desire
Backing Vocals – Pura Fe Crescioni
Keyboards – Dan Stein
Percussion – Daniel Sadownick

9. "I Can Take You" 
Wah guitar -    David "Fuze" Fiuczynski
Tenor sax -     Willie Williams
Baritone sax - Pablo Calogero
Trumpet -       Steve Bernstein

10. "Dear Simone"
Organ – Richard Tee
Guitar – Billy Straus
Percussion – Daniel Sadownick

11. "Fly"
Keyboards – Dan Stein

Engineer – Matthew "Boomer" Lamonica
Engineer [Assistant] – Anne Pope, Phil Klum
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Andy Wallace
Producer – Josh Deutsch, Maggie's Dream


Maggie's Dream 1990 (ORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE FULL ALBUM)

Lonnie Hillyer (EEUU)    

Nacido y criado en Nueva York en una familia de artistas. Su padre Lonnie Hillyer, trompetista de Charles Mingus, Charles McPherson & Barry Harris y su madre, la escritora Maxine Austin. 
 Empezó su carrera a temprana edad tocando en todos los locales de música de NYC con diferentes bandas y artistas como por ejemplo J. Walter Negro and The Loose Jointz, con quien graba un disco a los 18 años.
 Miembro fundador de Maggie’s Dream( banda de rock-funk que graba un disco para Capitols Records cuyo cantante era Robi Draco Rosa)  

Tocó y grabó discos para artistas tan diversos como Pura Fè, Bernie Worrell (Parliament- Funkadelic), Jeffrey Gaines, Linda Perry, Arturo OFarrill, Love Spit Love (junto a Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs), Rebecca Blasband, Jill Jones, Pheobe Legère, Frank Ferrer, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thall, and Richard Fortus of Guns & Roses, Zachary Alford y Sterling Campbell (Bateristas de David Bowie y The B-52's ), Atma Anur, Will Calhoun, David Fuszinski, Rusty Anderson, Michael "Clip" Payne  (P-Funk), Chris Dowd de Fishbone, Lenny Kravitz, Gordon Gano of The Violent Femmes, Bernard Fowler y Stevie Salas entre muchísimos otros.  

Fue bajista del proyecto solista de Robi Draco Rosa y grabó los hits de Billy Joel "In The Middle Of The Night" y "Blonde Over Blue" del disco "River Of Dreams". 

 También se desempeñó como compositor de música para films independientes como "FACE" y "Sluggers", ambos dirigidos por Bertha Bay-sa Pan. 

 Actualmente reside en Buenos Aires, Argentina y forma parte de la banda estable de Andrea Alvarez con quien además de tocar en vivo, graba un DVD “Doble A en vivo en Estudio ION” .   

 ALBUMS & SINGLES:

J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz - "Shoot The Pump" - 1981 Zoo York / CBS Records

Maggie's Dream  - "Maggie's Dream" - Capitol Records 1990

Charles & Eddie  - "Duophonic" - 1992 , "Chocolate Milk" - 1994  Capitol Records

Billy Squire   - "To Tell The Truth" - Capitol Records 1993

Nicklebag (feat. Bernard Fowler & Stevie Salas) "12 Hits And A Bump" 1996

Rebecca Blasband - "Rapt" - Mercury/Polygram 1997

Robi Draco Rosa - MTV International - live performance - 1998 Sony Music

Jeffrey Gaines  - "Jeffrey Gaines" - 1992 EMI, "Somewhat Slightly Dazed" - 1994 EMI, "Gallore" - 1998, "Always Be" - 2001 

Billy Joel -"River Of Dreams" - CBS Records and the 1994 PBS Special, "Shades of Grey"

Love Spit Love (feat. Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs) MTV 120 Minutes 

Gordon Gano (of The Violent Femmes) - "Hitting the Ground" - 2002

Gordon Gano & The Ryans - "Under The Sun" - 2009

Andrea Alvarez -DVD "DOBLE A - EN VIVO EN ESTUDIO ION" – 2011

Lonnie Hillyer

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