Steve Gaines - Okie Special (2000)

                                                              Steve Gaines
Gaines was born in Seneca, Missouri and raised in Miami, Oklahoma. When he was 15 years old, he saw The Beatles live in Kansas City. After being driven home from the concert, he pestered his father enough to buy him his first guitar. His band, Manalive, recorded at the famous Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. In the 1970s Steve played with bands ILMO Smokehouse from Quincy, Il, Detroit with Rusty Day (an offshoot of The Detroit Wheels) and Crawdad (a band that Steve had started around 1974). In 1975, he recorded several songs with Crawdad at Capricorn studios in Macon, Georgia which were released by MCA in 1988 as One in the Sun (when the present day Lynyrd Skynyrd band began touring) and is listed as his only official solo album. Steve has two other albums, which are known to be very rare CDs from Steve's widow Teresa: I Know a Little (a collection of live recordings with Crawdad as well as Manalive) and Okie Special (a collection of live recordings with Crawdad as well as Detroit). Only 100 copies of each of the two CDs have been made.

Personnel:

John Seaberg Bass, Vocals
Steve Gaines Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
John Moss Guitar, Backing Vocals
Terry Emery Keyboards
Ron Brooks Drums
Barry Rapp Keyboards
Gary Clark Bass
Nate Peterson Bass
Teddy T-Mel Smith Drums
Rusty Day Harmonica
Bill Hodgson Guitar

Tracklist:

01. Road Runner (Junior Walker) 04:38

02. Cross Winds (Billy Cobham) 04:27

03. You Talk Too Much (Joe Jones) 05:16

04. It Can't Make Any Difference To Me (Dave Mason) 03:39

05. Snatch It Back (Chuck Willis) 03:52

06. Ain't No Good Life (Steve Gaines) 05:54

07. I Don't Want To Lose (Steve Gaines And Marc Marcano) 05:08

08. No Money Down (Chuck Berry) 05:10

09. You Must Have Put Your Whammy On Me (Freddie King) 04:09

10. Why (Lonnie Mack) 07:44

11. Turkey In The Straw (Traditional) 01:43

12. Fanny Mae (Buster Brown) 04:18