Toni Brown released her first solo album, Good For You, Too, on MCA Records in Canada in 1973; it was released in the US in the following year along with a 7″ single, “Big Trout River”. She continued collaborating with Garthwaite as well as released a second solo album, Toni Brown (1979) on Fantasy Records before changing careers. Brown earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology and in 1991 founded Four Winds West, a non-profit transitional house for disadvantaged youth in Fairfax, California.
Toni Brown was part of Joy of Cooking, an American music ensemble formed in 1967, in Berkeley, California. Identified with the hippie culture, the band’s music melded rock & roll with folk, blues, and jazz. The band released three studio albums on Capitol Records in the early 1970s as well as a minor hit single in 1971, “Brownsville”. Along With bandleader Terry Garthwaite, Joy of Cooking was one of the earliest female-fronted bands in rock music history.
Tracks
1 Knockin\’ (Toni Brown) 3:37
2 Wakiki, Why Not? (Huma Huma Nuka Nuka) (Toni Brown) 3:34
3 Stop the Night (Toni Brown) 4:26
4 Listen to the Rain (Toni Brown) 4:06
5 Dance Me (Toni Brown) 4:33
6 Way Down Deep (Toni Brown) 4:20
7 Angel of Love (Toni Brown) 3:22
8 Love Is Strange (Ellas McDaniel, Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson) 2:50
9 I Get Crazy (Toni Brown) 3:31
10 Two of a Kind (Toni Brown) 4:21
11 Evening Lullabye (Toni Brown) 4:28
Musicians
1 Knockin\’
| Bass | Mac Cridlin |
| Drums | David Shaw |
| Guitar | Greg Douglas |
| Guitar | John Blakeley |
| Percussion | Vince Charles |
| Background Vocals | George Christopoulos |
2 Wakiki, Why Not? (Huma Huma Nuka Nuka)
| Bass | Wilton Felder |
| Drums | Rick Shlosser |
| Pedal Steel Guitar | Red Rhodes |
| Ukelele | Lyle Ritz |
| Piano | Mike Lang |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Background Vocals | Roger Kenerly-Saint |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
3 Stop the Night
| Bass | Mike Porcaro |
| Drums | Andrew Steele |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Guitar | Greg Douglas |
| Keyboards | George Clinton |
| Synthesizer | Ian Underwood |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Background Vocals | Roger Kenerly-Saint |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
4 Listen to the Rain
| Bass | Chuck Domanico |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Piano | Victor Feldman |
| Vibes | Victor Feldman |
5 Dance Me
| Bass | Wilton Felder |
| Drums | Rick Shlosser |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Mandolin | Richard Greene |
| Keyboards | Mike Lang |
| Accordion | Stephen Paietta |
| Clarinet | Wilbur Schwartz |
| Sax | Pete Christlieb |
| Sax | Abe Most |
| Sax | John Lowe |
| Sax | Robert Hardaway |
| Violin | Shari Zippert |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Background Vocals | Roger Kenerly-Saint |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
6 Way Down Deep
| Bass | Mike Porcaro |
| Drums | Andrew Steele |
| Guitar | Greg Douglas |
| Piano | George Clinton |
| Background Vocals | Robert Tebow |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Background Vocals | Roger Kenerly-Saint |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
| Vocals | Merry Clayton |
7 Angel of Love
| Bass | Wilton Felder |
| Drums | Rick Shlosser |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Keyboards | Mike Lang |
| Synthesizer | Ian Underwood |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Background Vocals | Roger Kenerly-Saint |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
8 Love Is Strange
| Bass | Wilton Felder |
| Drums | Rick Shlosser |
| Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Piano | Mike Lang |
| Steel Drums | Vince Charles |
| Percussion | Vince Charles |
| Background Vocals | George Christopoulos |
9 I Get Crazy
| Bass | Mike Porcaro |
| Drums | Andrew Steele |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Piano | George Clinton |
| Synthesizer | Ian Underwood |
10 Two of a Kind
| Bass | Chuck Domanico |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Acoustic Guitar | John Pisano |
| Piano | Victor Feldman |
| Trombone | Raul De Souza |
| Percussion | Vince Charles |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Background Vocals | Roger Kenerly-Saint |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
11 Evening Lullabye
| Bass | Chuck Domanico |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Mitch Holder |
| Piano | Victor Feldman |
| Sax | Pete Christlieb |
Liner Notes
Producer – Henry Lewy, Toni Brown
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Ian Freebairn-Smith, Toni Brown
Arranged By (Horns And Strings) – Ian Freebairn-Smith
Toni Brown released her first solo album, Good For You, Too, on MCA Records in Canada in 1973; it was released in the US in the following year along with a 7″ single, “Big Trout River”. She continued collaborating with Garthwaite as well as released a second solo album, Toni Brown (1979) on Fantasy Records before changing careers. Brown earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology and in 1991 founded Four Winds West, a non-profit transitional house for disadvantaged youth in Fairfax, California.