1984 Roby Duke – Come Let Us Reason
Roby Duke (December 6, 1956 – December 26, 2007) was a contemporary Christian musician and songwriter from Greenwood, Mississippi. He was noted for his blues-inflected vocal style and rhythmic “thumping” acoustic guitar playing.
Roby Duke has released 5 albums. His solo debut album originally released under the label named MCA / Songbird, USA, which was established as the Contemporary Christian Music label distributed by MCA.
After closing Songbird label, Roby continued to release 4 albums: “Come Let Us The Reason” (1984), “Blue Eyed Soul” (1986), “Down To Business” (1989) and “Bridge Divine”(1994) ) with Ocean Records, USA. Among his albums, 1st album “Not The Same” (this album) is said to be masterpiece albums among AOR/Westcoast Pop Music freaks.
Tracks
1 Come Let Us Reason (Roby Duke) 3:41
2 All Lost (Bill North) 3:31
3 I\’m Persuades (Roby Duke) 3:44
4 Watching For You (Bill North) 3:58
5 Fight The Fight (Roby Duke; John Andrew Schreiner) 3:15
6 Win Or Lose (Roby Duke) 4:00
7 Here I Am (Roby Duke) 3:49
8 Closer To You (Roby Duke) 3:14
9 Lay It Down (Roby Duke) 3:39
10 There Is Just One Way (Roby Duke) 3:34
Media
Musicians
Bass | Nathan East |
Bass | John Patitucci |
Drums | Bob Wilson |
Drums (programming) | Roby Duke |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Guitar | Wayne Brasel |
Keyboards | Harlan Rogers |
Keyboards | John Schreiner |
Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
Synthesizer | Roby Duke |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Background Vocals | Kelly Willard |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Steve George |
Vocals | Roby Duke |
Liner Notes
Producer – Win Kutz
Co-producer (Associate Producer) – Roby Duke
Producer (Executive) – Freddie Piro
Arranged By – Harlan Rogers, John Andrew Schreiner, Roby Duke
Arranged By (String Arragements) – Harlan Rogers
Engineer – Win Kutz
Coordinator (Production) – Teri Piro
Engineer (Assistant) – Steve Ford, Todd Van Etten
Engineer (Technical) – Tom Ferguson
Art Direction – Dan Lienart
Photography By – David Randle
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Good News Records
Copyright (c) – Good News Records
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
Lacquer Cut At – Sheffield Lab Matrix
Mixed At – Mama Jo\’s
Recorded At – Mama Jo\’s
January 21, 2017 @ 11:34
Thanks to Lorenzo for introducing me to this westcoast gem.
January 21, 2017 @ 17:16
One of the best CCM albums!!!