1983 Bertie Higgins – Pirates And Poets
Pirates And Poets is an album by the American singer-songwriter Bertie Higgins, released in 1983. The first single was “”When You Fall in Love (Like I Fell in Love with You)”.
Roy Orbison sang on “Leah”. The CD version of the album includes Higgins’s hit single Key Largo as a bonus track.
Tracks
1 As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) 03:29
2 Pirates And Poets (Bertie Higgins; Sonny Limbo) 03:21
3 When You Fall In Love (Like I Fell In Love With You) (Bertie Higgins; Sonny Limbo; Jeff Pinkham) 04:04
4 Leah (Roy Orbison) 03:38
5 Under A Blue Moon (Gary Baker; Quentin Powers) 03:54
6 Tokyo Joe (Bertie Higgins; Sonny Limbo) 03:22
7 Beneath The Island Light (Bertie Higgins; Sonny Limbo; Jeff Pinkham) 04:06
8 Only Yesterday (Bertie Higgins) 03:52
9 Marianna (Bertie Higgins) 04:10
10 Pleasure Pier (Bertie Higgins) 03:28
11 Never Looking Back (Bertie Higgins) 07:10
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Gary Baker |
| Drums | Owen Hale |
| Guitar | Ken Bell |
| Guitar | Kenny Mims |
| Guitar | Shelton Irwin |
| Acoustic Guitar | Bertie Higgins |
| Acoustic Guitar | Ken Bell |
| Acoustic Guitar | Kenny Mims |
| Acoustic Guitar | Shelton Irwin |
| Bouzouki | Jeff Pinkham |
| Mandolin | Jeff Pinkham |
| Organ | Steve Nathan |
| Piano | Steve Nathan |
| Organ | John Healy |
| Piano | John Healy |
| Synthesizer | Steve Nathan |
| Synthesizer | John Healy |
| Oboe | Linda Pennebaker |
| Sax | Ed Leamon |
| Percussion | Doug Johnson |
| Percussion | Edward Higgins |
| Percussion | Mickey Buckins |
| Vocals | Bertie Higgi |
Other Musicians
Backing Vocals – The Doo-Bobs
Orchestra – Albert Coleman’s Atlanta Pops (Track 1)
Strings – The Atlanta Strings
Liner Notes
Producer – Scott Maclellan, Sonny Limbo
Arranged By (Backing Vocals)- Gary Baker
Arranged By (Strings) – Wayne Mosley
Conductor (Strings) – Wayne Mosley
Conductor (Vocals) – Gary Baker
Remix – Glenn Meadows
Design – Bertie Higgins, Mike McCarty
Artwork – Mike McCarty
Photography – Joe Kahler, Tom Corcoran
Recorded At Pyramid’s Eye Recording Studio
Recorded At Southern Tracks
Recorded At Creative Workshop
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc