Produced by Ronnie Ray Padilla & co-produced by Eric Levy,
except 'Bahian Smiles' produced by Ronnie Ray Padilla and
co-produced with Celso Alberti and Claudia Villela
Engineered by Tom Size (overdubs, mixing, mastering &
co-produced guitar overdubs), Celso Aberti (tracking and
overdubs), Brad Bellkamp (tracking and overdubs), Alan Hertz
(editing and overdubs), Doyal Johnson (overdubs), Ronnie Ray
Padilla (overdubs), Will Evankovich (vocal overdubs &
production on 'You Are My Rainbow')
Recorded at A&D Studios, East Bay, California USA
Additional recording, mixing and mastering at Tomland Studios,
Concord, California USA
All music composed and arranged by Ronnie Ray Padilla
(ASCAP)
Additional arrangements co-arranged with Eric Levy: Shakti Ma,
Angelica, Dancing In The Rain, and Tara Nova
Horn arrangements co-arranged with Mic Gillette for: Zambula
and My Brother, My Brother
Mic Gillette appears courtesy of Tower of Power
Original painting by John Garcia
Cover photography by Eostar Kamala (front) and Don Cardoza
(rear)
Layout by John Palmer
ZAMBULA
Eric Levy - keyboards
Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone
George Brooks - alto, tenor & baritone saxophones
Danjuma Adamo - electric guitar (right side rhythm)
Amber Hindz and Andrea Vecchione - vocals
Ronnie Ray Padilla - electric guitar (rhythm & solos),
vocals
Kai Eckhardt - bass
Billy 'Shoes' Johnson - drums
Razaki Aladokun - percussion & talking drum
ARCENIO'S GARDEN
Fareed Haque - acoustic (dragonfly riffs) & electric
guitars
Ronnie Ray Padilla - acoustic guitar
Kenneth Nash - percussion & sounds
Gary Brown - acoustic bass
SETTING BIRDS FREE
Eric Levy, keyboards
Kenneth Nash - percussion
Ronnie Ray Padilla - vocals, guitars
Kai Eckhardt - bass
Billy Johnson - drums
MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER
Paul Hanson - bassoon
Eric Levy - keyboards
Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone
George Brooks - alto & tenor sax
Ronnie Ray Padilla - acoustic & electric guitars, flute
& alto flute & vocals
Kenneth Nash - percussion
Kia Eckhardt - bass
Billy Johnson - drums
Amber Hindz & Andrea Vecchione - vocals
ANGELICA
Eric Levy - keyboards
Ronnie Ray Padilla - guitar
George Brooks - soprano sax
Kennnth Nash - percussion
Kai Eckhardt - bass
Billy Johnson - drums
YOU ARE MY RAINBOW
Eric Levy - keyboards
Vernon 'Ice' Black - rhythm guitar
Kenneth Nash - percussion
Ronnie Ray Padilla - vocals, guitar
Kia Eckhardt - bass
Billy Johnson - drums
Anita Joseph - lyrics
SHAKTI MA
Eric Levy - keyboards
Ronnie Ray Padilla - electric guitar, oud, temple cymbals,
vocals
Kai Eckhardt - bass
Kenneth Nash - percussion (bongos, congas)
Marquinio Brazil - percussion (dumbek, bells, colour
sounds)
Solar Nader - tabla drums
Billy Johnson - drums
TARA NOVA
Eric Levy - keyboards
Julia Freshwater - vocals
Ronnie Ray Padilla - acoustic & electric guitars, vocals,
Native American flute, and human cricket sounds
A special thank you to my late parents and brother, Arcenio
(Archie), Dora Padilla and Archie Jr., who always encouraged me to
compose and play music; my new self-adoped parents 'Ammachi'
(Sudhamani) and Dali Lama; the Tineh (Navajo) tribal leaders and
Grandmothers at Big Mountain, Arizona, Apache tribal leaders at
White Mountain, Colorado, and the Mescalero Apache Grandmothers in
New Mexico.
A big thank you to Kai Eckhardt, for 'getting the ball
rolling', great afro-euro bass grooves, and for bringing Eric Levy
into the project, Eric's attention to detail, ease to work with,
input, and brilliant playing; to long time friend, Kenneth Nash,
for the many prayers, constant encouragement for well over 20
years, and of his 'Gogan' (Gauguin) percussion/sound painting; to
Tom Size for 'making it right' in all those many big and tiny
ways, a true honor; Thomas Richard and Judy Joiner (Sea of
Chi.com) for being there as family and beyond; to Aaron Stone for
connecting me to John Palmer and Pat Matheny; to my beloved
Vanessa Lamb, who lovingly pushed and inspired me to the finish;
to my Divine Creator… each breath, each heartbeat, and every
vibration we see, feel, and hear…in all of that which flows
through This river of life…and especially to all these World
Class musicians, and their passionate postitve attitudes, ready to
take it to the world. It's been my intent to melt apathy globally,
with these sounds and more.
