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Reminisce Cafe
9. "Heartbreak City Limits" (Gene Summers) – 2:48
10. "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson-Elvis Presley) – 2:54
Reminisce Cafe 11. "Gonna Drive ’em Up A Wall" (Shawn Summers-Gene
Summers) – 2:18
12. "So" – (Dea Summers-Gene Summers) - 2:36
Bonus Tracks
(Bonus tracks are excerpts from Gene Summers’ album "Do
Right Daddy" recorded in Sweden in 2002. The album was pro-
duced by Patrik Staffansson and released by Enviken Records.)
13. "Be-Bop City" (Dan Edwards) - 2:35
14. "Hot Rod Baby" (Dick Reinhart) - 2:26
15. "I’m Flyin’ In’ (Sonny Fisher) - 2:30
16. "Little LuAnn" (James McClung) - 2:53
Studio album by Gene Summers Musicians
Released February 1, 2008 (2008-02-01) • Guitar - Jerry Sartain, Bobby Rambo, Floyd Dakil,
Kevin Bailey, Rene Hall, James McClung, Gene
Recorded Texas Summers
Genre Rockabilly, Rock ’n Roll • Bass – Terry Vieregge, Red Callendar,
• Drums – Chip Abernathy, Earl Palmer, Lavelle Jones,
Length 42:48
Bobby Hibbits
Label Seduction • Piano/Keyboards -Ron Mason, Jay Brown, Chuck
Mabry
Producer Phil York
• Harmonica – Paul Harrington, Chuck Mabry (on
Gene Summers chronology "So")
• Background Vocals Kevin Bailey, Shawn Summers
Do Right Daddy Reminisce Cafe Rock ’n Roll Volume 2. • Congas (on "Heartbreak City Limits") - Matthew
(2004) (2008) (1973)
Fortichuki
• Saxophone - Plas Johnson,
Reminisce Cafe is a landmark album by Gene Summers, re-
leased in 2008. It is his 50th anniversary Album (CD) is- Bonus Tracks
sued by Seduction Records on February 1, 2008, exactly
• Guitar - Ulf Back, Jonas Olpers, Gene Summers
50 years to the day of the release of his first hit single
• Slap bass - Ulf Torstensson
"School Of Rock ’n Roll"/ "Straight Skirt".
• Drums - Patrik Staffansson
• Piano - Henrik Eriksson
Track listing • Saxophone - Joey D’Ambrosio
• Background Vocals - Lars Sodervall, Riley McOwen
1. "Reminisce Cafe" (Joe Hardin Brown) – 3:29
and Ulf Back
2. "She Bops A Lot" (Floyd Dakil) – 2:19
3. "Just Together" (Dea Summers-Shawn Summers-
Gene Summers) – 2:59 Production notes
4. "Rockin’ Fever" (Dea Summers-Gene Summers) - 2:12
• Producer - Phil York
5. "Crazy Cat Corner" (Dea Summers-Gene Summers) –
• Recorded at Yorktown Digital Works, Irving, Texas
2:20
• Engineered and Mastered by Phil York
6. "I Won’t Take Any Less" (William Becker) – 2:11
• Graphics design and layout - Stuart Fleming, Shawn
7. "(It’s Love Baby) 24 Hours A Day" (Ted Jarrett) – 2:58
Summers
8. "Do A Little Roll" (Jacky Guerard) – 2:56
• Liner notes - Ron Chapman
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reminisce Cafe
• CD replication - Green Room Productions, Carrollton, by Floyd Dakil of Dance Franny Dance fame. The next three
Texas songs are originals from Gene and his wife Dea’s pen
• Photo credits - Steve Summers, Phil York, Pearl and cover the whole spectrum of 50’s music from ballad
Moore Summers and Gene Summers Archives to guitar lead rockabilly and sax/vocal chorus movin’
rockin’ ditty. I Won’t Take Any Less carries the shades of
Reviews Elvis and (It’s Love Baby) 24 Hours a Day is a moving cover
of the Ted Jarrett song first recorded by Louis Brooks, in
Records:
Bear Family Records (2008/SEDUCTION) 16 tracks - "Su- 1955. From Gene’s own pen, Heartbreak City Limits offers
perb new album of old school Rock & Roll, Rockabilly and more of a country flavor before Gene takes a stroll on
Ballads. Recorded in Texas (produced by Phil York) and Elvis Presley’s repertoire with Love Me Tender. The next
featuring the legendary Bobby Rambo !, Rene Hall, Earl track Gonna Drive ’em Up A Wall is a wild, rockin’, Little
Palmer a.o. 50th Anniversary after the release of "School Richard styled song written and performed by Gene and
Of Rock & Roll" 1958 !" his son Shawn as a duet. The remaining songs are all
Baby:
CD Baby "The venerable and early rock n roll legend strong rockers, the last four coming from a 2002 session
Gene Summers celebrates his 50th anniversary in music cut in Sweden and already issued on his album Do Right
recording (starting in Feb. 1958!) with this new CD of Daddy. As you listen to this album it seems like 1958 is
sixteen songs in the early rock n roll style, and with a back again! I have heard the news - There’s good rockin’
few edging over into the rockabilly style! The title song, tonight." -by camilledad58
"Reminisce Cafe" is chart bound and is already being
played by a number of vintage music radio stations. For
some listeners, the punch-line in the song prompts tears
References
of remembrance. The album was produced by 3-Grammy Billboard.com
recording engineer and producer Phil York, and CD notes Gene Summers discography from Rockin’ Country Style,
were written by legendary disc jockey and celebrity radio USA
personality, Ron Chapman. There are twelve relevant Gene Summers discography from Rocky Productions,
photos plus the great, vintage cover photo of Gene and France
his high school sweetheart and wife, Dea......." Gene Summers discography from Wangdangdula Finland
Take Note Magazine (France)- April, 2008 - "Have you Gene Summers session data from Tapio’s Fin-A-Billy, Fin-
heard the news? There’s good rockin’ tonight with that land
new CD coming from Texas. Released on February 1st,
2008, exactly 50 years after the release date of Gene’s and
his Rebels first single, School of Rock’n’Roll (Jan 11-100),
Sources
that CD is accurately titled Reminisce Cafe. Produced by • Liner notes "The Ultimate School Of Rock & Roll"
Phil York with nice liner notes from DJ Ron Chapman, 1997 USA
that CD offers 100% Texas rockin’ music shaped with the • Article and sessionography in issue 15 (1977) of New
support of great musicians like Bobby Rambo and Joey Kommotion Magazine UK
D’Ambrosio. It’s also interesting to note the presence of • Article and sessionography in issue 23 (1980) of New
Red Callendar, Plas Johnson, Rene Hall and Earl Palmer, Kommotion Magazine UK
all legendary session musicians, who backed Gene on his • Feature article and sessionography in issue 74 (1999)
"Jan" sessions in 1958. of Rockin’ Fifties Magazine Germany
The booklet is a neat one with some vintage 1950s • Feature article with photo spread in issue 53 (2000)
and ’60s photos plus two full size record label shots. But a of Bill Griggs’ Rockin’ 50s Magazine USA
record is at first music so let’s talk a little about the first • Feature Article with photo spread in issue 54 (2000)
song that gives the title to the CD. Reminisce Cafe is a nice of Bill Griggs’ Rockin’ 50s Magazine USA
ballad where you will meet Elvis, Little Richard, Gene
Vincent, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and Jerry Lee Lewis. A
nice place to be! The next song is She Bops a Lot written
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