Personnel: P.F. Sloan (vocals, various instruments); Fran Kowalski (vocals, background vocals); Jon Tiven (guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, tenor saxophone, organ); Audley Freed (guitar, electric guitar); Becky Hobbs (piano, background vocals); Garry Tallent, Sally Tiven, Tom Petersson (bass guitar); Craig Krampf (drums, snare drum, talking drum, cowbells, shaker, tambourine, hand claps, percussion); Billy Block (drums, tabla, tambourine, percussion); Tom Hambridge (drums); Chris James (hand claps); Beth Hooker (background vocals); Buddy Miller (vocals, electric guitar); Felix Cavaliere (vocals, organ); Lucinda Williams, Frank Black (vocals).
Audio Mixers: Earl Drake; Jake Burns & The Big Wheel; Fran Kowalski; John Hurley .
Recording information: Big Ears Studio, Nashville, TN; Hormone Studios, Nashville, TN; Japan; Mad Dog Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Mower Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sound & Video Creations.
Photographers: Johnny Bartlett; Lori Eanes.
P.F. Sloan was the mysteriously low-profile songwriter responsible for such 1960s hits as Johnny Rivers's "Secret Agent Man" and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction." Sloan quit the biz following his heyday, and 2006's SAILOVER is his first album in nearly 30 years. It's full of new songs that echo "Eve"'s Dylanesque folk-rock leanings, yet the set feels contemporary and relevant thanks in part to guest appearances from both Lucinda Williams and the Pixies' Frank Black.
Professional Reviews
No Depression (pp.121-122) - "Sloan's songs teeter precariously between profound and precious, though they fall on the right side more often than not."
