Alto Saxophone – Julius A HemphillBass – Fred BackmeierCongas – Rocky DejonDrums – Phillip WilsonGuitar – Howard 'Buzz' FeitenKeyboards – Neil LarsenTenor Saxophone – Brother Gene Dinwiddie
2
The Shit Hits The Fan Again
Effects – Tom Clack
3
Hamhock's Hall Was Big
Baritone Saxophone – James MitchellBass – Jerry JemmottCongas – Pancho MoralesDrums – Bernard PurdieGuitar – Cornell DupreeOrgan – Billy PrestonPiano – Truman ThomasTenor Saxophone – Andrew Love, King Curtis, Lou CollinsTrombone – Jack HaleTrumpet – Roger Hopps, Wayne Jackson
4
Spoon
Alto Saxophone – Julius A HemphillBass – Fred BackmeierCongas – Rocky DejonDrums – Phillip WilsonGuitar – Howard 'Buzz' FeitenKeyboards – Neil LarsenTenor Saxophone – Brother Gene Dinwiddie
5
Four Bitches Is What I Got
Backing Band – Kool & The Gang
6
Sentenced To The Chair
Bass – Chuck RainyCongas – Candido, Johnny Pacheco, Norman PrideDrums – Jimmy Johnson Drums, Congas – George McCleeryGuitar – Eric GalePercussion – Gordon PowellPiano – Richard TeeTenor Saxophone – Maurice Smith, Trevor LawrenceTimbales – Bobby MatosTrumpet – Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur 'Dud' Bascombe
7
Sport
Backing Band – Kool & The Gang
8
Brother Hominy Grit
Alto Saxophone – Julius A HemphillBass – Fred BackmeierCongas – Rocky DejonDrums – Phillip WilsonGuitar – Howard 'Buzz' FeitenKeyboards – Neil LarsenTenor Saxophone – Brother Gene Dinwiddie
9
The Bones Fly From Spoon's Hand
Backing Band – Kool & The Gang
10
The Breack Was So Loud, It Hushed The Crowd
Alto Saxophone – Julius A HemphillBass – Fred BackmeierCongas – Rocky DejonDrums – Phillip WilsonGuitar – Howard 'Buzz' FeitenKeyboards – Neil LarsenTenor Saxophone – Brother Gene Dinwiddie
11
Coppin' Some Fronts For The Set
Alto Saxophone – Julius A HemphillBass – Fred BackmeierCongas – Rocky DejonDrums – Phillip WilsonGuitar – Howard 'Buzz' FeitenKeyboards – Neil LarsenTenor Saxophone – Brother Gene Dinwiddie
12
Grit's Den
Bass – Chuck RainyCongas – Candido, Johnny Pacheco, Norman PrideDrums – Jimmy Johnson Drums, Congas – George McCleeryGuitar – Eric GalePercussion – Gordon PowellPiano – Richard TeeTenor Saxophone – Maurice Smith, Trevor LawrenceTimbales – Bobby MatosTrumpet – Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur 'Dud' Bascombe
Versions
Category
Artist
Title (Format)
Label
Category
Country
Year
UA-LA156-F
Lightnin' Rod
Hustlers Convention (LP, Album, Gat)
United Artists Records
UA-LA156-F
US
1973
VR002
Lightnin' Rod
Hustlers Convention (LP, Album, RE)
Vinyl Ressurection
VR002
Unknown
CPCD 8177
Lightnin' Rod
Hustlers Convention (CD, Album, RE, RM)
Charly Records
CPCD 8177
UK
1996
CELL 6107, CEL 6107
Lightnin' Rod
Hustlers Convention (LP, Album, RE)
Celluloid, Celluloid
CELL 6107, CEL 6107
US
Unknown
CELD 6107
Lightnin' Rod
Hustler's Convention (CD, Album)
Celluloid
CELD 6107
US
1984
Credits
Artwork – Dave Willardson, Ralph Sanders , Wilkes & Braun, Inc.
Composed By [Music] – Buddy Miles (tracks: A6), Eric Gale (tracks: B4, B6), Brother Gene Dinwiddie (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, B2), Kool & The Gang (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
Lyrics By, Vocals – Lightnin' Rod
Mixed By, Engineer [Editing] – Tony Bongiovi
Producer, Directed By – Alan Douglas
Notes
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Media Sound Studios, New York. "Pool Game" Shot by Big Howie, Directed by Kenny Upshot, Recorded at Sound Exchange/Eventide. "Card & Crap Games" Brother Norman, Brother Huey, Brother Abdullah Khalid, Billy Ray, Brother Jalal.
