The
information presented at NEVILLETRACKS.COM is the culmination
of many years of research. I have had assistance from many friends
along the way and would be remiss if I did not acknowledge as
many of them as possible. If I have missed anyone, please accept
my whole-hearted apologies. (If I have misspelled anyone's name,
please let me know so I can correct it!)
First,
I must thank the Nevilles themselves. Without their music, this
project would not exist. Without their music, my life would not
be the same. (A special "thank you" to brother Charles.
On more than one occasion, he has informed me of recordings to
which he had contributed!)
Thanks
to everyone who has come and gone from the Nevilles' backing band.
To me, your musical support has always been as important as the
voices of the Nevilles themselves!
Thanks
to Pat Alvarado (formerly of the Elevation Group) for finally
making this project available to everyone!!!
Thanks to Amy Turner and Kent Sorrell (also of the Elevation Group)
for their help along the way.
Thanks
to Charley Murphy for turning me on to the Nevilles' music in
the first place.
A
HUGE "thank you" goes to my good friend, Tony Supriano
whose knowledge of Neville recordings far exceeds my own. Tony
has helped to fill in many of the holes in this recording chronology
during the many years that he and I have been friends. His contribution
to this project is immeasurable! Above and beyond his contributions
to this project, he has been a really great friend over the years.
Thanks
to Len Fico of Fuel 2000 for filling me in on some of the history
of Art and Aaron's earliest recordings. Len has been both informative
and an extremely nice guy to deal with. Among their many reissues,
his company has reissued some great Neville recordings (including
the Funky Meters' "Fiyo at the Fillmore.")
What
can one say about George Porter, Jr.? The man takes the time to
be an integral part of the message boards on his own site, the
funky Meters' site AND the Original Meters' site! George has answered
many questions over the years and many of his contributions have
helped fill in the gaps in this project.
Lots
of love and thanks to all the folks I've met through the Nevilles'
website (and at Neville shows) who have shared their knowledge
of the Nevilles' music with me over the past decade: Steve Ridolfisch,
Tanya Hyatt, Delvera Crook, Geana Sorensen, Debra Clark, Sue Sherman,
Brad Brewster, Josh Provosty, Mary Alice Moore, Andy Levin, Bill
"The Rhino" Schemp, Jilda Deline, Bob King, Heather
Hennessy, Janet Sobers, Timothy Gott (in the UK), Jim Patrick,
Billy Iuso, Frank Garcia, Andy Jackson (in the UK), Derek Henderson
(in the UK), Denise Sullivan, Sakis Pavlakakis (who provided a
lot of invaluable info about the Eleni Dimou album to which Charles
contributed) and I'm sure there are others I've left out.
Lastly,
I'd like to give special thanks to Steven Chabaud (formerly of
Neville Productions.) We've never met face to face, yet I feel
that Steven is a good friend. I can't even begin to list all of
the ways he has helped me out over the years, but I hope he knows
that every thing has been very much appreciated!
God
bless you all. You have all helped with this project to some degree.
More than that, you have all touched my life and I love you all.
-
Jon Tyler