"People Like Us" (Tracks)
John Allen Latta (c) 2010, BMI 
Recorded & Mastered at 
Panda Productions of Nashville
(Produced by Dan Drilling)

 
    I started playing drums when I was five-years-old.
   After searching for a xylophone teacher in Tulsa (for months -- or so I was told) my parents finally agreed to let me take drum lesons… if I would "stick with it." 
   On a hot summer night in 1956 (in an upstairs, back-alley room of a music store) a jazz trumpet player took me under his wing. 
   It took me over a year to "earn" a snare drum (I think my folks had something to do with this) and almost two to "earn" a cocktail set of Slingerlands -- one drum, cymbal and pedal at a time.
   Well, I did "stick with it" and in the end, it was all worth it. I played in working bands from the time I was seven and played professionally for over thirty-five years.
    I've had the pleasure, and priveledge, of working in the studio, performing live, touring and co-writing with some of the best musicians, songwriters, producers and vocal talent in the world (a partial list is below).
   About three years ago I began working in the studio again, writing some songs. A few months ago I started recording (what I think are) some of the better ones:
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George Clinton:
Renowned Nashville producer of:
    Booker T & The MGs, Isaac Hayes, Alabama, Charley Pride, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, KISS, Martina McBride, KT Oslin, Hank Williams Jr., John Anderson, The Time Jumpers (and many more!)
Produced the songs:
"I'm Done!"
"When The Father's Gone" 
"Where'd Ya Get Them Jeans?" 
(re-written version 6/08)

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Dan Drilling:
Grand 'Ol Opry musician; produced, engineered and mastered:
"Perkins Road"
"People Like Us"
"I Wanna Take You for a Drive"
And also played on, produced and engineered the recut demo of:
"Where'd Ya Get Them Jeans?"

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Ray Hamilton/Aristar Studios:
My friend David Teegarden (Bob Seeger Band, J.J. Cale), sent me to Ray, Pat Savage and the T-Towners and the rest is history. Ray produced:
"Where'd Ya Get Them Jeans?"
 & "Honky-Tonk n'Holler" 
Every ARISTAR song has been signed!_______________________

Ronnie Dunn (Sorry about the safari
jackets, and all the Dewar's -- call me!)
Gus Hardin, Eldon Shamblin, Roy Clark, The Hager Twins, Joe Spivey (Fiddle: The Time Jumpers), George Clinton (Bayou Studios), Dan Drilling (Grand Ol Opry), Mike Johnson (Steel Guitar), Joe Haskew (& The De-Icers -1958), Hanson (Ed.Srv.Ctr – Tulsa ‘90), Sonny Gray, Gordon Shryock, David Teegarden,
Betsy Smittle, David Grothe, Danny Dark,
Bob Lauer, Tommy Lokey, Larry Bell,
Pat Savage, Flash Terry, Ray Hamilton,
Donna Williams, Steve Pryor, Jim Sweeney, Randy Crouch, Ranger Doug Green, John Rigney, Jimmy Strader, Jim Williamson, Rick Alan West, Chet Latta, Bill Brown,
Mike Bruce, Earl Clark, Jim Byfield, Pam Van Dyke & Bill Crosby, Jim Bates, Pat (Taco) Ryan, David Brown, "Junior" Markham, Mark Carpenter, Tommy Richard, Pat Murray, Valentino Pena, Steve Munson, Mike Moore, Troy Hanson, Mary Harrison, Rob Geoffs, Pat McJimsey, Steve Bailey, Phil Norvell, Melvin Grace, G.Ary S.Mith, Bob Rozensky, David Wolfe, Dan Humphrey, Eric Kehr, Tawny Blissit and many, many more !

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Contact John at
john@johnlatta.net
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