JOHN BATDORF JAMES LEE STANLEY

ALL WOOD AND STONESJames Lee Stanley and John Batdorf have both been part ofthe Southern California music scene since its early '70s hey-day. Stanley’s enduring career began with a publishing dealwith famed producer Bones Howe. His self-titled solo debutwas released on RCA in the seventies, and in 1980 Stanleyformed his own label, Beachwood Recordings, on which he’sreleased over 50 titles including 22 solo projects. His FreelanceHuman Being CD was hailed as a masterpiece and is listed asone of the Top 200 CDs of All Time by Fi Magazine. Stanleyalso released four CDs in tandem with Peter Tork.

Batdorf’s first brush with fame was with a band that was almostsigned by Atlantic. His acoustic rock duo Batdorf and Rodneywas later signed to that label by Chairman Ahmet Ertegun, andJohn will always remember auditioning for Ertegun in one roomat the Beverly Hills Hotel at the same time the industry legendwas signing the Rolling Stones in another. The B&R duo were also signed by David Geffen to Asylum and by Clive Davisto Arista. Batdorf was also in the band Silver, and has a career as a film and television composer.

Together, they brainstormed on all things Stones for close to a year before the first All Wood And Stones release. Theirinstincts and talents fused beautifully on the project. Another 8 years of working together led to All Wood And Stones II.A sense of discovery is evident in arrangements that respect the original song structures at the same time that they openthem up to new possibilities. Far beyond merely “unplugged,” All Wood And Stones is unprecedented. And undeniably apleasure.

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Paint It Black • Ruby Tuesday • SatisfactionUnder My Thumb • Let’s Spend the Night Together

Mother’s Little Helper • Backstreet GirlLast Time • Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby

19th Nervous Breakdown • As Tears Go By

Honky Tonk Women • Miss YouGet Off My Cloud • Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Play With Fire • Before They Make Me RunSympathy For The Devil • Tumblin’ Dice

Wild Horses • Time Is On My Side

JOHN BATDORF JAMES LEE STANLEY

ALL WOOD AND STONES

THE PRAISEEdna Gundersen, USA TODAY, writes (excerpted from the article “Tributes can be the sincerest form of flattery”):Singer/guitarist/composers John Batdorf and James Lee Stanley stripped down Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?, Under MyThumb and nine other Rolling Stones tunes into acoustic skeletons, confounding logic by rendering a subdued version of Let’sSpend the Night Together with former Monkee Peter Tork on guitar into a stirring affair. Batdorf and Stanley have turned the rockgrooves inside out, adopted stylish arrangements and made no attempt to ape the originals, unveiling the elegance of the melodiesand allowing radically new interpretations of songs long tattooed in boomer DNA. Paint it fresh.

Andy Robinson, in the “On Review” section of the Taylor Guitar Magazine Wood & Steel writes :If you’re not a Stones fan, the performances on All Wood and Stones cleverly frame the songs of Mick Jagger and Keith Richardsand draw you into them in a way that the original recordings might not. (Apparently, the folks at XM Satellite radio agree; inNovember 2004, they featured cuts from All Wood and Stones on four different programs.) My hat is off to John Batdorf and JamesLee Stanley; this is one very cool album.

Mike Marrone, Host and Musical Director of The Loft on XM Radio, writes:Forget any preconceptions, just listen to this album. Our audiences are going crazy for All Wood and Stones. It is already in contention for our favorite recording of the year.

Barnes Newberry, DJ, WUMB.org [Highway 61 Revisited],writes:Boy, what a fine album you and John did! It is excellent. I love it and can’t get it off the cd player. When I aired Paint It Black thisSaturday, the phones lit up. I think you’ve landed a winner here, brother!

Robert A. Lindquist, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief, Singer Magazine: The Voice of the Independent Musician and Songwriter,writes:To get the arrangements this right and this tight, Batdorf and Stanley took each song apart and basically started from scratch. Thelyrics and melody lines are still very recognizable, but it’s almost as if the songs were written for them in the first place. It’s unpretentious and very genuine. If there’s ever an award for “Cover Song Collection of the Year,” this would be a shoo-in. The supporting cast includes Timothy B. Schmidt, Laura Hall, Peter Tork and others.

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Exquisite acoustic renditions of classic Rolling Stones songs

THE COMPANY THEY SHARE

THE STAGES

AmericaPocoDoobie BrothersHall and OatsChicagoBlood Sweat and TearsJefferson AirplaneDave MasonJackson BrowneDavid Wilcox

Al StewartBonnie RaittNicolette LarsonBill CosbyYoungbloodsJesse Colin YoungRobin WilliamsSteven WrightJanis IanCarly Simon

Kris KristoffersonJohn PrineBoz ScaggsPeter TorkEarth Wind and FireEric AndersonCurtis MayfieldBilly CrystalKenny RankinKenny Loggins

Seals and CroftsLoggins and MessinaDan FogelbergVan MorrisonELOStevie WonderSly and the Family StoneBee Gees

…and many many more

Universal AmphitheaterGreat American Music HallFox Warfield TheatreCarnegie HallCape Cod Melody TentFreight and SalvageTroubadourThe PointBottom Line

Symphony Hall, BostonSymphony Hall, AtlantaChastain ParkAsh GroveOmni TheatreChrysler HallOscar Meyer TheatreSummerfestChicagofest

Paramount, SeattleParamount, PortlandEddies AtticFreight RoomTampa TheatreAmerican TheatreFront Row TheatreKent StageDenver Opera House

Felt ForumLos Angeles ColiseumRoyce HallBlossom CenterFine Line

…and many many more

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