DON RALKE

Jennie Lee / Gotta Get A date - Arwin MM 108
In dem Buch von
a) Mark A. Moore: Dead Man´ s Curve,
The Rock ´n´Roll Life Of Jan Berry , McFarland 2016, Seiten 41 - 45, und
b) Mark Thomas Passmore:: Dead Man´s Curve and Back- The Jan & Dean Story, 2003, Seite 13 - 15
wird näher auf die Musiker und Background Sänger eingegangen:
b) Seite 14: "A week passed then Jan got a phone call from Joe Lubin asking him to come down to
ARWIN RECORDS and listen to the record. Jan asked ´what record?"....
It was Jan & Arnie´ s song all right, but with a complete instrumental track overdubbed by some of
the industry´s most popular session men at the time, including Don Ralke, Ernie Freeman and Jackie Kelso."
a) "I got all these black guys to overdub - Rene Hall, Plas Johnson, Earl Palmer2 said Lubin. "But when they
played, there was a noticeable thing with the rhythm (the tempo on the taped recording).
But somehow Ernie Freeman worked it out, and he was brillant....
The entire augmentationprocess was overseen by Ron Ralke, a trained musician,and vetran composer,
arranger and producer..... Watching these professionals in action had a strong impact on Jan.
They fueled his interest in the music business and laid the groundwork for his future success
as an arranger and producer":