''Baboon Strength'' is a 2008 album by

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guitarist

Charlie Hunter Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, producer and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter plays custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars on which he simultaneously plays bass line ...

. "I brought some decent songs and tried not to overplay. It's a never-ending process," said Hunter of the record. It marks the culmination of Hunter's more eclectic fusion recordings; future records would follow a more straightforward blues/R&B pattern. The album was recorded at Trout Studios in Brooklyn with an old school set-up where everything happened in the same room, recorded to 16 track two-inch tape before putting it in the digital realm.

Track listing

All songs written and performed by

Personnel

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* Tony Mason – drums * Erik Deutsch – keyboards Production *

– producer * Dave McNair – mastering

References

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