''Those Southern Knights'' is a 1976 studio album by the Crusaders. It peaked at number 38 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart, as well as number 9 on the Soul LPs chart and number 2 on the Top Jazz LPs chart. It includes "Keep That Same Old Feeling" and "And Then There Was the Blues". The former peaked at number 21 on the

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chart, while the latter peaked at number 92.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. The Crusaders * Wayne Henderson – trombone *

Wilton Felder Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as the Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits "I Want ...

– tenor saxophone *

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, whose name was shortened to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained a p ...

– keyboards *

Stix Hooper Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (born August 15, 1938) is an American drummer and founding member of The Crusaders (Houston group), The Crusaders. Career Hooper developed an interest in music, drums, and percussion at an early age. Starting in middle sc ...

– drums, percussion *

Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts including Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. One of the most sought after guitarists of his era, Carlton has ...

– guitar *

Robert "Pops" Popwell Robert Lee "Pops" Popwell (December 29, 1950 – November 27, 2017) was an American jazz fusion, smooth jazz bass guitarist and percussionist. Career Known as "Pops", he played with The Young Rascals , The Crusaders and the Macon Rhythm Section ...

– bass guitar Additional musicians * Arthur Adams – guitar Production *

Stewart Levine Stewart Levine (born 1946) is an American record producer. He has worked with many artists such as The Crusaders, Minnie Riperton, Lionel Richie, Simply Red, Hugh Masekela, Huey Lewis and the News, Patti LaBelle, Sly Stone, Boy George, Oleta Ada ...

– production * F. Byron Clark – recording, remix engineering *

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman (born 16 December 1943, Minneapolis) is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chr ...

– mastering *

Tom Wilkes Thomas Edward Wilkes (July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009) was an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director. Life Wilkes was born in Long Beach, California and raised in southern California. Wilkes atte ...

– art direction *

Ethan Russell Ethan Allen Russell (born November 26, 1945, in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American photographer, author and video director, mostly of musicians. He is known as "the only rock photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolli ...

– photography

Charts

References

External links

* 1976 albums The Crusaders (jazz fusion group) albums Albums produced by Stewart Levine Blue Thumb Records albums ABC Records albums Albums recorded at Total Experience Recording Studios {{1970s-jazz-album-stub