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ALL NIGHT ALL STARS GATHERS SOUTHERN October 21, 2003 (Nashville, TN) – Capitol Records Comedian Tim Wilson is best known for keeping fans in stitches with his southern brand of stand-up and comedy songs, but the serious side of Wilson is displayed on All Night All Stars, a unique album of southern rock and R&B music he produced with fellow southerner and studio veteran Steve Melton. The aptly named project hits stores on Capitol Records today. “We looked out in the studio one day while we were working on one of my comedy albums and realized we had the best band in the world sitting right in front of us,” Wilson said. “And When Levon said he’d be interested in helping us make an all-stars album happen, Boom! We put together a wish list and got on the phone! You’d be shocked at who’ll show up on Tuesday when Levon’s gonna be there.” The Levon that Wilson speaks of is none other than the legendary Levon Helm of The Band. The list of singers and musicians that turned out to participate in the event could easily be mistaken for the roll of a southern music hall of fame. Gregg Allman, Bobby Whitlock (Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominoes), T. Graham Brown, Jimmy Hall (Wet Willy), Clayton Ivey (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section), Russell Smith (Amazing Rhythm Aces), Jim Horn, Larry Byrom (Steppenwolf), Dean Daughtry (Atlanta Rhythm Section), Ronnie Hammond (Atlanta Rhythm Section), Owen Hale (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Steve Stone (Atlanta Rhythm Section), and many more turned out for the eight-days of recording, which took place at historic Muscle Shoals Sound studio and in Nashville. The goal for Wilson and Melton, who has been at the controls of milestone albums by artists including Bob Seger, Etta James, Art Garfunkel, Glenn Frey, and countless others, wasn’t to create an album of songs to feed their egos or produce radio hits, but rather to help write a new chapter in the history of southern music by sharing the tradition of the great artists and songs that defined the genre in the sixties and seventies. A few of the selections recorded on this 16-song labor of love include “Hush,” “People Get Ready,” “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” “When Something is Wrong With My Baby,” “Polk Salad Annie,” and “Georgia In July.” Wilson sums up the creation of All Night All Stars by saying “We operated like God likes to operate. We played and sang and laughed and fought and cut the whole damn thing on a handshake. When it was finished, we toasted it with what God likes to drink now…sweet tea!” # # # For
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