Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder- Sledgehammer-Superstition

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Sledgehammer was released in the summer of '86 from the album "So". It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Gabriel noted that he was influenced by soul music when writing "Sledgehammer" and also considered recording a soul-oriented album with a mixture of covers and original compositions.

Speaking of soul, we decided to add a little soul of our own by inserting the horn lines from Stevie Wonder's Superstition!

Fun fact- Gabriel wanted a real horn section on "Sledgehammer" to capture some of the intricacies of brass playing that could not be achieved with a synthesizer. He cited the slow brass swells in the second verse as an example of the expressiveness that he desired.


For this session, we were joined by the great Camilo Valendia on guitar. You may know him from many Latin Grammy Award-winning songs!


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RF Factor
Drums- Aaron Glueckauf
Percussion- Edwin Bonilla
Bass- Kai Sanchez
Guitar- Camilo Valendia
Keys- Jon Rose
Alto/ Alto flute- Ismael Vergara
Trombone- John Kricker
Trumpet- Doug Michels
Tenor/Bari- RF

Arranged by RF Factor

Audiovisual Recording by Alex J. Campos ‪@Noisematchstudios‬ https://noisematch.com

Audio mix by Pete Wallace
Video edits by Samantha Natalie
Pen to Platinum pPoductions

www.RFFactormusic.com


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