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GARY BYRD AND THE G.B.EXPERIENCE
THE CROWN
12"EP(US) WONDIRECTION 4507WG
ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 1983
PRODUCER: STEVIE WONDER
SIDEA: THE CROWN 10:35 LYRICS
SIDEB: THE CROWN(INSTRUMENTAL) 10:35
MUSIC: STEVIE WONDER
LYRICS: GARY BYRD
GARY BYRD (vo) STEVIE WONDER (p, ds, fender rodes, all syn, woodblocks & tambourine) EARL DeROUEN (timbales & cabasa) JAMES ALLEN (claves) BENJAMIN BRIDGES (eg) STEVIE WONDER & CRYSTAL BLAKE (other vo) JAMES ALLEN, WINDY BARNES, SHIRLEY BREWER, ANDRAE CROUCH, TAMMY GIBSON, JOSIE JAMES, TEENA MARIE, SYREETA WRIGHT (bv)
Most of all, my very, very special thanks to a very special king in my life, my spiritual brother, Steveland Morris, for his friendship, wondervision and commitment to use music as a positive tool for humankind Gary Byrd, Professor of the Rap