Dave Hollister CHICAGO'85..THE MOVI

Personnel includes: Dave Hollister (vocals); Tank, Steve Huff, Walter (Lil Walt) Milsap III, Chucky Thompson (various instruments); Bob Robinson (acoustic guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Overdose, Joey Williams (guitar); Keith Pelzer (piano); Tim Kelley (keyboards, electric bass, drums, percussion, programming); Eugene Peoples (keyboards, bass, programming, background vocals); Dalvin DeGrate (drums); Guru Keaton (programming); Prathan Williams, Candice Nelson, Daniel Johnson, Ryan Toby, K-Ci Haley (background vocals).
Engineers incluede: Bill Malina, Jesse "Bizz" Stewart, Andy Haller.
Personnel: Dave Hollister (vocals, background vocals); Overdose (guitar); Bob Robinson (acoustic guitar, piano, organ, keyboards); Keith Pelzer (piano); Tim Kelley (keyboards, electric bass, drums, percussion); Dalvin DeGrate (drums).
Audio Mixers: Chucky Thompson; Manny Marroquin; Dexter Simmons; Gimel Keaton; Jeff Vereb; Rob Chiarelli; Stephen George; Steve Huff; Blake Eiseman.
Recording information: Conjuction Studios, Los Angeles, CA; EMI Studios, Santa Monica, CA; Maw Recording Studios, New York, NY; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; Stankonia Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA; Stone Recording, Chicago, IL; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Touch Of Jazz Studios, Phiadelphia, PA; Trac Ken Place, Los Angeles, CA; WEstlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Arrangers: Tim Kelley; Bob Robinson .
Dave Hollister's R&B opus CHICAGO '85 presents itself as something of a concept album. The songs are listed as sections of a movie screenplay, each one occurring on a different day over the course of the "film." Whether one chooses to follow the admittedly slim thematic thread between the songs, or simply to enjoy the album as an impressive batch of individual songs, there's no denying Hollister's vocal skills and the effectiveness of the arrangements.
While the production and vocal performances nod to hip-hop, Hollister bears a soulfulness that links him to previous generations of R&B singers. One listen to his impassioned testifying at the close of "Take Care of Home," for example, will leave no doubts both to the level of his emotional commitment to the material and his ability to successfully communicate these emotions.

• Format: CD
• Released: 11/21/2000