Stuart Smith Heaven & Earth Tracks: 01. Don't Keep Me Waiting 02. Heaven & Earth 03. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 04. When A Blind Man Cries 05. Life On The Line 06. Dreams Of Desire 07. Still Got The Blues 08. Do You Ever Think Of Me? 09. It's Got To Be Love 10. Shadow Of The Tyburn Tree 11. Road To Melnibone 12. When The Blues Catch Up With You 13. Howlin' At The Moon 14. Memories 15. Trouble In Paradise 16. Lose My Number Line up: Stuart Smith - guitar Kelly Hansen - vocals (1, 8, 15 & 16) Joe Lynn Turner - vocals (2, 7, 9, 10 & 14) Glenn Hughes - vocals (3) Richie Sambora - vocals (4), guitar (4 & 8) and dobro (3) Bobby Kimball - vocals (5) Al Mirikitani - vocals (12) and guitar (12, 13) Paul Shortino - vocals (13) Howard Leese - guitar (2, 11 & 12) and strings (6) Ian Hersey - guitar (11) Marvin Sperling - bass (1, 2, 4, 6 & 9) Chuck Wright - bass (3, 8, 11, 14 & 16) Dave Chamberlain - bass (5 & 7) Byod La'Fan - bass (12 & 13) Steve Priest - bass (15) Richie Onori - drums (1, 4, 6, 7 & 9) Jay Schellen - drums (2, 5 & 16) Carmine Appice - drums (3, 8 & 14) Joe Pa'Fume - drums (12 & 13) Mike Terrana - drums (11 & 15) Ray Rodriguez - keyboards (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 14 & 16) Pat Regan - keyboards (6, 11 & 15) and strings (10) Teddy Andreas - keyboards (9) Arlan Schierbaum - hammond (5, 7, 12 & 13) Richard Hardy - woodwinds (10) Record Label / Year of Release: Frontiers Records 1998 Notes: Back in 1994 Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith along with drummer Richie Onori put together the Heaven & Earth project which ended up becoming a worldwide classic for all rock fans and won Stuart Smith the award for "Best Guitarist" and "Best New CD" for three years running at the Los Angeles All Access Music Awards. The CD features a star studded cast with vocal and musical performances from Richie Sambora, (Bon Jovi), Joe Lynn Turner, (Rainbow), Glenn Hughes, (Deep Purple), Bobby Kimball, (Toto), Kelly Hansen, (Foreigner), Steve Priest, (Sweet), Carmine Appice, (Jeff Beck Group/Vanilla Fudge/Rod Stewart), Howard Leese, (Heart) and many others. Heaven & Earth features a mixture of diverse musical styles ranging from rock to blues to classical to power pop. The CD became an instant cult classic and brought Smith to the forefront of the guitar elite being compared in the press to Blackmore, Beck, Clapton and Page. Japan Release on Pony Canyon in 2002 with bonus track "Eyes Of Man". Re-issue by Black Star Records in 2009. |