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[John McIntyre]

From: "Ted O. Jackson" <TOJACKSO at HAWK.SYR.EDU>
>Is the Ben Schultz project recent?  I take it he's split from the
>Barefoot Servants?  Too bad, as I saw them just as the album was
>released, and they were excellent.  Great bass on that project too,
>courtesy of Lee Sklar.  What is Pipedream?  When? Still available?

The Ben Schultz CD I have is copyright 1992 although I'd swear it was
within the past year that I picked it up and saw the short article
and the ad in _Guitar Player_.  As I said, Tim only plays on a few cuts,
but he's included in the band picture both in the CD booklet and in
the _Guitar Player_ ad.

The Pipedream album I have is dated 1979 and is a promo on ABC Records,
so it's possible it never made it into the stores.  It certainly seems
to be Tim's project: he's credited with lead vocals, on a couple cuts
he overdubs a second bass line, and in the liner notes he thanks someone
for their help during the four years it took to get the project going.
I was about to say that none of the other musicians were recognized
names as that was my memory when I got the album, but while the checking
the jacket for this answer I discover that, lo and behold, the guitarist
is none other than Ben Schultz. (-8

John McIntyre
Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept
Michigan State University
mcintyre at pa.msu.edu