Craig Chaquico "Acoustic Highway"

Craig Chaquico (/tʃəˈkiːsoʊ/ chə-KEE-soh; born September 26, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is a founding member of the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship and the only member of both bands to play on every song, album, tour, and video. Since 1993, Chaquico has had a successful solo career as a contemporary acoustic jazz guitarist and composer.

Chaquico left Starship in 1991, and soon after, the band announced that it would quit. Having become disappointed with the musical direction Starship was going, Chaquico formed Big Bad Wolf, a hard rock band which recorded one album before disbanding.

He began a solo career that explored world music, New Age, and contemporary jazz. His first album, Acoustic Highway (1993), was the number one Independent New Age Album of the Year in Billboard Magazine and a number one on the Billboard New Age Albums chart.

Acoustic Highway is American musician Craig Chaquico's first solo album as a contemporary jazz artist after 16 years playing lead guitar, composing songs, and co-producing for the San Francisco-based rock bands he co-founded, Jefferson Starship and Starship. Acoustic Highway, co-written and co-produced by keyboardist Ozzie Ahlers, was released on June 11, 1993, through the Higher Octave label. The album was an immediate musical and critical success, becoming Billboard magazine's #1 Indie New Age Album of the year.

When Chaquico left Starship in 1990, he began looking for a new musical direction, opting for a solo career as a jazz and new age instrumentalist to showcase his acoustic music.

The album was recorded at Chaquico's Lunatunes Studio in Mill Valley, California, mixed at Auravision Studios in Ojai, California, and mastered at Quad Tech Studios in Los Angeles.

The album features nature-conscious songs such as "Return of the Eagle", "Mountain in the Mist", and "Land of the Giants". Chaquico produced distinctive "rippling, glistening, fluid tones" by processing his customized Washburn acoustic guitar through electronic effects. Chaquico includes elements that draw from new age, contemporary and smooth jazz compositions while containing subtle undertones of Native American influences. Chaquico's original recording of his jazz track "Sacred Ground" was included on the original Harley Davidson Road Song Collection in 1994, alongside classic rock songs such as "Born to Be Wild", "Rockin' Down the Highway" and a song by his former band, Jefferson Starship, "Ride the Tiger".

Besides becoming Billboard magazine's #1 Indie New Age Album of the year, it also won the Bammie (Bay Area Music) Award for Best Independent Album of 1993. It charted in the top 10 of the GAVIN Adult Alternative chart in the same year.

Track listing

All tracks were written by Craig Chaquico and Ozzie Ahlers.

1. "Mountain In The Mist" 4:36
2. "Return Of The Eagle" 6:32
3. "Gypsy Nights" 4:15
4. "Angel Tears" 2:44
5. "Acoustic Highway" 4:56
6. "Sacred Ground" 6:51
7. "Summers End" 4:51
8. "Land Of The Giants" 4:47
9. "Sunset Altar" 5:24

Total length: 44:56

Starship "Greatest Hits (Ten Years And Change 1979–1991)"

Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991) is a compilation album released in 1991 when Starship ended its recording contract with RCA Records. The album contains two new tracks, "Don't Lose Any Sleep" and "Good Heart". "Good Heart" was released as a single and hit number 81 on the Billboard charts. A third track, "Keys to the City" was recorded at this time and finally saw release on the 2012 compilation Playlist: The Very Best of Starship. "We built this city" was remixed for this compilation by Bill Bottrel who took out the spoken-word interlude by Les Garland.

Track listing

1. "Jane" (from Freedom at Point Zero) David Freiberg, Jim McPherson Freiberg, McPherson, Paul Kantner, Craig Chaquico Ron Nevison 4:11
2. "Find Your Way Back" (from Modern Times) Chaquico Chaquico, Tom Borsdorf Ron Nevison 4:16
3. "Stranger" (from Modern Times) Jeannette Sears Pete Sears Ron Nevison 4:44
4. "No Way Out" (from Nuclear Furniture) Ina Wolf Peter Wolf Ron Nevison 4:24
5. "Layin' It on the Line" (from Nuclear Furniture) Mickey Thomas, Chaquico Chaquico, Thomas Ron Nevison 4:09
6. "Don't Lose Any Sleep" Diane Warren Warren Ron Nevison 4:22
7. "We Built This City" (Edited Remix, LP Version on Knee Deep in the Hoopla) Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, P. Wolf Martin Page Peter Wolf 4:38
8. "Sara" (from Knee Deep in the Hoopla) I. Wolf P. Wolf Peter Wolf 4:48
9. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (from No Protection) Albert Hammond, Warren Hammond, Warren Narada Michael Walden 4:30
10. "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" (from No Protection) Robbie Nevil John Van Tongeren, Phil Galdston Keith Olsen 4:17
11. "It's Not Enough" (from Love Among the Cannibals) Martin Page, Tommy Funderburk Martin Page Mike Shipley, Larry Klein 4:49
12. "Good Heart" Martin Page Martin Page Peter Wolf 4:22

Ron Nevison – producer and engineer on "Don't Lose Any Sleep"

Peter Wolf – producer on "Good Heart"

Paul Erickson – engineer on "Good Heart"

Brian Malouf – mixing engineer on "Good Heart"

"Don't Lose Any Sleep" recorded 1990 at Record Plant, Hollywood, CA and Studio D Recording, Sausalito, CA

"Good Heart" recorded 1991 at Embassy Studios, Simi Valley, CA

Ria Lewerke – art direction

Jacqueline Murphy – design

Stanley Mouse – illustration

Bill Thompson – management

Linda Lalli – assistant to manager

Starship "Knee Deep In The Hoopla"

Knee Deep in the Hoopla is the 1985 debut album by Starship, the successor band to Jefferson Starship. It was certified platinum by the RIAA, and is best remembered for spawning the No. 1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara"; The album's title comes from a lyric of the former.

The track "Desperate Heart," written by Michael Bolton and Randy Goodrum, also appears on Bolton's album Everybody's Crazy, released the same year. Two Grace Slick-sung tracks were recorded for but left off the album: Slick's own "Do You Remember Me?" (released on The Best of Grace Slick) and the Peter Wolf-Jeremy Smith composition "Casualty" (included as a bonus track on the 1999 remaster). Jeannette and Pete Sears wrote a song for the album called "One More Innocent," though it was rejected for its political lyrics.

Knee Deep in the Hoopla was released on September 10, 1985, through record label Grunt.

Four singles were released from the album: the No. 1 hits "We Built This City" and "Sara", "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" and "Before I Go".

The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

Side one

1. "We Built This City" Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf 4:53
2. "Sara" Ina Wolf, P. Wolf 4:48
3. "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" Steven Cristol, Robin Randall 3:41
4. "Rock Myself to Sleep" Kimberley Rew, Vince De la Cruz 3:24
5. "Desperate Heart" Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton 4:04

Side two

1. "Private Room" Craig Chaquico, Mickey Thomas 4:51
2. "Before I Go" David Roberts 5:30
3. "Hearts of the World (Will Understand)" Stephen Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead 4:21
4. "Love Rusts" Taupin, Page 4:57

Remastered CD bonus track

1. "Casualty" P. Wolf, Jeremy Smith 4:34

Peter Wolf – producer, arrangements
Jeremy Smith – producer, engineer
Dennis Lambert – executive producer
Skip Johnson – production coordinator
Bill Thompson – manager
Bill Bottrell – mixing engineer on "We Built This City".
Tom Size – additional engineering
Paul Ericksen, Dana Chappelle, David Luke, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers.
Stephen Marcussen – mastering engineer
Raess Design (Ted Raess) – art, design
Bill Robbins – photography
Recorded at The Plant Studios (Sausalito, CA); The Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA).
Mixed at Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, CA).
"We Built This City" re-mixed at The Soundcastle, L. A.
Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles).